When Robin McLeavy introduced her talent to the world and got many people checking search engines to dig deeper into her life outside the screen job. Perhaps, one of her most popular appearances on television is playing the role of Eva in the American/Canadian Western series “Hell on Wheels” and she was not even the lead cast on the series. There must be something about her.
Here is everything you need to know about her here.
Robin McLeavy: Age and Nationality
Robin McLeavy was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was born on June 19, 1981. Robin keeps information concerning her growing up in a tight lid, personal information about parents and siblings is not public. However, we know about her educational qualifications. Robin attended the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) where she graduated with a degree in performing arts in 2014. Robin revealed that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (both 1971) were the first films that motivated her to become an actress
Everything you need to know about Jennifer Robertson
After her graduation, Robin began to appear in few movies in her home country before making her debut in the television series “Last Man Standing” in 2005. Her other movies in the industry further cemented her place in the acting industry. She is 39 years old.
Robin McLeavy: Career
Robin began her career in a flying start. She played the role of Jacq in the 2006 Australian comedy film “48 Shades”. The movie is based on Nick Earls’ popular 1999 novel 48 Shades of Brown. In 2007, she appeared in a short movie titled “The Other Half” as Sarah. She starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror film, “The Loved Ones”. Playing the role of a jilted prom date, Robin had to watched Misery, Carrie, and Natural Born Killers to prepare for her role. The film was screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award.
Robin portrayed the role of Stella Kowalski in the Sydney Theatre Company production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. She received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer. Robin continued to receive many credits for her roles in movies which provided her more opportunities in the acting industry.
in 2012. she played the role of Eva on “Hell on Wheels”, a character based on a real-life 14-year-old settler who was captured by Yavapai tribesmen and eventually sold to Mohaves, from whom she received a face tattoo which meant “three blankets and two horses”. In an interview, she revealed that getting the chin tattoo was a tedious process.
She portrayed the role of Isabella in Benedict Andrews’s production of “Measure for Measure” by William Shakespeare at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, 5 – 25 July 2010. Robin also appeared as Honey in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, directed by Benedict Andrews for the Belvoir Theatre Company in 2007, and for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Sydney Theatre Awards.
See Also: Zoe Margaret Colletti full bio
In 2015, she voiced the character of Nutsy, a Koala in “Blinky Bill the Movie”. In 2019, she played the character of Maggie McCullough in “Wu Assassins”. Robin is still very much active in the industry.
Relationship, All the FACTS
Robin McLeavy dated fellow Australian actor Joel Edgerton. The relationship however was brief. The actress stayed off from relationship or so the fans but surprisingly showed off a baby bump in 2016. On December 14 same year she gave birth to a boy she calls Rumi. She is currently married to Yvan Duban and they live a private life. Robin McLeavy has a growing net worth.
She is the founder of the company Birth Temple which focuses on the hypnobirthing technique for pregnant women. Robin also enjoys listening to soul music, especially James Brown, Etta James, and Charles Bradley
Image Source: Pinterest
