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Diane Robin

Acting

Born July 23, 1966 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Diane Robin (born 23 July 1966) is an Aerican actress. Although often cast as a New Yorker, Diane Robin was born in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Her training began in high school, with a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and she was the youngest person to have been accepted into the adult program.Diane got a manager who convinced her to sneak on to the Universal lot, and personally hand deliver her picture and resumé to a casting director. She did ,but was then thrown off the lot by a security guard. Telling the story of the fiasco to a complete stranger ,he replied "I'm an agent and don't have anyone like you." She signed with him the next day, and has gone on to appear in over 120 television and film productions. Diane has worked with Academy Award-winning actors including Holly Hunter, Robin Williams, and Jeff Bridges. Some of the legendary directors with whom she has worked include, Terry Gilliam , Peter Hyams,Chris Columbus , and Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, as Chandra in the infamous "bitches Leave " scene. She has guest starred on numerous TV shows including NCIS, Desperate Housewives, and MacGyver. She's also costarred in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies such as McBride, Mystery Woman and Annie's Point. She can be seen in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco, House of Deadly Secrets with Patty McCormack, and Lifetimes You Can't Take My Daughter with Lyndsy Fonseca. In the Indie Award-winning comedy Dating Daisy she plays one of her favorite roles, the pushy endearing mother Eleanor .She is very excited about her acclaimed comedy web series Strange Therapy, in which she stars , and wrote , on Amazon Prime. She recently completed costarring in the thriller Deadly Reunion, and has just been cast as of of the leads in The Sweepers. Always happy on a set, Diane got a license plate so there would be no ambiguity about who she is and what she loves to do. It simply reads CAST ME.

Filmography44 titles

Big Time Rush

2009as Casting Director

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Heidi's Mom

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

2023as Self

Desperate Housewives

2004as Ms. Freeman

MacGyver

1985as Louella

NCIS

2003as Jennifer

Wilfred

2011as Mother

RoboCop

1987as Chandra

You Can't Take My Daughter

2020as Lawyer

The Fisher King

1991as Receptionist

Crossroads

1986as Nurse

Night Court

1984as Mandy Davis

Hunter

1984as Redhead

A Nanny to Die For

2024as Dani

Party of Five

1994as Zoe

Adventures in Babysitting

1987as Nurse

Renegade

1992as IRS agent Blecker

Mystery Woman: In the Shadows

2007as Mary Hofstedter

Mary Christmas

2002as Rita Jackson

The Relic

1997as The Mayor's Wife

Grace of My Heart

1996as Waitress in Diner

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus

2004as Woman Customer

Sudden Death

1995as Mrs. Baldwin

Just One Kiss

2022Teleplay, Writer

Deadly Mile High Club

2020as Margaret

Dating Daisy

2016as Eleanor

Night of the Running Man

1995

Fatal Fixer Upper

2024as Doctor Shaw

Annie's Point

2005as Brenda Treger

Santa, Jr.

2002as Pietra Nero

Crazylove

2005as Monica

Head Office

1985as Gross' Secretary

Wicked Ways

1999as Real Estate Agent

A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane

2019as Flight Attendant

This Time

2023

House of Deadly Secrets

2018as Helen

Authors Anonymous

2014as Lois Pepper

Murder on the 13th Floor

2012as Rhonda

Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love

1994

Whatever It Takes

1998as Connie

Grave Misconduct

2008as Miranda Darkling

Murder Syndicate

2023as Isa

Holiday Breakup

2016as Elizabeth

Down Below

2024as Ghost Mother's Voice