Robin Tunney's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Prison Break Veronica Do… The Mentalist Teresa Lisbon Cutters Deborah Hart

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Passenger Side 2008 - August 2008 - The Burning Plain 2006 - The Darwin Awards 2006 - Hollywoodland 2006 - Open Window 2005 - Runaway 2004 - Paparazzi 2003 - The In-Laws 2000 - Bread and Roses 2000 - Vertical Limit 1999 - End of Days 1998 - Montana 1996 - The Craft 1995 - Empire Records 1992 - Encino Man

BIOGRAPHY:

Robin Tunney studied acting at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, spending her summer performing in such plays as "Bus Stop" and "Agnes of God". She moved to Los Angeles at the age of eighteen and shortly landed roles in such television shows as "Life Goes On" (1989), "Class of '96" (1993) (recurring), "Law & Order" (1990), HBO's "Dream On" (1990) and the ABC mini-series J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993) (TV), in which she played "Kit Kennedy". The Craft (1996) was Tunney's first film lead though she has appeared in many supporting roles.


TRIVIA:

• Irish American; her father emigrated from Ireland and her mother is a first generation Irish-American.
• Born in Chicago, Illinois to a car salesman father and a bartender mother, and grew up on the South Side of Chicago.
• Grew up with 'Lara Flynn Boyle' (qv) and attended high school together at the prestigious Chicago Academy for the Arts.
• Is best friends with Indie Rocker 'Liz Phair' (qv).
• She had to wear a wig during the production of _The Craft (1996)_ (qv) because she shaved her head for her role in _Empire Records (1995)_ (qv), which was filmed a year earlier.