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{{short description|Australian actress (born 1942)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Robyn Nevin
| honorific_suffix   = [[Order of Australia|AO]]
| image              = Robyn Nevin 2013.jpg
| caption            = Nevin in 2013
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|9|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Melbourne]], Australia
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1962&ndash;present 
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Jim McNeil]]|1975|1977|end=divorced}}
| partner            = [[Nicholas Hammond]] (1987–present)
| children           = 1
|education = [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
}}
'''Robyn Anne Nevin''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress recognised with the [[Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards]] and the [[JC Williamson Award]] at the [[Helpmann Awards]] for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. Former head of both the [[Queensland Theatre Company]] and the [[Sydney Theatre Company]], she has directed more than 30 productions and acted in more than 80 plays, collaborating with internationally renowned artists, including [[Richard Wherrett]], [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]], [[Geoffrey Rush]], [[Julie Andrews]], [[Aubrey Mellor]], [[Jennifer Flowers]], [[Cate Blanchett]] and [[Lee Lewis]].<ref name="smh">{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/robyn-nevin-she-who-must-be-obeyed/2006/02/23/1140563906152.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| title=Robyn Nevin: she who must be obeyed | date=25 February 2006 | access-date=2 July 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924195235/http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/robyn-nevin-she-who-must-be-obeyed/2006/02/23/1140563906152.html | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-06-08|title=Actress Robyn Nevin among locals awarded Queen's Birthday honour|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-08/queens-birthday-honours-robyn-nevin-in-illawarra-shoalhaven/12326938|access-date=2021-12-30}}</ref>

Nevin is also known for her roles in films and televisions series, including [[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|''Water Under the Bridge'']] (1980) as Shasta, role that earned her a [[Logie Awards]] and a [[Penguin Award]], ''[[Upper Middle Bogan]]'' (2014) and ''[[Top of the Lake]]'' (2014), and international film acting as Councillor Dillard in ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' and ''[[The Matrix Revolutions]]'' (both 2003), and as Edna in the horror film ''[[Relic (2020 film)|Relic]]'' (2020).

== Early life ==
Nevin was born on 25 September 1942 in [[Melbourne]], to Josephine Pauline Casey and William George Nevin. She was educated at [[Genazzano FCJ College|Genazzano Convent]] until the age of 11, when she moved with her family to [[Hobart]], Tasmania, and was enrolled at the [[Fahan School]], a [[non-denominational]] school for girls.<ref name="whoswho">{{cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = Nevin, Robyn|year=2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic}}</ref> While there, she played the lead in the school's production of ''[[Snow White]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Hobart|Theatre Royal]]. Her parents were conservative and conventional, her father the managing director of [[Dunlop Australia]], her mother a housewife, so to enter the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] (NIDA) at the age of 16 in the very first intake in 1959 was a brave step, in which she was fully supported by her parents.<ref name="smh" />

== Career ==
At the outset of her career, she had a variety of roles in radio and television, working mainly at the [[Australian Broadcasting Commission]], including current affairs, music, chat shows and children's shows throughout the early 1960s. With the [[Old Tote Theatre Company]] she acted in ''[[The Legend of King O'Malley]]'' by [[Bob Ellis]] and [[Michael Boddy]] in 1970. She gravitated back to theatre, where she has been a constant presence for the last 40 years.

Although theatre has been her home ground she has also starred in numerous Australian films and mini-series, landing many credits for strong supporting roles. She made one foray into directing in ''[[The More Things Change... (film)|The More Things Change...]]'' (1986).<ref>{{IMDb title|0092080|The More Things Change...}}</ref>

In 1996 she became artistic director of the [[Queensland Theatre Company]], a position which she held with great success, rescuing the company from bankruptcy and leaving it flourishing in 1999, when she took over the position of artistic director of the [[Sydney Theatre Company]], where she was artistic director until the end of 2007, having created such memorable additions as The Actor's Company, the only professional repertory company in the nation, and the hugely successful Wharf Revue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sydney Theatre Company|url=http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/content.asp?cID=44|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516191833/http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/content.asp?cID=44|archive-date=16 May 2011|access-date=2 November 2010|publisher=Sydneytheatre.com.au}}</ref>

In 2006 she established The STC Actors Company and directed its debut production of Brecht's ''Mother Courage and Her Children.'' Her other extensive directing credits for Sydney Theatre Company include: ''Boy Gets Girl'' (2005)'','' ''Summer Rain'' (2005), ''Scenes from a Separation'' (2004), ''Hedda Gabler'' (2004), ''Harbour'' (2004), ''The Real Thing'' (2003), ''A Doll's House'' (2002) and ''Hanging Man'' (2002).

Other directing credits include ''After the Ball, Honour, Summer Rain'' and ''A Month in the Country'' (Queensland Theatre Company); ''Kid Stakes, Scenes from a Separation, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' and ''On Top of the World'' (Melbourne Theatre Company); ''The Removalists'' (State Theatre of South Australia) and ''The Marriage of Figaro'' (State Opera of South Australia).

Nevin has performed in a range of roles at the Sydney Theatre Company, beginning in 1979 as Miss Docker in ''[[A Cheery Soul]]'' by [[Patrick White]] (reprised in 2001); and also including as Roxane in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' in 1981; as Ranyevskaya in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] in 2005; and as Mrs Venable in ''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]'' by [[Tennessee Williams]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=STC Magazine Archive: Robyn Nevin|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2014/november/archive-robyn-nevin?fptd_mode=validation|publisher=Sydney Theatre Company|access-date=25 February 2015|date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216014305/https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2014/november/archive-robyn-nevin?fptd_mode=validation|archive-date=16 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Type
|-
|rowspan=2|1973
|''[[Libido (1973 film)|Libido]]''
|Sister Caroline (segment ‘The Priest’)
|Feature film
|-
|''Reflections''
|
|Film short
|-
|1975
|''Something Other''
|
|Film short
|-
|rowspan=3|1976
|''[[Caddie (film)|Caddie]]''
|Black Eye
|Feature film
|-
|''Dr. K''
|
|Film short
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Fourth Wish}}''
|Connie
|Feature film
|-
|rowspan=3|1978
|''{{sortname|The|Irishman|The Irishman (1978 film)}}''
|Jenny Doolan
|Feature film
|-
|''Marx''
|
|Film short
|-
|''The Clown and the Mind Reader''
|
|Film short
|-
|1979
|''[[Temperament Unsuited]]''
|Anne
|Film short
|-
|1980
|''Tread Softly''
|Claire
|Film short
|-
|1981
|''Letting Go''
|
|Film short
|-
|1982
|''[[Fighting Back (1982 American film)|Fighting Back]]''
|Mary
|Feature film
|-
|rowspan=2|1983
|''[[Goodbye Paradise]]''
|Kate
|Feature film
|-
|''[[Careful, He Might Hear You (film)|Careful, He Might Hear You]]''
|Lila
|Feature film
|-
|1984
|''{{sortname|The|Coolangatta Gold|dab=film}}''
|Robyn Lukas
|Feature film
|-
|1988
|''[[Emerald City (film)|Emerald City]]''
|Kate Rogers
|Feature film
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|''[[Resistance (1992 film)|Resistance]]''
|Wiley
|Feature film
|-
|''[[Greenkeeping]]''
|Mum
|Feature film
|-
|1994
|''[[Lucky Break (1994 film)|Lucky Break]]''
|Anne-Marie LePine
|Feature film
|-
|1995
|''[[Angel Baby (1995 film)|Angel Baby]]''
|Dr. Norberg
|Feature film
|-
|1997
|''{{sortname|The|Castle|dab=1997 Australian film}}''
|Supreme Court Judge
|Feature film
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|''{{sortname|The|Matrix Reloaded}}''
|Councillor Dillard
|Feature film 
|-
|''[[Bad Eggs]]''
|Eleanor Poulgrain
|Feature film
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Matrix Revolutions}}''
|Councillor Dillard
|Feature film 
|-
|2011
|''{{sortname|The|Eye of the Storm|dab=2011 film}}''
|Lal
|Feature film
|-
|2013
|''{{sortname|The|Turning|dab=2013 film}}''
|Carol Lang 
|Feature film (segment ‘Reunion’)
|-
|2015
|''[[Ruben Guthrie]]''
|Susan Guthrie
|Feature film
|-
|2016
|''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]''
|Sharifa
|Feature film
|-
|2018
|''Death in Bloom''
|Mrs. Patterson
|Film short
|-
|2020
|''Groundhog Night''
|Rose
|Film short
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Relic (2020 film)|Relic]]''
| Edna
| Feature film
|-
|2022
|''Lacerate''
|Jeanne
|Film short
|-
|2023
|''[[The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race]]''
|Joan Bunyan
|Feature film
|-
|2024
|''[[Sting (film)|Sting]]''
|Gunter
|
|-
|TBA
|''[[Fing]]''
|{{TBA}}
|Filming
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1961
|''[[The Outcasts (Australian TV series)|The Outcasts]]''
|
|TV series
|-
|1962
|''[[Consider Your Verdict]]''
|Judith Harper
|TV series, 1 episode: "Queen Versus Glandon"
|-
|1967
|''[[Bellbird (TV series)|Bellbird]]''
|
|TV series
|-
|1971
|''[[The Comedy Game]]''
|Kate Sullivan
|TV series, 1 episode: "Our Man in Canberra"
|-
|rowspan=4|1973
|''[[Our Man in the Company]]''
|Miss Healey
|TV series, 1 episode: "Let Women Go Free"
|-
|''[[The Taming of the Shrew (1973 film)|The Taming of the Shrew]]''
|Barmaid
|TV film
|-
