Name |
Laila Robins |
Height |
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Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
14-March-1959 |
Place of Birth |
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Famous for |
Acting |
Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. Robins was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Latvian American parents Brigita and Janis Robins, a research chemist. She attended the Yale School of Drama, (MFA) and received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, (BA). Robins has been in a relationship with the actor Robert Cuccioli since 2000. They co-starred in Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; he was Macbeth, and she was Lady Macbeth. Robins has three sisters, Daina Robins, who resides in Holland, Michigan, Baiba, who still lives in the Twin Cities area, Minnesota, and Zaiga Robins, a chaplain at Season Hospice, Chicago, IL.
Robins appeared as Lady Utterword in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House. Robins other Broadway appearances were Frozen by Bryony Lavery, The Herbal Bed by Peter Whelan, and The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard, directed by Mike Nichols. Robins has appeared off-Broadway in Sore Throats by Howard Brenton, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Mrs. Klein by Nicholas Wright 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. Robin also appeared as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 2002. In 2000, she was cast opposite 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.