Robin Weigert (born July 7, 1969) is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying

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on the television series '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006), for which she received a nomination for the

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in 2004, Ally Lowen in '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2010–2013), and Abby in '' Concussion'' (2013).

Early life and education

Weigert was born in

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, the daughter of Dionne Laufman and

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-born Wolfgang Oscar Weigert, a psychiatrist. She is

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in 1991, Weigert attended

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, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in the Graduate Acting Program at the

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Career

After a decade as a stage actress based in New York City, she moved to

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and has appeared in various films, television shows and mini-series. Her theatre work includes Broadway productions of ''

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'' directed by Nicholas Hytner; and Michael Frayn’s ''

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''. In the 2010 Signature Theater Company revival of Tony Kushner’s ''

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'', directed by Michael Greif, her performance as the Angel was praised as ‘full of tenderness and wit’ by ''USA Today''. Other theatre credits include '' Pride's Crossing'', ''A Place at the Table'', ''

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'', '' Arms and the Man'', '' Goodnight Children Everywhere'', ''

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'', '' Madame Melville'' (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations), as well as Jon Robin Baitz's ''

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'' at the Mark Taper Forum in 2012, directed by Robert Egan. Weigert is best known for her much-lauded portrayal of

in the HBO television series '' Deadwood'', which ran 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. In 2019 she reprised the role in '' Deadwood: The Movie'', which was nominated for 8 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie. In 2010 she joined the cast of the FX drama '' Sons of Anarchy'' as the motorcycle club's lawyer. In 2014, she played a recurring role as Erica Gradishar on the

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series ''

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'' Beginning in 2017, she appeared on the HBO series ''Big Little Lies'' as Dr. Amanda Reisman, sharing scenes with

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and

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. She has also appeared in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's anthology FX series ''

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''.

Bibliography

*''The Whip'' (2012, as audiobook narrator)

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weigert, Robin 1969 births American film actresses American television actresses Brandeis University alumni Jewish American actresses Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Actresses from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses American people of German-Jewish descent