|''[[How Could You Believe Me When I Said I'd Be Your Valet When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?]]''
|
|Teleplay
|-
|''[[President Wilson in Paris]]''
|Mrs. Wilson
|Teleplay
|-
|rowspan=2|1974
|''[[Matlock Police]]''
|Sue Palmer
|TV series, 1 episode: "Dancing Class"
|-
|''[[Ryan (TV series)|Ryan]]''
|Susan Davis
|TV series, 1 episode: "Negative Proof"
|-
|1974; 1975
|''[[Behind the Legend]]''
|Guest roles
|TV series, 1 episode: "William Bligh" (1974)
|-
|1975
|''[[Ben Hall (TV series)|Ben Hall]]''
|
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|1975
|''[[Behind the Legend]]''
|Guest role
|TV series, 1 episode: "ST Gill"
|-
|1976
|''God Knows Why, But It Works''
|Nurse
|Film documentary
|-
|1977
|''[[Say You Want Me]]''
|Interviewing Officer
|TV film
|-
|1978
|''[[Father, Dear Father#Australian version|Father, Dear Father]]''
|Mrs. Webster
|TV series, episode 4: "Novel Exercise"
|-
|1979
|''[[The Oracle (TV series)|The Oracle]]''
|
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="5" |1980
|''Notes on a Landscape''
|Herself
|Film documentary
|-
|''[[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|Water Under the Bridge]]''
| Shasta
|TV miniseries, 8 episodes
|-
|''[[The Sullivans]]''
| Rachael Dawson
|TV series, 2 episodes
|-
|''{{sortname|A|Toast to Melba}}''
|Nellie Melba
|TV film
|-
|''[[Spring & Fall]]''
| Mary
|TV series, Series 1, episode 2: "The Last Card"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
|''Oz '81''
|Various characters
|TV series
|-
|''Degrees of Change''
|
|Teleplay
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
|''The Naked Breast''
|Narrator
|Film documentary
|-
|''[[Spring & Fall]]''
|Anne
|TV series, Season 2, episode 2:"Perfect Company"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''{{sortname|The|Dismissal|The Dismissal (miniseries)}}''
|Lady Kerr
|TV miniseries, 3 episodes
|-
|''For Love or Money''
|Herself
|Film documentary
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
|''[[Conferenceville]]''
|Dr Cindy Broughton
|TV film
|-
|''[[Making 'The Coolangatta Gold]]'''
|Herself (uncredited)
|Film special
|-
|1985
|''[[Hanlon]]''
|Minnie Dean
|TV series, episode: "In Defence of Minnie Dean"
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|''{{sortname|The|Ham Funeral}}''
|Mrs. Goosgog
|Teleplay
|-
|''[[Shadows of the Heart]]''
|Mrs. Hanlon
|TV miniseries, 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|''[[Seven Deadly Sins (miniseries)|Seven Deadly Sins]]''
|Margot
|TV series, episode 3: 'Sloth'
|-
|''The Burning Piano: A Portrait of Patrick White''
|Herself
|TV film
|-
|1995–99
|''[[Halifax f.p.]]''
|Angela Halifax
|TV film series, 3 episodes: "The Feeding", "Cradle and All", "A Murder of Crows"
|-
|2003
|''[[Enter the Matrix]]''
|Councillor Dillard (voice)
|Video game
|-
|rowspan=3|2013-16
|''[[Upper Middle Bogan]]''
|Margaret Denyar
|TV series, 24 episodes
|-
|''[[Top of the Lake]]''
|Jude Griffin
|TV series, 4 episodes: "1.1", "1.3", "1.4", "1.5"
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Broken Shore|The Broken Shore (2014 film)}}''
|Cecily Addison
|TV film "3.5", "3.7"
|-
|2014
|''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]''
|Banking Counsel Assisting
|TV series, 2 episodes
|-
|2015
|''Stories I Wanted to Tell You in Person''
|Anna
|TV film
|-
|2016
|''[[Cleverman (TV series)|Cleverman]]''
|Jane O'Grady
|TV series, episode: "Containment"
|-
|2018
|''[[Very Small Business (TV series)|Back in Very Small Business]]''
| Celeste Di Nonno
|TV series, 8 episodes
|-
|2019
|''[[Doctor Doctor (Australian TV series)|Doctor Doctor]]''
| Dinah
| TV series, Season 4, 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2020
|''In Creative Company''
|Herself
|Podcast series, 1 episode
|-
|''[[The End (Australian TV series)|The End]]''
|Dawn
|TV series, 8 episodes
|-
|2021
|''[[The Moth Effect]]''
| Voice of M
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|''[[Wolf Like Me (TV series)|Wolf Like Me]]''
| Gwen
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|''[[God's Favorite Idiot]]''
|Helen
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|2025
|''[[Apple Cider Vinegar (TV series)|Apple Cider Vinegar]]''
|Alma Hirsch
|TV series, 2 episodes <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |date=2025-02-14 |title=Netflix's 'Apple Cider Vinegar' features a Jewish-run 'cancer clinic.' What is it? |url=https://www.jta.org/2025/02/14/culture/netflixs-apple-cider-vinegar-features-a-jewish-run-cancer-clinic-what-is-it |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

