Samantha Robinson is an English actress.

Early life

Growing up in

Skelmersdale Skelmersdale is a town in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem . While the first record of the tow ...

, Robinson attended

Runshaw College Runshaw College is a further and higher education college based at three centres in Leyland and Chorley, Lancashire, England. History Runshaw College was established in 1974. It initially catered solely for school leavers from Balshaw's High ...

and is listed as one of their 'notable alumni'.

Theatre

On leaving College, Robinson went into work at

Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre is a theatre and Grade II* listed building situated in Oaklands Park in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya John Hidalgo Moya (5 May 1920 – 3 August 1994), ...

on ''Songs of the Western Man''. She played Miranda in the

Royal Exchange Theatre The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal ...

s' production of '' The Tempest'', alongside

Pete Postlethwaite Peter William Postlethwaite, (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor. After minor television appearances, including in '' The Professionals'', his first major success arose through the British autobiographical fil ...

. Further credits include; ''Untouchable'' (

Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. The Bush Theatre strives to create a spa ...

), ''The Owl Service'' (

Plymouth Theatre Royal Theatre Royal, Plymouth, is a theatre venue in Plymouth, Devon. It consists of a 1,300-seat main auditorium, The Lyric, which regularly hosts large-scale musicals, opera and ballet; a 200-seat studio, The Drum; and a 50-seat studio, The Lab. O ...

), which she starred in with her then boyfriend

Dominic Colenso Dominic James Colenso (born 27 August 1981) is an English speaker, communications expert and former professional actor. Early life Colenso was born in Harlow, Essex. At the age of seven, he moved to Benson, a small village in rural Oxfordshire. ...

, ''The Lemon Princess'' (

West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...

), the British premier of ''The Laramie Project'' (Sound Theatre, Leicester Square), ''

A Taste of Honey ''A Taste of Honey'' is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was intended as a novel, but she turned it into a play because she hoped to revitalise British theatre and address social issues that ...

'' (Oldham Coliseum), ''The Three Musketeers'' (Bristol Old Vic & New Vic), ''The House of Bernada Alba'' ( Nuffield Theatre), ''

Three Sisters on Hope Street ''3 Sisters on Hope Street'' is a 2008 British play by Diane Samuels and Tracy-Ann Oberman. The play is a reinterpretation of Anton Chekhov, Chekhov's ''Three Sisters (play), Three Sisters'', transferring events to Liverpool after World War II ...

'' (

Hampstead Theatre Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. Roxana Silbert has been the artistic director since ...

), that was written by

Tracy-Ann Oberman Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman; 25 August 1966) is an English actress, playwright and narrator. She is widely known for roles including Chrissie Watts in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2004–2005) and Valerie Lewis or "Auntie V ...

and Diane Samuels and directed by

Lindsay Posner Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959)"Lindsay Posner ...

, ''Dead Heavy Fantastic'' (

Liverpool Everyman The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was founded in 1964, in Hope Hall (once a chapel, then a cinema), in an area of Liverpool noted for its bohemian environment and political edge, a ...

), ''Hansel & Gretel'' (Corby Cube), ''The Phoenix of Madrid'' (

Bath Theatre Royal The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805. A Grade II* listed building, it has been described by the Theatres Trust as "One of the most important surviving examples of Georgian theatre architecture". It has a capacity for an audienc ...

), directed by

Laurence Boswell Laurence Boswell (born 1959) is a theatre director, whose credits include Ben Elton's Popcorn, Madonna in her London stage debut, Eddie Izzard in a revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, and Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hayden Christensen, Fr ...

, ''Order'' by Martin Derbyshire ( Lantern Theatre) and ''Can't Stand Up For Falling Down'' by Richard Cameron, both directed by Ruth Carney, and ''The Grand Gesture'' (

Northern Broadsides Northern Broadsides is a theatre company formed in 1992 and based at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded by Barrie Rutter, who was its Artistic Director until resigning in 2018, followed by Conrad Nelson who was i ...

). Robinson then toured with the 2017 stage revival of

Rita, Sue and Bob Too ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' is a 1987 British comedy-drama film directed by Alan Clarke, set in Bradford, West Yorkshire about two teenaged schoolgirls who have a sexual fling with a married man. It was adapted by Andrea Dunbar, based on two of ...

Andrea Dunbar Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote ''The Arbor'' (1980) and ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of ...

. The play was the subject of some controversy as its three-week run at the Royal Court Theatre in January 2018 was initially cancelled by

Vicky Featherstone Vicky Featherstone (born 5 April 1967) is a theatre and artistic director. She has been artistic director of London's Royal Court Theatre since April 2013. Prior to that she was founding artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland, a ...

in the wake of the #metoo campaign, but reinstated, receiving excellent reviews from the mainstream media.

Film and television

Robinson's television credits include: PC Natalie Cryer in '' Five Days'' (BBC), Laura in ''The Girls Who Came to Stay'' (Granada),; Anna in '' Shameless'' (

Channel Four Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service i ...

); June Mahy in ''

Island at War ''Island at War'' is a British television series that tells the story of the German occupation of the Channel Islands. It primarily focuses on three local families: the upper class Dorrs, the middle class Mahys, and the working class Jonases, a ...

'' (Granada), and Lucy in ''Final Demand'' (BBC), plus ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...

'', Becky Buckley in ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Radio

Robinson's radio credits include; ''Evaristo's Epitaph'', ''Life with Lisa'', ''The Believers'' (

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

), and ''Shout to the Top'', the first radio drama to be aired on

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

, directed by

Toby Swift Toby Swift is a radio drama director and producer for BBC Radio. His numerous credits, from 1999 to 2011, include the crime dramas '' The Recall Man'' and ''Trueman and Riley {{Infobox Radio Show , show_name = Trueman and Riley , im ...

References

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