Robin Tunney was born on the 19th June 1972, in Chicago, Illinois USA, of American and Irish descent. She is an actress, who has appeared in a number of roles in TV and film titles, such as “Encino Man” (1992), “The Craft” (1996), and “Prison Break” (2005-2006), but she is probably best known for starring in the role of Special Agent Teresa Lisbon in the TV series “The Mentalist” (2008-2015). She has been an active member of the entertainment industry since 1992.
Have you ever wondered how rich Robin Tunney is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Robin’s net worth is as high as $4 million, which has been accumulated through her successful career in the entertainment industry as a professional actress.
Robin Tunney Net Worth $4 Million
Robin Tunney was raised in a middle class Roman Catholic family in Orland Park, Chicago, by her father, who worked as a car salesman, and her mother, who was a bartender. She went to Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, from which she matriculated in 1990, then becoming a student at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Soon after, she showed interests in acting, so she moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, California when she was 19 years old, and there she began pursuing her professional acting career.
Robin made her debut appearance in the CBS Schoolbreak Special in an episode of “But He Loves Me” in 1991. Her next appearance was in the TV series “Life Goes On”, and in the same year she featured in the film made for television “Frogs!”, which also added to her net worth. Little by little she began to acquire more recognizable roles, including the ones in TV series “Class of ’96” (1993), and “Cutters” (1993), and films “Encino Man” (1992), with Brendan Fraser and Sean Austin, “Niagara, Niagara” (1997), in a lead role alongside Henry Thomas. Before the end of the 1990s, Robin also appeared in “Julian Po” (1997), with Christian Slater, “Montana” (1998), with Stanley Tucci and Kyra Sedgwick, and “End Of Days” (1999), alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
With the beginning of the 2000s, her career reached a whole new level, appearing in high profile films such as “Vertical Limit” (2000), “Cherish” (2002) “The Zodiac” (2005), “The Darwin Awards” (2006), “Open Window”, and “Hollywoodland” (2006) with Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, and Ben Affleck.
In 2008 she was selected for the role of Teresa Lisbon in the popular TV series “The Mentalist” (2008-2015), which increased her net worth by a large margin, as one of the leads alongside Simon Baker and Tim Kang.
To speak further of her accomplishments in the entertainment industry as an actress, Robin also featured in the films “The Burning Plan” (2008), “See Girl Run” (2012), and most recently “Courage” (2015), which also added to her net worth.
Thanks to her skills, Robin has received several prestigious awards, including the MTV Movie Award for her work on the film “The Craft” (1996), and Boston Film Festival award in the category of Best Actress, for her work on “Open Window”, among others.
When it comes to her personal life, Robin Tunney was marriedto director and producer Bob Gosse from 1997 to 2006. In 2009 she was engaged to writer and director Andrew Dominink, but they broke up, and currently she is engaged to interior designer Nicky Marmet, in May 2016 announcing that they were expecting their first child. Robin is known for working with charities, and she plays poker in World Series of Poker for The Children’s Health Fund; she was the winner in “Celebrity Poker Showdown”, which is aired on the Bravo channel.