=== Other appearances ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2015
|''The Making of '[[Ruben Guthrie]]'''
|Herself / Susan Guthrie
|Video
|-
|2012
|''Raising the Curtain''
|Interviewee
|TV series
|-
|2007
|''[[In the Company of Actors]]''
|Herself
|TV special
|-
|2003
|''Over Easy: On Location With 'Bad Eggs'''
|Herself
|Video
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''[[Burke's Backyard]]''
|Guest Celebrity Gardener
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|''[[Australian Story]]''
|Herself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
| rowspan="4" |1998
|''The Edge of the Possible''
|Narrator (voice)
|TV documentary
|-
|''Witness''
|Herself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|''[[Australian Story]]''
|Herself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|''[[Denise (TV program)|Denise]]''
|Guest
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|1994
|''Ernie and Denise''
|Guest
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|1994
|''Rites of Passage''
|Narrator
|TV documentary
|}

== Theatre and musical ==

=== Sydney Theatre Company and other ===
[[Sydney Theatre Company]] is an Australian [[Theater company|theatre company]] based in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], which performs at [[The Wharf Theatre]], the [[Roslyn Packer Theatre]] and the [[Sydney Opera House]]. Nevin was associate artistic director from 1984 to 1987, and first artistic director from 1999 to 2007, producing twenty plays. She has also acted in twenty-seven productions of the company.
{{legend|#faecc8|Artistic Director}}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Years
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" |Location
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Macbeth]]''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |1980
| 
| [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|
|-
! scope="row" |''Close of Play''
|style="text-align:center;"|Margaret
| rowspan="6" |[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Rodney Fisher
|-
! scope="row" |''The Precious Woman''
|style="text-align:center;"|Su-Ling
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|''Cyrano de Bergerac'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|1981
|style="text-align:center;"|Roxanne
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Macbeth]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1982
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Lady Macbeth]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rayment|first=Colette|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/790a87261614e92fe5d5f517e2c8f50a/1?cbl=1817542&pq-origsite=gscholar|title=Australasian Drama Studies; Vol. 1, Fasc. 1|publisher=[[University of Queensland Press]]|year=1982|location=[[St Lucia, Queensland]]|pages=120–130|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''The Perfectionist''
|style="text-align:center;"|Barbara
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[David Williamson]], directed by Rodney Fisher<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Austlit|title=The Perfectionist {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C17382|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.austlit.edu.au|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[The Way of the World (book)|''The Way of the World'']]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1983
|style="text-align:center;"|Millamant
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Present Laughter]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Gussie
|[[Theatre Royal, Hobart|Theatre Royal]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[Noël Coward]], directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2014-11-13|title=Archive: Robyn Nevin|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2014/november/archive-robyn-nevin|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''The Perfectionist''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1984
|style="text-align:center;"|Barbara
|[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]<br />written by [[David Williamson]], directed by Rodney Fisher<ref name=":0"/>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''The Perfect Mismatch''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
| rowspan="6" |[[Wharf Theatre]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Heartbreak House''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1985
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Family Favourites''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director
|-
! scope="row" |[[Mixed Doubles (play)|''Mixed Doubles'']]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1986
|style="text-align:center;"|Queen Dollallola
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Michael Scott-Mitchell<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-18|title=Archive: Michael Scott-Mitchell|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2015/august/archive-michael-s-m|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Seagull]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Arkadina
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Jean-Pierre Mignon<ref name=":1" />
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Siesta in a Pink Hotel''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |1987
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|''The Philadelphia Story'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|–
| rowspan="4" |[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-08|title=Archive: John Howard|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2015/september/archive-john-howard|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Emerald City (play)|''Emerald City'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|Kate
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[David Williamson]], directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]
|-
! scope="row" |''Tom & Viv''
|style="text-align:center;"|Viv
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Aubrey Mellor]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Woman in Mind]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Susan
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[Alan Ayckbourn]], directed by [[Richard Wherrett]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Big and Little]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|1988
|style="text-align:center;"|Lotte
| rowspan="6" |[[Wharf Theatre]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Harald Clemen<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-08|title=Archive: Big and Little, in 1988|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2011/november/archive-big-and-little,-in-1988|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Ham Funeral]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|1989
|style="text-align:center;"|First Lady
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Neil Armfield]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Ham Funeral, The Wharf Theatre, Sydney, NSW, 14 November 1989|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/2017|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.ausstage.edu.au}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[The Removalists]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|1991
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''The Girl who saw Everything''
|style="text-align:center;"|1992
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite book|last=Perkins|first=Elizabeth M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Skrz5plxWwC&dq=1992+THE+GIRL+WHO+SAW+EVERYTHING+Robyn+Nevin+Sydney+Theatre+Company&pg=PR5|title=The Plays of Alma De Groen|date=1994|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-90-5183-764-3|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''The Recruit''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1999
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Corporate Vibes''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />writer and director
