Robin Givens
Highest Rated: 92% Kimi (2022)
Lowest Rated: 10% God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
Birthday: Nov 27, 1964
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Actress Robin Givens rose to notoriety in the mid-1980s as the star of a popular teen-sitcom, only to gain infamy for her disastrous marriage to troubled heavyweight fighter Mike Tyson by decade's end. Encouraged by none other than Bill Cosby to pursue a career in acting, Givens soon landed a starring role on the popular sitcom "Head of the Class" (1986-1991). Her scandalous marriage to Tyson in 1988, however, took her from TV darling to tabloid temptress, resulting in Givens being dubbed the "Most Hated Woman in America" at one point. Looking to shift the focus away from her turbulent personal life and back to her professional work, the actress impressed with a convincing turn as a femme fatale in the crime drama "A Rage in Harlem" (1991). Appearances alongside leading men like Eddie Murphy in "Boomerang" (1992) and Damon Wayans in "Blankman" (1994) distanced her further from the Tyson episode. In the years that followed, she posed nude for Playboy, married again (for a single day), appeared on Broadway, published her memoir Grace Will Lead Me Home, and co-starred in such feature films as Tyler Perry's "The Family That Preys" (2008). Despite earnest attempts to set the record straight and reconcile with her past, as well as continue to work in film and television, Givens would be forever linked to those brief, stormy years spent with the volatile boxer.
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Robin Givens
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Ruphoria | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nana Project | Director | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Rescue |
Mama Rose (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Favorite Son Christmas | Director | - | 2023 |
92% |
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Kimi | Angela's Mother (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Clapback | Director | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A New Diva's Christmas Carol | Sahra (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He's Not Worth Dying For | Cher (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Haunted Trail | Director | - | 2021 |
67% |
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Last Looks | Fontella Davis (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Jenkins Family Christmas | Director | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Favorite Son | Director | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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A Murder to Remember | Director | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sin Choice | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
25% |
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Gully | Irma (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Never Heard | Shala Davis (Character) | - | 2018 |
17% |
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God Bless the Broken Road | Karena (Character) | $2.8M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dreams I Never Had | Prosecuting Attorney Hernandez (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Products of the American Ghetto |
Penny (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
10% |
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God's Not Dead 2 | Principal Kinney (Character) | $20.8M | 2016 |
22% |
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The Perfect Match | Geneva (Character) | $9.7M | 2016 |
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Definitely Divorcing | April (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Christmas to Remember | Veronica (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Angel's Wings | Amber (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Airplane vs Volcano | Lisa Whitmore (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Four Seasons | Helen (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JK's House | Dr. Amber Jenkins (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waiting for Angels | Jack's daughter (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Should've Put a Ring on It | Sherri (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breathe | Nurse Nancy (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God's Precious Jewels | Kim (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Will a Man Rob God? | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Church Girl | Cat (Character) | - | 2011 |
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Enemies Among Us | Gloria (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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A Mother's Prayer | Brenda (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Little Hercules | Dana (Character) | - | 2009 |
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God Send Me a Man | Kim (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Preaching to the Pastor | Dr. Williams (Character) | - | 2009 |
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Secrets to Love | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Restraining Order | Diane McNeil (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captive Hearts | Jade Marlo (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Flip the Script | Rain Jones (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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A Good Night to Die | Dana (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Wives: The New Generation | Kyndra (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Love Chronicles | Monifa Burly (Character) | - | 2003 |
30% |
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Head of State | Kim (Character) | $37.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Antibody | Rachel Saverini (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Book of Love | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spinning Out of Control | Erin (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Expendables | Randy (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Everything's Jake | Publisher (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Elite | Ashe (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Michael Jordan: An American Hero |
Juanita Vanoy/ |
- | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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A Face to Die For | Claudia (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Dangerous Intentions | Kaye Ferrar (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Foreign Student | April (Character) | $95.6K | 1994 |
12% |
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Blankman | Kimberly Jonz (Character) | $7.4M | 1994 |
49% |
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Boomerang | Jacqueline (Character) | $66.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel Street | Det. Anita King (Character) | - | 1992 |
68% |
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A Rage in Harlem | Imabelle (Character) | $8.8M | 1991 |
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The Women of Brewster Place | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Penthouse | Dinah St. Clair (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Beverly Hills Madam | April Baxter (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
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56% | 91% | So Help Me Todd | Director | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Nancy Drew | Director | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Dynasty | Director | 2022 |
83% | 23% | Batwoman | Jada Jet (Character) | 2021-2022 |
100% | 74% | Queens | Robin (Guest Star) | 2022 |
67% | 47% | Head of the Class | Darlene Hayward (Character) | 2021 |
81% | 48% | Riverdale |
Mayor McCoy (Guest Star), Director |
2017 2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Eric Andre Show | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Worst Cooks in America | Contestant | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Ambitions | Stephanie Lancaster (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 |
56% | 77% | The Fix | Julianne Johnson (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2009 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bold And The Beautiful, The Beginning | Dr. Phillips (Guest Star) | 2018 |
78% | 78% | Once Upon a Time | Eudora (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
87% | 73% | Lucifer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doctors | Guest | 2016 |
73% | 84% | Twisted | Judy (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 38% | 90210 | Cheryl Harwood (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Retired at 35 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
91% | 90% | Suburgatory | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reed Between the Lines | Guest | 2011 |
90% | 91% | Chuck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
85% | 69% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Anne Simpson (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008-2009 |
96% | 98% | Everybody Hates Chris | Stacy (Guest Star) | 2008 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Kandi (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tyler Perry's House of Payne | Tanya (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courthouse | Suzanne Graham (Character) | 1995 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
23% | No Score Yet | DAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cosby | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
9% | No Score Yet | Sparks | Wilma Cuthbert (Character) | 1996-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moesha | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head of the Class | Darlene Merriman (Character) | 1986-1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Women of Brewster Place | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 69% | The Cosby Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |