Amy Robbins
Born: February 18, 1971
Age: 53
Birthplace: Higher Bebington, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England
Amy Louise Robbins (born 18 February 1971) is an English stage, film and TV actress best known for her role as Dr. Jill Weatherill in the British television series The Royal. Prior to her role in The Royal she played Police Sergeant Rachel James in the BBC One hospital drama Casualty for one series. Robbins has appeared in many TV series including Where the Heart Is, Happiness, My Hero, Heartbeat, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Slammer, Doctors, People Like Us and Holby City.
Career
The 1986 Granada Television sketch show Robbins featured her brother Ted Robbins and sisters Jane, Emma and Kate Robbins, along with herself guest appearing in various episodes.
Before landing her role as Dr Jill Weatherill in The Royal, Robbins played a recurring character, Police Sergeant Rachel James in the BBC One hospital drama Casualty for one series.
Robbins also appeared in the TV film Strange Relations playing the part of Maureen.
She played Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers, from 1 August 2011 to the end of January 2012, at the Phoenix Theatre, London. She worked at Chichester Festival Theatre in The Accrington Pals with actress Katherine Kelly and has appeared in many more stage productions including A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
In 2011 Robbins performed for the Queen at Buckingham Palace in A Celebration of Youth in the Arts with RADA, playing the part of Lady Capulet alongside actors Anne Reid and Bryony Hannah.
In April and May 2013 Robbins played Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton.
In 2014 she filmed World's End, a series of 36 15-minute episodes for CBBC. World's End premiers on 30 March 2015.
From January to May 2016 Amy starred alongside her husband Robert Daws in Bill Kenright's touring production of Rehearsal For Murder.
Personal life
Youngest of five children, Robbins was born in Higher Bebington to an acting family and trained at RADA. She also gained an English and Drama degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. In February 2003 she married her co-star Robert Daws who plays Dr. Gordon Ormerod in The Royal. The couple have two children. She is a first cousin once removed of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and the younger sister of Ted Robbins and Kate Robbins, impressionist and actress. Robbins also has two other sisters and is the aunt of actress Emily Atack.
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role |
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1998 | Nightworld: 30 Years to Life (TV film) | Darla |
1999 | Holby City | Isla (1 episode- Brave Heart) |
1999 | "Noah's Ark" | Emma (1 episode - Old Dog, New Trick) |
1999 | EastEnders | Jane Carter (Unknown episodes) |
2000 | Where the Heart Is | Shayla Connor (1 episode-The Foreign Field) |
2001 | Happiness | Sophie Clark (1 episode- Forty) |
2001 | My Hero | Xil (1 episode- Girlfriend) |
2001 | People Like Us | Erica Feilding (1 episode-The Airline Pilot) |
2001 | My Beautiful SonStrange Relations (TV film) | Maureen |
2001 | Casualty | Sgt. Rachel James (8 episodes) |
2003 | Heartbeat | Dr. Jill Weatherill (1 episode- Out of the Blue) |
2003-2011 | The Royal | Dr. Jill Weatherill / Jill Weatherill (87 episodes) |
2004 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Deborah Mattis (1 episode- Soft Touch) |
2011 | The Slammer | Genie (1 episode- Governor Gimbert) |
2011-2013 | Doctors | Susie Dyerson- Sunny Side Up-2011
Rachel Alton- Through a Glass Darkly-2013 |
2015 | World's End | Prof. Stephanie Morelle |
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1997 | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | Molly Ward |
1997 | Up on the Roof | Bryony |
1998 | All the Little Animals | Valerie Ann Platt, Bobby's Mother |
2002 | Killing Me Softly | Sylvie |