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;"scope="row" |''The Great Man''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2000
|style="text-align:center;"|–
| rowspan="2" |[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite web|last=Austlit|title=The Great Man {{!}} AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C125679|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.austlit.edu.au|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Life After George]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Various characters
|[[Play (theatre)|Play]];<br />written by [[Hannie Rayson]], directed by Marion Potts
|-
! scope="row" |''[[A Cheery Soul]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Miss Docker
| rowspan="7" |[[Wharf Theatre]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Jim Sharman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Cheery Soul|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/work/433|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.ausstage.edu.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Old Masters''
|style="text-align:center;"|2001
|style="text-align:center;"|Lillian Fromm
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Benedict Andrews]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-09-07|title=Archive: Benedict Andrews – Old Masters, starring Jacki Weaver and Robyn Nevin|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2012/september/archive-benedict-andrews|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2002
|style="text-align:center;"|Amanda Wingfield
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Jennifer Flowers]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-10-18|title=The Glass Menagerie|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-glass-menagerie-20021018-gdfqg4.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[A Doll's House]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[Henrik Ibsen]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-03|title=Archive: The Fiercest Women on Stage|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/magazine/posts/2019/june/archive-fierce-women|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Hanging Man''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[Major Barbara]]''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2003
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |[[The Real Thing (play)|''The Real Thing'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[The Breath of Life (play)|''The Breath of Life'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|Madeleine
|[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[David Hare (playwright)|Sir David Hare]], directed by [[Max Stafford-Clark]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-06-06|title=The Breath Of Life, STC|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-breath-of-life-stc-20030606-gdgvto.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[Hedda Gabler]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2004
|style="text-align:center;"|–
| rowspan="10" |[[Wharf Theatre]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''Scenes from Separation''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |[[Summer Rain (musical)|''Summer Rain'']]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |2005
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[Boy Gets Girl]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|Ranyevskaya
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Howard Davies (director)|Howard Davies]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cherry Orchard (2005)|url=https://pamela-rabe.com/stage-plays/the-cherry-orchard-2005/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Pamela-Rabe.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[Hedda Gabler]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2006
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Hedda Gabler|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/in-the-company-of-actors/about-hedda-gabler|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!style="background-color:#faecc8;" scope="row" |''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Simmonds|first=Diana|title=Mother Courage And Her Children|url=http://www.stagenoise.com/review/2006/mother-courage-and-her-children|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.stagenoise.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Love-Lies-Bleeding (play)|Love Lies Bleeding]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|2007
|style="text-align:center;"|Toinette
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[Don DeLillo]], directed by [[Lee Lewis]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Love-Lies-Bleeding {{!}} Sydney Theatre Company|url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/20070719529/reviews/sydney/love-lies-bleeding-%7C-sydney-theatre-company.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.australianstage.com.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[The Women of Troy (play)|''The Women of Troy'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|2008
|style="text-align:center;"|Joan
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Barrie Kosky]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Women of Troy {{!}} Sydney Theatre Company|url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/200809221900/reviews/sydney/the-women-of-troy-%7C-sydney-theatre-company.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.australianstage.com.au|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Year of Magical Thinking]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|2008-2009
|style="text-align:center;"|Joan Didion
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />written by [[Joan Didion]], directed by [[Cate Blanchett]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Year of Magical Thinking {{!}} STC|url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/200804041317/reviews/sydney/the-year-of-magical-thinking-%7C-stc.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.australianstage.com.au|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|2010
|style="text-align:center;"|Mary Tyrone
|[[Sydney Opera House]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Andrew Upton]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Long Day's Journey Into Night {{!}} Sydney Theatre Company|url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/201007063671/reviews/sydney/long-day-s-journey-into-night-%7C-sydney-theatre-company.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.australianstage.com.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Suddenly Last Summer]]''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2015
|style="text-align:center;"|Mrs Venable
| rowspan="2" |[[Wharf Theatre]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Kip Williams]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suddenly Last Summer|url=https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2015/suddenly-last-summer|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Sydney Theatre Company|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[King Lear]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|[[Shakespearean fool|Fool]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Neil Armfield]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=King Lear {{!}} Sydney Theatre Company|url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/201511307530/reviews/sydney/king-lear-%7C-sydney-theatre-company.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.australianstage.com.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''A German Life''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2021
|style="text-align:center;"|Brunhilde Pomsel|
| rowspan="2" |[[Adelaide Festival]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Neil Armfield]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=A German Life {{!}} Adelaide Festival|url=https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/news/latest-news/three-minutes-with-robyn-nevin/|access-date=2022-04-07|website=www.adelaidefestival.com.au}}</ref>
|}

