Biography
Robyn Nevin (born September 25, 1942) is an Australian actress, director, and stage producer, recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. She is also known for her roles in films and televisions series. Nevin entered the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) at the age of 16 in the very first intake in 1959 was a brave step, in which she was fully supported ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Sting
2024
as Gunter
After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the truth about her pet and fight for her family's survival.
The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
2023
as Joan
Penny returns to her childhood home for the Appleton Show and its 'world famous' potato race, she is outraged that the men's first prize pays out $2,0...
Relic
2020
as Edna
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered ...
Groundhog Night
2020
Gary’s so used to caring for his disabled daughter Jess, he can do it in his sleep. But when the in-laws come to stay, everyone will get a wake-up cal...
Gods of Egypt
2016
as Sharifa
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
Ruben Guthrie
2015
as Susan Guthrie
The story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won’t let him put it down.
Death in Bloom
2015
as Mrs. Patterson
Death In Bloom is a dark comedy about a Door-to-Door 'Death' Salesman, who struggles to close a deal with a fabulously difficult customer.
The Turning
2013
as Carol Lang
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...
The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Lal Wyburd
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir B...
In the Company of Actors
2007
as Self
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulner...
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Councillor Dillard
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing t...
Bad Eggs
2003
as Eleanor Poulgrain
Ben Kinnear and Mike Paddock are two undercover detectives with way too much publicity, who find they can no longer turn a blind eye to the corruption...
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Councillor Dillard
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from...
The Castle
1997
as Federal Court judge
A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airpor...
Angel Baby
1995
as Dr. Norberg
Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall in love. Unfortunately they are on a road to nowhere...
Lucky Break
1994
as Anne-Marie LePine
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyz...
Greenkeeping
1992
as Mum
An ex-convict pays for his wife's marijuana by keeping the green at a lawn-bowling club
Resistance
1992
as Wiley
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
Emerald City
1988
as Kate Rogers
A couple move to Sydney from Melbourne, and soon become lured by the bright lights of the big city. Colin, the scriptwriter husband, is corrupted by h...
The More Things Change...
1986
Director
A couple hires a young girl to take care of their son.
The Coolangatta Gold
1984
as Robyn Lucas
Steve Lucas is a nineteen year old who is filled with the burning resentment of being forced to live in his brother's shadow. His brother Adam, is bur...
For Love or Money
1983
as Herself
Using almost totally historical material, For Love or Money encompasses the role of Australian women in both paid and unpaid work, over a 200 year per...
Careful, He Might Hear You
1983
as Lila
Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila and her husband George. While they lead a modest e...
Goodbye Paradise
1983
as Kate
The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey writes a book exposing police corruption, ...
Fighting Back
1982
as Mary
Fighting Back is a 1982 Australian film about troubled teenagers.
Temperament Unsuited
1978
A student teacher, Mark (Steve J. Spears) doesn't accept the teaching methods to be found in a traditional school situation, or the way the principal ...
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978
as Mrs. McCready
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrif...
The Irishman
1978
as Jenny Doolan
Paddy Doolan refuses to accept change. In a new century where the motor car is changing the way things are done, the stubborn Irishman, the last of th...
The Fourth Wish
1976
as Connie
The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes - and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.
Caddie
1976
as Black Eye
Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her.
Libido
1973
Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal desires ex...
lacerate
N/A
as Jeanne
Gloria, an aspiring painter, drives on an empty tank. Hands steadfast at the wheel, refusing to fill up, she tempts fate. Colliding with unspoken grie...
Fing!
N/A
Librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek indulge their demanding daughter Myrtle's every wish. When she wants a Fing, they search deep in the jungle. After findin...