Robin Weigert is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying Calamity Jane on the television series Deadwood (2004–2006), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004, Ally Lowen in Sons of Anarchy (2010–2013), Dr. Amanda Reisman in Big Little Lies (2017–2019), and Abby in Concussion (2013). She had a small role in HBO's acclaimed miniseries Angels in America in 2003.
Early life and education Weigert was born in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Dionne Laufman and Wolfgang Oscar Weigert, a psychiatrist. After graduating from Brandeis University in 1991, Weigert attended New York University, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in the Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. She is Jewish.
Career Weigert's theatre work includes Broadway productions of Twelfth Night directed by Nicholas Hytner;Internet Broadway Database, Twelfth Night. Retrieved October 18, 2021 and Michael Frayn's Noises Off.Playbill, Noises Off. Retrieved October 18, 2021 In the 2010 Signature Theater Company revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, directed by Michael Greif, her performance as the Angel was praised as "full of tenderness and wit" by USA Today.Signature Theater Blog. Retrieved October 18, 2021. Other theatre credits include Pride's Crossing, A Place at the Table, Hamlet, Arms and the Man, Goodnight Children Everywhere, The Seagull, Madame Melville (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations),Playbill, Robin Weigert. Retrieved October 18, 2021. as well as Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum in 2012, directed by Robert Egan.Robin Weigert taps Brooke Wyeth’s mind in ‘Other Desert Cities’, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
After a decade as a stage actress based in New York City, Weigert moved to Los Angeles and has appeared in various films, television shows and mini-series. She is most recognizable from her Emmy-nominated portrayal of the iconic gunslinger Calamity Jane in the television series Deadwood, which ran on HBO from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, Weigert was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role. In 2006, she won Hollywood Life magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year" award."Robin Weigert - Profile by Benyamin Cohen" May/June 2006, American Jewish Life Magazine In 2019 she reprised the role in Deadwood: The Movie, which was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie.
Weigert played therapists in the box office hit Smile and opposite Nicole Kidman in the much-lauded HBO TV series Big Little Lies, attorneys in the popular cabler Sons of Anarchy and Jay Roach's biographical drama Bombshell, and strippers in Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York and Steven Soderbergh's black-and-white period drama The Good German. She was nominated for a Gotham Award for her portrayal of the central character, a housewife turned prostitute, in the award-winning indie Concussion, and was featured prominently in the Hulu miniseries We Were the Lucky Ones in which she plays the matriarch of a Polish Jewish family that survived the Holocaust. Series regular roles include Dietland for AMC with Julianna Margulies, NBC's Life with Damian Lewis, and CBS' Tracker with Justin Hartley.
In April 2024, David Canfield featured Weigert in the Vanity Fair "Always Great" series with an article titled, "How Robin Weigert Brings Herself to Her Most Indelible Roles".
Bibliography The Whip (2012, as audiobook narrator)
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Heart to Heart.com Whitney 2001 The Sleepy Time Gal Hospital Records 2005 Loggerheads Rachel 2006 The Good German Hannelore 2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Brenda 2008 Synecdoche, New York Adult Olive 2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Aunt Trish 2009 My One and Only Hope 2011 The Undying Barbara Haughton 2012 The Sessions Susan 2013 Concussion Abby Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough ActorNominated—Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress 2013 Gods Behaving Badly Vicky the Tree 2014 Pawn Sacrifice Regina Fischer 2015 Take Me to the River Cindy 2015 Mississippi Grind Dorothy 2016 Pushing Dead Paula 2017 Please Stand By Officer Doyle 2017 New Money Rose Tisdale 2018 Cold Brook Mary Ann 2019 Bombshell Nancy Erika Smith 2022 Smile Dr. Madeline NorthcottThe Monstrosity 2023 Our Son Pam 2023 Tokyo Cowboy Peg
Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Twelfth Night, Or What You Will Television film 1999 Law & Order Denise Luca Episode: "Gunshow" 2000 Mary and Rhoda Hostess Television film 2003 Angels in America Mormon Mother Episode: "Perestroika: Beyond Nelly" 2003 Law & Order Leanna Parks Episode: "Seer" 2004–05 Cold Case Anna Mayes 4 episodes 2004 Without a Trace Adina Paphos Episode: "Legacy" 2004 NYPD Blue Donna Traylor Episode: "Traylor Trash" 2004 Judging Amy Tina Stewart Episode: "Conditional Surrender" 2004–2006 Deadwood Calamity Jane 30 episodesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Dr. Diana Dino Episode: "Committed" 2006 The Unit Annette Terry Episode: "The Kill Zone" 2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Heather Stark Episode: "Recall" 2006 Numb3rs Elaine Tillman Episode: "Killer Chat" 2007 Lost Rachel Carlson 2 episodes 2007–2008 Life Lt. Karen Davis / Sgt. Karen Davis 11 episodes 2008 ER Nicole Episode: "The High Holiday" 2009 United States of Tara Jenny Episode: "Snow" 2009 Private Practice Amelia Sawyer 2 episodes 2010 The Mentalist Eliza Green Episode: "Red Herring" 2010 Miami Medical Nurse Carol Episode: "Pilot" 2010 Law & Order Catherine Douglas Episode: "The Taxman Cometh" 2010–2013 Sons of Anarchy Ally Lowen 15 episodes 2010 Hawthorne Sara Adams 4 episodes 2011 Law & Order: LA Hayden Tract Episode: "Sister of the Gunman" 2011 Grey's Anatomy Karen Lawrence Episode: "Free Falling" 2012 American Horror Story: Asylum Cynthia Potter Episode: "Tricks and Treats" 2013 Chicago Fire Erica Gradishar Episode: "Let Her Go" 2013 Full Circle Det. Karen Tanner Episode: "Celeste & Tim" 2014 Chicago P.D. Erica Gradishar 5 episodes 2014 Once Upon a Time Bo Peep Episode: "White Out" 2015 The Following Judge Wallace Episode: "A Hostile Witness" 2015 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Counselor Lisa Hassler Episode: "Depravity Standard" 2015 Marvel's Jessica Jones Wendy Ross-Hogarth 7 episodes 2016 Damien Sister Greta Fraueva 6 episodes 2016 The Night Shift Mrs. Dawson Episode: "Between a Rick and a Hard Place" 2016 Transformers: Robots in Disguise Scatterspike (voice) 2 episodes 2016 American Horror Story: Roanoke Mama Polk 2017 Fearless Heather Myles 6 episodes 2017, 2019 Big Little Lies Dr. Amanda Reisman 9 episodesNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2018 Dietland Verena Baptist 10 episodes 2018–2019 Berlin Station Jamie Hudson 3 episodes 2019 Deadwood: The Movie Calamity Jane Television film 2019 Castle Rock Chrysida Wilkes 3 episodes 2020 The Politician Andi Mueller Episode: "The Voters" 2021 American Horror Story: Double Feature Martha Edwards 2 episodes 2022 Julia Iris Wallace Episode: "Petit Fours" 2024 Tracker Teddi Bruin Main role (season 1) 2024 We Were the Lucky Ones Nechuma Kurc Main role 2025 Will Trent Rain Woods2 episodes 2025 Gremlins Calamity Jane (voice) Episode: "Never Try the Cider" 2025 Monster: The Ed Gein Story Enid Watkins 4 episodes TBA The Altruists Barbara Fried Upcoming series
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