=== Melbourne Theatre Company ===
[[Melbourne Theatre Company]] is an Australian [[Theater company|theatre company]] based in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], which performs at the [[Southbank Theatre]], the [[Arts Centre Melbourne]] and the [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Malthouse]]. Nevin directed four plays in the 90s and she was the artistic director of the company with [[Pamela Rabe]], Aidan Fennessy in 2012.<ref name="former">{{cite web |title=Former artistic leadership |url=http://www.mtc.com.au/about/the-company/history/former-artistic-leadership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014221443/http://www.mtc.com.au:80/about/the-company/history/former-artistic-leadership |archive-date=14 October 2018 |website=Melbourne Theatre Company}}</ref> She has also acted in fourteen productions of the company.{{legend|#faecc8|Artistic Director}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Years
! scope="col" |Role
! scope="col" |Location
! scope="col" |Notes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| style="text-align:center;" |1984
| style="text-align:center;" |Martha 
| rowspan="18" |[[Arts Centre Melbourne]]
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Roger Hodgman
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
|style="text-align:center;" |1989
| style="text-align:center;" |Madam Ranevskaya
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Roger Hodgman
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]''
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |1990
| style="text-align:center;" |Bunny 
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Roger Hodgman<ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-10-27 |title=The House of Blue Leaves |url=https://pamela-rabe.com/pamela-rabe-interview-across-the-great-divide/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Pamela-Rabe.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;"  scope="row" |[[Michael Gow|''On Top of the World'']]
| style="text-align:center;" |–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Top of the World |url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/on-top-of-the-world/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Theatregold |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Lady Windermere's Fan|''Lady Windermere's Fan - 2'']]
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |1995
| style="text-align:center;" |Lady Windemere
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Roger Hodgman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lady Windermere's Fan - 2 |url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/lady-windermeres-fan-2/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Theatregold |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;"  scope="row" |[[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (opera)|''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'']]
| style="text-align:center;" |–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summer of the Seventeenth Doll |url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/summer-of-the-seventeenth-doll/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Theatregold |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;"  scope="row" |''Scenes from a Separation''
| style="text-align:center;" |–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scenes from a Separation |url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/scenes-from-a-separation/ |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=Theatregold |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background-color:#faecc8;"  scope="row" |''Kid Stakes''
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |1996
| style="text-align:center;" |–
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre Heritage Australia Digital Collection: Kid Stakes (1996) |url=http://digital.theatreheritage.org.au/pages/view.php?search=!last1000&k=&modal=&display=thumbs&order_by=field8&offset=61&per_page=48&archive=&sort=DESC&restypes=&recentdaylimit=&foredit=&ref=495 |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=digital.theatreheritage.org.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[A Cheery Soul]]''
| style="text-align:center;" |Miss Docker
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Neil Armfield]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herbert |first=Kate |date=1996-05-07 |title=Kate Herbert Theatre Reviews: A Cheery Soul, May 7, 1996 |url=https://kateherberttheatrereviews.blogspot.com/1996/05/a-cheery-soul-may-7-1996.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Kate Herbert Theatre Reviews}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Julius Caesar (play)|''Julius Caesar'']]
| style="text-align:center;" |Mark Antony
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer-Dinkgrafe |first=Daniel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_GEAgAAQBAJ&dq=1996+JULIUS+CAESAR+Simon+Phillips+Melbourne&pg=PA216 |title=Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre |date=2003-05-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-76787-8 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Master Class]]''
|style="text-align:center;" |1997
| style="text-align:center;" |Maria Callas
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Rodney Fisher
|-
! scope="row" |[[Amy's View|''Amy's View - 2'']]
| style="text-align:center;" |1998
| style="text-align:center;" |Esme Allen
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amy's View - 2 |url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/amys-view-2/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Theatregold |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[August: Osage County]]''
|style="text-align:center;" |2009
| style="text-align:center;" |Violet Weston
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=August: Osage County {{!}} Melbourne Theatre Company |url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/200905302593/reviews/melbourne/august-osage-county-%7C-melbourne-theatre-company.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=www.australianstage.com.au |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]''
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
| style="text-align:center;" |Mrs Tottendale
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]]<ref name="mtishows.com">{{Cite web |date=2010-02-18 |title=THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is a Hit in Australia! |url=https://www.mtishows.com/news/the-drowsy-chaperone-is-a-hit-in-australia |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Music Theatre International |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Apologia''
|style="text-align:center;"|2011
| style="text-align:center;" |Kristin Miller
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Phillips (director)|Simon Phillips]]<ref name="mtishows.com"/>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Shakespeare's plays|Queen Lear]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|2012
| style="text-align:center;" |Lear
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by Rachel McDonald<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen Lear {{!}} Stage Whispers |url=https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/queen-lear |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=www.stagewhispers.com.au}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Other Desert Cities]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|2013
| style="text-align:center;" |Polly Wyeth
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Sam Strong (director)|Sam Strong]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Other Desert Cities |url=https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/production-archive/2010-2014/2013-mainstage/otherdesertcities/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=www.mtc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Neighbourhood Watch (Ayckbourn play)|''Neighbourhood Watch'']]
|style="text-align:center;"|2014
| style="text-align:center;" |Ana
|[[Musical theatre|Stage musical]];<br />directed by [[Simon Stone]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neighbourhood Watch |url=https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/production-archive/2010-2014/mainstage-2014/neighbourhood-watch/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=www.mtc.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Awards & honours ==

