Laila Robins Biography
Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in films including Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), Live Nude Girls (1995), True Crime (1999), She’s Lost Control (2014), and Eye in the Sky (2015).
Laila RobinsHer television credits include her regular roles on Gabriel’s Fire, Homeland, and Murder in the First.
Laila Robins Age
Robins was born on March 14, 1959, in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. She is 60 years old as of March 2019.
Laila Robins Family
Robins was born and raised by her parents Jānis Robiņš (father) and Brigita Robins (mother) alongside her three sisters Zaiga Robins, Daina Robins and Baiba Robins in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Laila Robins Dating / Relationship
Robins has been in a relationship with Robert Cuccioli an actor, since 2000. They co-starred in Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where Robert was Macbeth, and she was Lady Macbeth.
Laila Robins Education
Robins received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and later attended the Yale School of Drama, earning a master of fine arts.Laila Robins Photo
Laila Robins Career
Robins appeared as Lady Utterword in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House in 2006. Her 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 has appeared Off-Broadway in Sore Throats directed 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. She also appeared as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 2002. In 2000, she was cast alongside 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, a critic for The New York Times, assessed her stage work as Ariadne in George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House (2006). Robins played along with 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”.
Robins has won and been nominated for several awards for her work including the Actors’ Equity Foundation Joe A. Callaway Award (1995), for The Merchant of Venice, the 2012 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Ensemble for Sweet and Sad, the Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Outstanding Featured Actress (2004) for Frozen and Outstanding Lead Actress (2007) for Sore Throats, the 1997 Joseph Jefferson Award Best Actress for A Streetcar Named Desire at The Steppenwolf Theatre, the Helen Hayes Award nomination, 1997 Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production for Mrs. Klein, and the Drama League Award.
Laila Robins Net Worth
Robins’ net worth is estimated to around 10 million dollars.
Laila Robins Movies
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Year
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Title
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Role
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1987
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Susan Page
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1987
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A Walk on the Moon
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Marty Ellis
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1989
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An Innocent Man
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Kate Rainwood
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1990
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
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Elizabeth Zaks
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1995
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Live Nude Girls
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Rachel
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1996
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Female Perversions
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Emma
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1997
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The Blood Oranges
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Catherine
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1999
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True Crime
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Patricia Findley
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1999
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Oxygen
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Frances Hannon
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2000
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Drop Back Ten
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Viv
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2001
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The Loneliness of Animals
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Annabella
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2002
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Searching for Paradise
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Barbara Mattei
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2003
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Happy End
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Irene
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2004
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Jailbait
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Mother
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2006
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Slippery Slope
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Michaela Stark
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2006
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Things That Hang from Trees
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Miss Millie
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2006
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A Broken Sole
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Passenger
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2006
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The Good Shepherd
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Toddy Allen
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2008
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August
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Ottmar Peevo
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2008
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
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Mrs. Fenstermaker
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2009
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Welcome to Academia
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Deborah
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2010
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Multiple Sarcasms
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Lauren
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2012
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The Letter
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Dr. Tynan
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2013
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Blumenthal
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Cheryl
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2013
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Concussion
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Woman #3
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2014
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She’s Lost Control
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Irene
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2015
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Grey Lady
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The Duchess
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2015
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Valeria
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Shirley
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2015
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Eye in the Sky
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Jillian Goldman
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2016
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A Woman, a Part
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Bernadette
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2017
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Island Zero
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Maggie
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2017
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Impossible Monsters
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Dean Gaslow
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2018
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The Rest of Us
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Dean Patterson
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Laila Robins Tv Shows
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Year
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Title
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Role
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1988
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The Equalizer
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Cindy Claussen
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1989
