Early life

Robinson was born in London and brought up in Thailand and Malaysia by a Burmese-Indian-Malay mother and an English father. She is also of Scottish and Iranian descent. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. She is the sister of British field botanist Dr. Alastair Robinson.

Career

Robinson has made her film debut in the 2000 experimental film Timecode. She gained attention on the 2001 series The Lone Gunmen, part of The X-Files franchise. She played Yves Adele Harlow, a mysterious thief who often aided (and sometimes hindered) the starring trio.

Robinson's first lead role brought her to Morocco, playing a 19th-century Arabian princess named Jazira, opposite Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif, in Disney's $80 million Western epic Hidalgo (2004), directed by Joe Johnston. The film tells the true story of long-distance endurance horse rider, Frank Hopkins. In 2006, she played a Bengali character called Moushumi Mazumdar in Mira Nair's acclaimed film The Namesake, based on the book of the same name.

In 2007, Robinson had a supporting role in the HBO series Rome, and the following year played Eva Marquez, a NYPD detective, in the Fox police drama New Amsterdam. Robinson joined the cast of Lost in 2009 during its fifth season, as recurring character Ilana Verdansky, and was promoted to series regular for the sixth season. In 2012, she was cast in the second season of Homeland in a recurring role as journalist and secret al-Qaeda operative Roya Hammad. Robinson also played a supporting role in the drama thriller film The Boy.

In 2016, Robinson was cast as Lady Capulet in the ABC period drama Still Star-Crossed produced by ShondaLand.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Benefactor: Scenes from an Arrangement	Hope Crowley	Short film
2000	Timecode	Lester Moore's Assistant
2002	Slash	Suzie
2004	Hidalgo	Jazira
2004	The Merchant of Venice	Jessica
2006	The Namesake	Moushumi Mazumdar
2009	Fist Full of Love		Short film, also writer
2014	Ask Me Anything	Afreen
2015	The Boy	Mom
2016	American Fable	Vera

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Yves Adele Harlow	Series regular, 13 episodes
2002	The X Files	Yves Adele Harlow / Lois Runce	Episode: "Jump the Shark"
2007	Rome	Gaia	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2008	New Amsterdam	Eva Marquez	Series regular, 8 episodes
2009-2010	Lost	Ilana Verdansky	Series regular, 24 episodes Nominated — Monte Carlo TV Festival Award for Outstanding Actress - Drama Series (2010)
2012	Homeland	Roya Hammad	Recurring role, 9 episodes Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2013)
2013	The Mentalist	Dr. Sonia Kidd	Episode: "Red in Tooth and Claw"
2013	Covert Affairs	Bianca Manning	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2014	Intelligence	Amelia Vaughn	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2014	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Amara	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2014	Kingdom	Allison	Recurring role, 3 episodes
2015	The Following	Gwen	Series regular, 15 episodes
2016	Still Star-Crossed	Lady Capulet	Series regular

[ Source: Wikipedia ]