Nevin has won multiple [[Helpmann Awards|Helpmann]], [[Green Room Awards|Green Room]] and [[Sydney Theatre Awards]] for her theatre work. Her [[Helpmann Awards]] include Best Female Actor in a Play for ''Women of Troy'', Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for ''[[Summer of the Seventeenth Doll]]'' and ''[[Angels in America]]'', and Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.

In [[Logie Awards of 1981|1981]], she won the [[Logie Award|TV Logie award]] in the 'Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie' category for her role as Shasta in ''[[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|Water Under The Bridge]]'' on the [[Network Ten|Ten Network]]. She had already won [[Logie Award|Logies]] as 'Most Popular Female'<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1962_65.html |title=1962–1965 Logie Awards |publisher=Australian Television |date=30 October 1998 |access-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031041552/http://australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1962_65.html |archive-date=31 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1966_69.html |title=1966–1969 Logie Awards |publisher=Australian Television |date=30 October 1998 |access-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031043411/http://australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1966_69.html |archive-date=31 October 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> in Tasmania in 1965 and 1967 during her stint at the [[Australian Broadcasting Commission|ABC]].

On 8 June 1981, she was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] for services to the performing arts.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870083 "Robyn Anne Nevin – Member of the Order of Australia"], honours.pmc.gov.au</ref> She was promoted to Officer in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for " distinguished service to the performing arts as an acclaimed actor and artistic director, and as a mentor and role model ".<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Robyn Anne Nevin AM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2006690|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>

In 1999 she was awarded an [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web|date=4 May 2010|title=Home – Events & Protocol – University of Tasmania, Australia|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/prue/Unitas/Archive_1999-2003/1999/990906.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916154116/http://www.utas.edu.au/prue/Unitas/Archive_1999-2003/1999/990906.pdf|archive-date=16 September 2006|access-date=2 November 2010|publisher=Utas.edu.au}}</ref>

On 21 January 2004 she gave the Australia Day Address.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australiaday.com.au/whatson/australiadayaddress2.aspx?AddressID=14 |title=What's On |publisher=Australia Day |access-date=2 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025155915/http://australiaday.com.au/whatson/australiadayaddress2.aspx?AddressID=14 |archive-date=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Film & television awards===
{| class="wikitable"
!Association
!Year
!Work
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[AACTA Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |1977
| rowspan="1" | ''The Fourth Wish''
|Best Actress in a Lead Role
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1983
| rowspan="1" | ''Careful, He Might Hear You''
|Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
| rowspan="1" | ''Upper Middle Bogan''
|Best Performance in a Television Comedy
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''Top of the Lake''
|Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2018
| rowspan="1" | ''Back in Very Small Business ''
|Best Performance in a Television Comedy
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| rowspan="1" |2021
| rowspan="1" | ''Relic''
|Best Supporting Performance
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Equity Ensemble Awards]] 
| rowspan="2" |2014
| rowspan="1" | ''Upper Middle Bogan''
|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''Top of the Lake''
|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Telemovie/Mini-Serie
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Film Critics Circle of Australia]]
| rowspan="1" |1987
| rowspan="1" | ''The More Things Change''
|Best Director
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |Fright Meter Awards
| rowspan="1" |2020
| rowspan="1" | ''Relic''
|Best Supporting Actress
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Logie Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |1965
| rowspan="2" |Herself
| rowspan="2" |Tasmania: Most Popular Female
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1967
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1981
| rowspan="1" | ''Water Under the Bridge''
|Best Lead Actress in a Single Drama or Mini Series
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[Penguin Award]]
| rowspan="1" |1981
| rowspan="1" | ''Water Under the Bridge''
| Best Actress
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sammy Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |1981
| rowspan="1" | ''Water Under the Bridge''
| Best Actress in a Television Movie
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | ''Water Under the Bridge''
| Best Actress in a Television Series/Miniseries
|{{won}}
|
|}

