Biography
Acting since age six, multiple award-winner Robin Phipps was twice put forward for a Leo for Best Actress in Canada, for the movies In the Name of the People, and The Fare, which was directed by award-winning Canadian director, Neil Every. (Not surprising, since directors, Peter Levin and Sam Borowski have both touted Robin to win an Oscar one day.) Phipps also appeared on the popular Disney television show So Weird, during this time. A popular child actor, she starred alongside Amy Madigan, Richard Thomas and Scott Bakula on In the Name of the People, and received this critical acclaim from The Hollywood Reporter: "...a fine little actress named Robin Anne Phipps, as the killer's 13-year-old daughter, Lisa ... And, Phipps, as Lisa, just rips your heart in two with some very convincing body-racked sobs. She's so good it makes us forget briefly that real life is rarely this flawlessly poignant." In addition, Phipps received a writing award from the Queen of England, and another from Canadian Living Magazine in which she was published nationally. She carved out a nice niche as a child actress, however, in REX, she truly reached adulthood. Playing Dee, a young deputy in a small Southern town, and the unrequited love interest of Alan Ritchson's Chase, she achieved quite a bit of success on the Festival circuit. Nominated for Best Actress at the 2008 SINY Film Festival and Best Actress on the Rise in the 2008 Queens Film Festival, she wound up winning the latter. She also won Breakthrough Performance in the 25th Long Island Film Festival, and went on to work with Director Sam Borowski on The Mandala Maker. Originally, cast in the lead of Naomi, an injury forced Phipps out of action, however, quite the gutsy performer she still recorded two songs for the film, and served as an Associate Producer, helping to shape the character of Naomi and to contribute in other ways. She was also the lead in a play at the famous Friars Club in New York, and has acted in the Hampton Shakespeare Festival. A talented singer, as well, Phipps sings Jazz at clubs and restaurants around New York and has been a guest singer with the Bob Merrill Jazz Band. She was born in Vancouver, Canada, and now lives in New York. She is a duel Canadian and US citizen.
