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{{Short description|Australian writer, actress and producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robyn Butler
| image = Robyn Butler 1, 2011, jjron.jpg
| imagesize = 250 px
| caption = Butler during a live performance in 2011
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| occupation = Writer, actor, producer
| yearsactive = 1990–present
| spouse = [[Wayne Hope]]
| children = 2, including [[Molly Daniels]]
| domesticpartner =
| website = http://www.gristmill.com.au/
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'''Robyn Butler''' is an [[Australians|Australian]] writer, actress and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy series ''[[The Librarians (2007 TV series)|The Librarians]]''. Butler hosted a radio program called ''[[Tough Love with Mick Molloy]]'' on the [[Triple M]] network. She is married to actor [[Wayne Hope]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/now-add-honey--a-new-film-from-the-creators-of-upper-middle-bogan-20150825-gj752b.html|title=Upper Middle Bogan's Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope turn to film for Now Add Honey|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=25 August 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> with whom she runs the production company Gristmill,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.if.com.au/gristmill-reboot-small-business-abc/|title=Gristmill to reboot 'Very Small Business' for the ABC|last=Groves|first=Don|date=5 October 2017|website=IF Magazine|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> and is also the mother of actress [[Molly Daniels]].

Butler wrote, produced, directed and performed in ''[[Stories from the Golf]]'' and ''[[The Librarians (2007 TV series)|The Librarians]]''.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/tv/librarians/series2/ ''The Librarians''] at www.abc.net.au</ref> She also co-created [[Very Small Business (TV series)|''Very Small Business'']], ''[[Upper Middle Bogan]]'' and ''[[Summer Love (TV series)|Summer Love]]''.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/tv/verysmallbusiness/#/introduction ''Very Small Business''] at www.abc.net.au</ref>

==Filmography==

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|''Shaun Micallef's Eve of Destruction''
|Self
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Colin from Accounts]]''
|Wendy
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
|''[[Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell]]''
|Self
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Summer Love (TV series)|Summer Love]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/09/summer-love-sept-21.html|title=Summer Love: Sept 21 | TV Tonight|first=Cats PJ|last=says|date=21 September 2022}}</ref>
|Marion
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''Love in Lockdown''
|Emily
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Australian Story]]''
|Self
|2 episodes
|-
|2011, 2018–19
|''[[Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/05/returning-talkin-bout-your-generation.html|title=Returning: Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation | TV Tonight|date=8 May 2018}}</ref>
|Self, Team Captain
|18 episodes
|-
|2018
|''[[Back In Very Small Business]]''
|Kylie
|1 episode
|-
|2017
|''[[Get Krack!n]]''
|Malorie Naylor
|1 episode
|-
|2015
|''Young Love''
|Rachel Meyer
|1 episode
|-
|2013
|''[[Upper Middle Bogan]]''
|Cathy
|1 episode
|-
|2011
|''Arrabella Twat''
|Arrabella Twat
|4 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[Sleuth 101]]''
|Michelle
|1 episode
|-
|2007–10
|''[[The Librarians (2007 TV series)|The Librarians]]''
|Frances O'Brien
|20 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[Very Small Business (TV series)|Very Small Business]]''
|Jasmine
|1 episode
|-
|2004
|''[[Stories from the Golf|Stories From The Golf]]''
|Various
|10 episodes
|-
|2003
|''[[Welcher & Welcher]]''
|Kate Welcher
|8 episodes
|-
|2002
|''Short Cuts''
|Gillian Hartnell
|4 episodes
|-
|1999–01
|''[[The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)]]''
|Various
|3 episodes
|-
|1999
|''[[The Mick Molloy Show]]''
|Various
|3 episodes
|-
|1998
|''Small Tales & True''
|Various
|6 episodes
|-
|1997
|''Eric''
|Various
|9 episodes
|-
|1994
|''[[A Country Practice]]''
|Lesley O'Brien
|1 episode
|-
|1994
|''[[Janus (TV series)|Janus]]''
|Helen Watson
|1 episode
|-
|1993
|''[[The Comedy Sale]]''
|Various
|3 episodes
|-
|1990
|''[[The Money or the Gun]]''
|
|1 episode
|}

=== Film / Shorts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''Hammer or Claw''
|Kate
|Short
|-
|''[[Now Add Honey]]<ref name=":0" />''
|Caroline
|
|-
|2006
|''BoyTown''
|Woman Fan
|
|-
|2004
|''The Brush Off''
| rowspan="2" |Wendy Whelan
| rowspan="2" |TV film
|-
|2004
|''Stiff''
|-
|2002
|''[[Crackerjack (2002 film)|Crackerjack]]''
|Mandy
|
|}

=== Production credits ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2024
|''Collin from Accounts''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/12/cameras-roll-on-colin-from-accounts-s2.html|title=Cameras roll on Colin from Accounts S2 | TV Tonight|date=18 December 2023}}</ref>
|Director
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Summer Love (TV series)|Summer Love]]''
|Creator / Executive Producer / Director
|8 episodes (5 directed)
|-
|2020
|''Love in Lockdown''
|Producer
|6 episodes
|-
|2019
|''[[The Inbestigators]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/06/new-kids-series-the-inbestigators-for-gristmill.html|title=New kid's series The InBESTigators, for Gristmill. | TV Tonight|first=J. Bar|last=says|date=8 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/06/airdate-the-inbestigators.html|title=Airdate: The Inbestigators | TV Tonight|date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
|Executive Producer / Director
|40 episodes (11 directed)
|-
|2018
|''[[Back In Very Small Business]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/cameras-roll-on-back-in-very-small-business.html|title=Cameras roll on Back in Very Small Business | TV Tonight|date=4 December 2017}}</ref>
|Director / Executive Producer
|8 episodes
|-
|2016
|''Furst Born''
|Executive Producer
|TV Movie
|-
|2015-16
|''Little Lunch <ref>{{Cite web |last=Northover |first=Kylie |date=21 June 2018 |title=Faeces in the mail: Your Gen's Robyn Butler on the price of fame |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/lunch-with-robyn-butler-were-too-old-to-be-dark-and-cynical-20180617-h11hol.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>''
|Director / Executive Producer
|28 episodes
|-
|2013-16
|''[[Upper Middle Bogan]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/09/filming-starts-on-abcs-upper-middle-bogan.html|title=Filming starts on ABC's Upper Middle Bogan | TV Tonight|date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Andi |date=4 November 2015 |title=Now Add Honey film stems from writer Robyn Butler's resentment |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/now-add-honey-film-stems-from-writer-robyn-butlers-resentment-20151104-gkq6yw.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Executive Producer
|24 episodes
|-
|2015
|''[[Now Add Honey]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|''Jobbing Actors''
|Producer
|Short
|-
|''Arrabella Twat''
|Writer / Creator
|6 episodes
|-
|2007-10
|''[[The Librarians (2007 TV series)|The Librarians]]''
| rowspan="3" |Producer / Creator
|20 episodes
|-
|2010
|''The Librarians in Profile''
|10 episodes
|-
|2009
|''The Making of Librarians''
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Very Small Business (TV series)|Very Small Business]]''
|Creator / Additional material
|6 episodes
|-
|2004
|''Stories from the Golf''
|Producer / Writer / Director
|13 episodes (6 directed)
|}

==Radio==
* ''[[Tough Love with Mick Molloy]]'' ([[Triple M]] network 2003–05)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id= 0125114|name= Robyn Butler}}

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