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Robin Givens: Biography

Robin Givens

Birth Name: Robin Simone Givens
Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/27/1964, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor; model

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Robin Givens Fast Facts:

Took acting classes at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts when she was 10 years old.
Enrolled as a freshman at Sarah Lawrence College to study medicine at age 15; decided to pursue acting during her junior year.
Made film debut in 1978 as an extra in The Wiz.
Debuted on TV in 1985 in a guest-starring role in an episode of the sitcom The Cosby Show.
Was founder and director of Never Blue Productions in New York City.
Worked as a model for the Ford Agency in New York.
Posed nude for Playboy magazine in September of 1994.
Performed in an off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000.
Debuted on Broadway in 2006 in the role of Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago.
Penned her own memoir in 2007, entitled Grace Will Lead Me Home.

Robin Givens Relationships:
Brian Robbins - Ex-significant Other
Murphy Jensen - Ex-significant Other
Reuben Givens - Father
Mike Tyson - Ex-husband
Stephanie Givens - Sister
William Givens Jensen - Son
Svetozar Marinkovic - Ex-husband
Howard Stern - Ex-significant Other
Ruth Roper - Mother
Michael Givens - Son
College:
Attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, NY; Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (BFA, 1984)

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90210, AnnaLynne McCord, Robbie Jones, Robin Givens Scott Humbert/The CW

90210, Keke Palmer, Robin Givens, Jessica Stroup, Shenae Grimes and AnnaLynne McCord Scott Humbert/The CW

Suburgatory, Robin Givens Richard Cartwright/ABC

Drop Dead Diva, Robin Givens Lifetime Television

The Game, Hosea Chanchez, Robin Givens Scott Humbert/The CW (c)2008 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The Game, Hosea Chanchez, Robin Givens Scott Humbert/The CW (c)2008 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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