===Theatre awards===
{| class="wikitable"
!Association
!Year
!Work
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="1" |Australian National Theatre Award 
| rowspan="1" |1976
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|Best Actress New South Wales
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Green Room Award]]
| rowspan="1" |1995
| rowspan="1" | ''Scenes from A Separation''
|Best Director
|{{nom}}
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| rowspan="1" |1996
| rowspan="1" | ''Julius Caesar''
|rowspan="2" |Best Actress in a Leading Role
|{{nom}}
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| rowspan="1" |1999
| rowspan="1" | ''Long Day's Journey into Night''
|{{nom}}
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|-
| rowspan="1" |2008
| rowspan="1" | ''The Women of Troy''
|rowspan="2" |Best Female Performer
|{{nom}}
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|-
| rowspan="1" |2009
| rowspan="1" | ''August: Osage Country''
|{{won}}
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|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Helpmann Award]]
| rowspan="1" |2005
| rowspan="1" | ''Hedda Gabler''
|Best Direction of a Play
|{{nom}}
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|-
| rowspan="1" |2009
| rowspan="1" | ''The Women of Troy''
|rowspan="3" |Best Female Actor in a Play
|{{won}}
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|-
| rowspan="1" |2010
| rowspan="1" | ''August: Osage Country''
|{{nom}}
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|-
| rowspan="1" |2012
| rowspan="1" | ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll''
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2014
| rowspan="1" | ''Angels in America''
|rowspan="1" |Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2015
| rowspan="1" | ''Suddenly Last Summer''
|rowspan="1" |Best Female Actor in a Play
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
| rowspan="1" | ''My Fair Lady''
|rowspan="1" |Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|rowspan="1" |[[JC Williamson Award|JC Williamson Lifetime Achievement]]
|{{won}}
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| rowspan="1" |Queensland Matilda Award
| rowspan="1" |1997
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|Outstanding Contribution to Queensland Theatre
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Sydney Critics Circle Award
| rowspan="1" |1987
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|Outstanding Achievement in Theatre
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |1991
| rowspan="1" | ''Diving for Pearls''
|Best Actress in a Leading Role
|{{won}}
|
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| rowspan="1" |1992
| rowspan="1" | ''Aristophanes Frog''
|Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|{{won}}
|
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| rowspan="1" |[[Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |1998
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|Outstanding Individual Award
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sydney Theatre Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |2006
| rowspan="1" | ''Summer Rain''
|Best Direction in a Musical
|{{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |2011
| rowspan="1" | ''Neighbourhood watch''
|Best Leading Actress of a Mainstage Production
|{{nom}}
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| rowspan="1" |Variety Club Heart Award
| rowspan="1" |1998
| rowspan="1" | Herself
|Stage Award
|{{won}}
|
|-
|}

== Personal life ==
Nevin has been married twice, most notably in her second marriage to "prison playwright" [[Jim McNeil]] (1975–1977).<ref>{{cite book|title=Wasted: The true story of Jim McNeil, violent criminal and brilliant playwright|first=Ross|last=Honeywill|author-link=Ross Honeywill|publisher=Viking|year=2010|isbn=9781742531205}}</ref> She currently lives with her partner, US-born actor and screenwriter [[Nicholas Hammond]]. They met when they starred in [[Alan Ayckbourn]]'s ''[[Woman in Mind]]'' at the [[Sydney Theatre Company|STC]] in 1987. From her first marriage to Barry Crook, she has a daughter Emily Russell (born 1968) who is also an actor.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/memoirs-of-a-mother-divided-20110211-1apvw.html "Memoirs of a mother divided"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718205737/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/memoirs-of-a-mother-divided-20110211-1apvw.html |date=18 July 2018 }} by Steve Dow, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 12 February 2011</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0627505|name=Robyn Nevin}}
* [http://www.australiaday.com.au/whatson/australiadayaddress2.aspx?AddressID=14 Australia Day Address 2004]
*[https://shanahan.com.au/client/robyn-nevin/ Robyn Nevin Curriculum Vitae] at Shanahan Management

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