Robin Christopher (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Skye Chandler Quartermaine on the

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Early life

Christopher was born in Revere, Massachusetts. She turned down a fine arts scholarship to

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to pursue an acting career. Until her acting career took off, she supported herself working as a model and appeared on

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Career

Christopher is the only actor to have played the same character ( Skye Chandler) as a regular cast member on all three of

's soap operas: ''

'' (1987–91, 2000), ''

'' (1999–2001) and ''

'' (2001–08, 2010–12). She earned two nominations for an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2003 and 2005. Christopher portrayed Lorna Devon on '' Another World'' (1994–97). In both roles, on two different networks, Christopher's biological mother was portrayed by soap opera star Linda Dano, who played Skye's mother,

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'', and Lorna's mother, Felicia Gallant, on '' Another World''. When Christopher began playing Skye Chandler, the character was known as Skye Patterson. Over the years, the character married, divorced, remarried, redivorced, and believed on two occasions to have discovered and grown closer to her biological family, the Chandlers on ''

'' and Quartermaines on ''

'', only to discover her biological origins to be far murkier than originally realized. In accord with Skye's nomadic journey through the ABC soaps and ultimate independence, Robin Christopher has often been referred to by fans as the '

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of soap opera', evoking in her performance the glamour and emotional depth of Classical Hollywood cinema. In 1993, Christopher guest starred in two episodes of ''

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engineer Neela.

Personal life

Christopher has been married to her former '' Another World'' co-star Matt Crane since 2000 and they have two children together.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christopher, Robin 1965 births Living people People from Revere, Massachusetts Actresses from Massachusetts American soap opera actresses American television actresses 21st-century American women