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Dream Breakers
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Phoebe
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1990-1991
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Gabriel’s Fire
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Victoria Heller
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1992
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Trial: The Price of Passion
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Charm Blackburn
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1995
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The Wright Verdicts
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Rachel
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1996
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Law & Order
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Diana Hawthorne
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1997
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Nothing Sacred
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Jeanne Cole
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1998
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Law & Order
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Liann Crosby
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1999
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Spenser: Small Vices
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Rita Fiore
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1999
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Ellen Travis
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1999–2001
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The Sopranos
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Young Livia Soprano
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2000
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Third Watch
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Sharon Reiner
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2001
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Witchblade
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Dominique Boucher
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2001
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Kit Sternman
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2004
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Sex and the City
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Audra Clark
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2006
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The Book of Daniel
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Nora Paxton
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2009
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30 Rock
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Gloria Baird
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2009
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All My Children
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Claire Williams
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2009
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In Treatment
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Tammy Meswick
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2009–2010
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Bored to Death
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Priscilla Antrem
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2010
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God in America
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Anne Hutchinson
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2010
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The Good Wife
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Paige Burchfield
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2011
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Too Big to Fail
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Christine Lagarde
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2011
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Blue Bloods
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Mrs. Lee
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2011
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Person of Interest
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Anja Kohl
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2012
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Dark Horse
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Miranda Teras
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2013
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Onion News Empire
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Helena Zweibel
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2014
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The Money
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Ruth Castman
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2014
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That Hopey Changey Thing
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Marian Apple
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2014
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Sweet and Sad
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Marian Apple
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2014
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Regular Singing
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Marian Apple
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2014
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Homeland
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Martha Boyd
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2015
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Murder in the First
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Jamie Nelson
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2016–2017
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Quantico
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General Katherine Richards
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2018
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Deception
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Special Agent Deakins
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2018
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New Amsterdam
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Mrs. Ryland
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Laila Robins Stage performances
- The Real Thing (1985)…Annie (Replacement); Plymouth Theatre (Broadway)
- Summer and Smoke (1986)…Alma Winemiller; Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown, MA)
- Bloody Poetry (1987)…Mary Shelley; Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway)
- The Film Society (1988)…Nan Sinclair; Second Stage Theatre/McGinn-Cazale Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- The Lady from the Sea (1988)…Cast; Baltimore Center Stage (Baltimore, MD)
- Maids of Honor (1990)…Monica Bowlin; WPA Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- The Extra Man (1992)…Laura; Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway)
- The Women (1993)…Cast; Hartford Stage Company (Hartford, CT)
- The Merchant of Venice (1995)… Portia; Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- Mrs. Klein (1996)…Melitta; National Tour
- Mrs. Klein (1995)… Melitta; Lucille Lortel Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- Skylight (1997)…Kyra Hollis; Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, CA)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1997)…Blanche du Bois; Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago, IL)
- The Herbal Bed (1998)…Susanna Hall; Eugene O’Neill Theatre (Broadway)
- Fool for Love (1999)…May; McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)
- Tiny Alice (2000)…Cast; Second Stage Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- Hedda Gabler (2000)… Hedda Gabler; Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
- Burnt Piano (2001) …Karen; HB Playwrights Theatre (Off-Broadway)
- Three Sisters (2001)…Masha; New Jersey Shakespeare Theatre (Madison, NJ)
- Antony and Cleopatra (2002)…Cleopatra; Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
- Resurrection Blues (2002)…Emily; Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
- Fiction (2003)…Linda; McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ)
- King John (2003)… Constance; New Jersey Shakespeare Theater (Madison, NJ)
- Macbeth (2004)…Lady Macbeth; The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ)
- Frozen (2004)…Agnetha; Circle in the Square Theatre (Broadway)
- Frozen (2004)… Agnetha; MCC Theater (Off-Broadway)
- Heartbreak House (2006)…Lady Utterwood; American Airlines Theatre (Broadway)
- A Street Car Named Desire (2008) The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ)
- Noises Off (2009) The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ)
- The Dance of Death (2013) The Red Bull Theater (New York, NY)
- The Lion in Winter (2016) Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN)
Note: This biography is based on the available information as of 2023, and real-time updates or developments are being updated by our editorial team.