- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Wendy Robie was in Seattle doing repertory theater when she auditioned for a role in Twin Peaks (1990) (also being filmed in Seattle). Robie auditioned for another role in the series but David Lynch and Mark Frost were determined to cast her as Nadine Hurley, the ferocious and eccentric eye patch-wearing wife of "Big" Ed Hurley, played by Everett McGill. Nadine became one of the oddest of the odd in the series. Attached to the series, McGill and Robie starred in Wes Craven's dark and twisted tale of The People Under the Stairs (1991). They delivered a sinister mother/sister/wife concoction. Ever since, Robie has devoted her talents to the theater.- IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]
- ChildrenSamantha Robie
- Red Hair
- Known for playing mentally or emotionally disturbed women
- Was a competitive 100-mile endurance runner.
- Taught college English.
- Holds a degree in English Literature.
- Worked in health clubs teaching aerobics before becoming an actress.
- Nominated twice for a Joseph Jefferson Award (Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play), 'The Trojan Women', the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois (2003), and later in 2019, (Performer in a Principal Role in a Play), 'Elizabeth Rex', the Oak Park Festival Theatre in Oak Park, Illinois.
- "David Lynch loves broken beauty. He loves to see something or somebody that's beautiful and then broken in some way, who still goes on."(about her character in Twin Peaks (1990))
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