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Robin Givens Biography
Birth Name:
Robin Simone Givens
Birth Place:
New York, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, model
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
Relationships
- Svetozar Marinkovic -- Ex-husband
- Reuben Givens -- Father
- Ruth Roper -- Mother
- Stephanie Givens -- Sister
- Michael Givens -- Son
- William Givens Jensen -- Son