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Amy Louise Robbins (born 18 February 1971) is an English stage, film and TV actress best known for her role as Dr. Jill Weatherill in the British television series The Royal. Before her role in The Royal she played Police Sergeant Rachel James in the BBC One hospital drama Casualty. Robbins has appeared in many TV series including Emmerdale, EastEnders, Holby City, World's End, Where the Heart Is, Happiness, My Hero, Heartbeat, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Slammer, Doctors, People Like Us, Holby City, Hollyoaks and Noah's Ark.

Amy Robbins
Born	Amy Louise Robbins (1971-02-18) 18 February 1971 (age 51) Higher Bebington, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Actress, presenter
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Robert Daws ​ (m. 2003)​ [citation needed]
Children	2

Career

The 1986 Granada Television sketch show Robbins featured her brother Ted Robbins and sisters Jane, Emma and Kate Robbins, along with herself guest appearing in various episodes.^{[citation needed]}

She then went on to train at RADA.

Before landing her role as Dr Jill Weatherill in The Royal, Robbins played a recurring character, Police Sergeant Rachel James in the BBC One hospital drama Casualty for one series. Robbins also appeared in the BAFTA winning TV film 'My Beautiful Son 'playing the part of Maureen opposite Julie Walters.

She played Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers,[1] from 1 August 2011 to the end of January 2012, at the Phoenix Theatre, London. She worked at Chichester Festival Theatre in The Accrington Pals with actress Katherine Kelly and has appeared in many more stage productions including A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.

In 2011, Robbins performed for the Queen at Buckingham Palace in A Celebration of Youth in the Arts with RADA, playing the part of Lady Capulet alongside actors Anne Reid and Bryony Hannah.

In April and May 2013 Robbins played Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton.

In October 2013, she appeared in Sarah Rutherford's "Adult Supervision" at Park Theatre (London).[2]

In 2014, she filmed World's End, a series of 36 15-minute episodes for CBBC. World's End premiers on 30 March 2015.[3]

From January to May 2016 Amy starred alongside her husband Robert Daws in Bill Kenright's touring production of Rehearsal For Murder.

In March 2017, Robbins joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, as Lynette Drinkwell, the mother of Scott Drinkwell, played by Ross Adams, and the sister of Diane O'Connor, portrayed by Alex Fletcher.

Personal life

Youngest of five children, Robbins was born in Higher Bebington to an acting family and trained at RADA. She also received an English and Drama degree from Goldsmiths, University of London.[1] In February 2003, she married her The Royal co-star Robert Daws who plays Dr. Gordon Ormerod (who later became her screen husband).[4][5] The couple have two children.[4] She is a first cousin once removed of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and the younger sister of Ted Robbins and Kate Robbins, impressionist and actress.[6] Robbins also has two other sisters and is the aunt of actress Emily Atack.^{[citation needed]} Her grandfather, Ted, served as the secretary of the Football Association of Wales for more than 35 years.[7]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	Molly Ward	Supporting Role
	Up on the Roof	Bryony	Main Role
1998	All the Little Animals	Valerie Ann Platt	Supporting Role
	30 Years to Life	Darla	TV Movie
	Noah’s Ark	Emma Pearson	Recurring Role (5 Episodes)
1999	EastEnders	Jane Carter	Recurring Role (4 Episodes)
	Holby City	Isla	1 Episode
2000	Where the Heart is	Shayla Connor	1 Episode
2001	Happiness	Sophie Clark	1 Episode
	My Hero	Xil	1 Episode
	Strange Relations	Maureen	TV Movie
	People Like Us	Erica Fielding	1 Episode
	Casualty	Sgt. Rachel James	Recurring Role (8 Episodes)
2002	Killing Me Softly	Sylvie	Main Role
2003	Heartbeat	Dr. Jill Weatherill	1 Episode
2003-2011	The Royal		Regular Role (87 Episodes)
2004	Dalziel and Pascoe	Deborah Mattis	1 Episode
2011	The Slammer	Genie	1 Episode
	Doctors	Susie Dyerson	1 Episode
2013	Doctors	Rachel Alton	1 Episode
2015	World’s End	Stephanie Morelle	Regular Role (26 Episodes)
	Just Life	Karen Weir	Short Film
2016	LOAK	Mother	Short Film
2017	Hollyoaks	Lynette Drinkwell	Recurring Role (4 Episodes)
2019	Father Brown	Angelica Evans	1 Episode
	EastEnders	Caren	Recurring Role (4 Episodes)
2020	Holby City	Martha Ridgeway	1 Episode
	Doctors	Katie Banks	1 Episode
2022	Emmerdale	Defence Barrister Milligan	Recurring Role (6 Episodes)

Theatre Credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996-1997	Dona Rosita the Spinister	Third Spinster	Almeida Theatre, London
2002	The Accrington Pals	May	Chichester Festival Theatre
2010	The Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Sheila	Nottingham Playhouse
2011	Romeo and Juliet	Lady Capulet	Buckingham Palace
2011-2012	Blood Brothers	Mrs. Johnstone	Phoenix Theatre
2013	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	Titania	Royal & Derngate, Northampton
	Adult Supervision	Mo	Park Theatre, Finsbury
2016	Rehearsal for Murder	Monica Welles	UK Tour
2016-2017	Blood Brothers	Mrs. Johnstone	UK Tour
2021-2022	Blood Brothers	Mrs. Johnstone	UK Tour

References

External links

• Amy Robbins at IMDb

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