Laila Robins

Laila Robins
Born March 14, 1959 (1959-03-14) (age 52)
St. Paul, Minnesota
Years active 1987–2009
Spouse Robert Cuccioli (? - ?)

Laila Robins (born March 14, 1959) is an American stage, film and television actress.

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Biography

Personal life

Robins was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Latvian American parents[1] Brigita (née Svarcs) and Janis Robins, who was a research chemist.[2] She attended the Yale School of Drama,(MFA) and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, (BA). Robins has been in a relationship with the actor Robert Cuccioli since 2000. They co-starred in Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; he was Macbeth, and she was Lady Macbeth.[3][4]

Robins has three sisters, Daina Robins, who resides in Holland, Michigan, Baiba, who still lives in the Twin Cities area, Minnesota, and Zaiga Robins, a chaplain at Season Hospice, Chicago, IL. Daina is the department chair of Theatre at Hope College. Daina has directed many productions at Hope College, including her most recent work, Gone Missing by Stephen Cosson.

Theatre

Robins appeared as Lady Utterword in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (2006). Robins' other Broadway appearances were Frozen by Bryony Lavery (2004), The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan (1998), and The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard (1985), directed by Mike Nichols. (Robins succeeded actress Glenn Close in the role).

Robins has appeared off-Broadway in Sore Throats by Howard Brenton, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright (in which she also toured with Uta Hagen) (1995–1996), Burnt Piano by Justin Fleming and The Film Society by Jon Robin Baitz, among others.

In 1997 she starred in the Fiftieth Anniversary production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Robin also appeared as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 2002. In 2000, she was cast opposite Richard Thomas in the stage revival of Tiny Alice. Robins is also a frequent performer at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, where she has starred in Macbeth, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

Charles Isherwood, critic for The New York Times, assessed her stage work as Ariadne in George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (2006). Robins played opposite Swoosie Kurtz, and Isherwood described both as such: "...this expert comic actress [Kurtz] may not fit the textbook definition of siren, as Hesione is called, but she may just be the most seductive woman on a New York stage right now...unless that nod goes to Ms. Robins, who locates the essence of her character's shallow allure in a languid, liquid strut and a smile both entrancing and devouring".[5]

Film and television

Robins has had numerous film and television roles.

Awards and nominations

Awards and Nominations:

Stage appearances

Filmography

References

  1. ^ `Summer' star Robins has deep state roots.(VARIETY) - Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) - HighBeam Research
  2. ^ Laila Robins Biography (1959-)
  3. ^ Simonson, Robert. "Robins and Cuccioli Play Marrieds in Dietz Premiere, Fiction in NJ March 28". Playbill.com, March 28, 2003, accessed April 29, 2011
  4. ^ Saltzman, Simon. Macbeth. CurtainUp, 2004, accessed April 29, 2011. See also Nash, Margo. "Jersey Footlights". The New York Times, March 30, 2003, accessed April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "THEATER REVIEW; British Gentry, Fiddling While the Abyss Looms" October 12, 2006, New York Times Theatre review
  6. ^ Laila Robins, Star File: Broadway.com Buzz

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