27 Facts About Robyn Malcolm

Robyn Jane Malcolm was born on 1965 and is a New Zealand actress, who first gained recognition for her role as nurse Ellen Crozier on the soap opera Shortland Street.

Robyn Malcolm is best known for playing Cheryl West, matriarch to a sometimes criminal working-class family, in the television series Outrageous Fortune.

Robyn Malcolm has worked in Australia, including roles in the TV series Rake and Upper Middle Bogan.

Robyn Malcolm plays the lead role in the six-part 2023 NZ drama After the Party.

Robyn Jane Malcolm was born in 1965 in Ashburton, New Zealand.

Robyn Malcolm attended Ashburton College, and graduated from Toi Whakaari with a Diploma in Acting in 1987.

Robyn Malcolm appeared on the show for over five years.

Robyn Malcolm played the lead role in television feature, Clare, based on the cervical cancer experiment at Auckland's National Women's Hospital which resulted in the Cartwright Inquiry.

In 1999, Robyn Malcolm was one of the founding members of the New Zealand Actors' Company along with Tim Balme, Katie Wolfe, and Simon Bennett.

Robyn Malcolm produced and toured a number of successful stage productions throughout New Zealand.

In 2005, Robyn Malcolm took on the role of Cheryl West, matriarch of the West family, in Outrageous Fortune.

Robyn Malcolm co-starred in 2010 feature film The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell, playing mother to a family obsessed with go-karting and motorsports.

Robyn Malcolm has had small roles in movies Absent Without Leave directed by John Laing, The Last Tattoo directed by John Reid, Gaylene Preston's Perfect Strangers, and Christine Jeffs' Sylvia.

Robyn Malcolm had a minor role as Morwen in the second film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Robyn Malcolm played Kirsty Corella in the Australian television series Rake, and Julie Wheeler in Upper Middle Bogan.

Robyn Malcolm plays Mrs Keene on the 2023 drama series Black Bird.

Robyn Malcolm plays the lead role in the six-part drama After the Party, which aired on TVNZ from 29 October 2023.

On 31 January 2025, Robyn Malcolm was named in the cast for Netflix series The Survivors.

Robyn Malcolm was nominated for Best Actress at the 1998 TV Guide Television Awards for her work in Shortland Street.

Robyn Malcolm was nominated again for her role in Clare.

In 2003, Robyn Malcolm won an International Actors Fellowship at the Globe Theatre in London.

Robyn Malcolm received this prestigious award in the International Panorama section for her outstanding performance in After the Party, a series she co-created with writer Dianne Taylor.

Robyn Malcolm was formerly married to Allan Clark and has two sons.

Robyn Malcolm is in a relationship with Scottish actor Peter Mullan, whom she met while filming Top of the Lake in 2013.

Robyn Malcolm's sister is married to Roger Sutton, the former CEO of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

Robyn Malcolm voiced Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand advertisements for the New Zealand general election, 2008.

Robyn Malcolm has helped spearhead an actors' union campaign to negotiate standard contracts for actors in The Hobbit films.