Robin Christopher | |
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Born | Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. | June 18, 1965
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1987–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Robin Christopher (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Skye Chandler Quartermaine on the ABC soap operas All My Children , One Life to Live , and General Hospital .
Christopher was born in Revere, Massachusetts. She turned down a fine arts scholarship to Boston University to pursue an acting career. [1] Until her acting career took off, she supported herself working as a model and appeared on Romance novel covers. [1] [2]
Christopher is the only actor to have played the same character (Skye Chandler) as a regular cast member on all three of ABC's soap operas: All My Children (1987–91, 2000), One Life to Live (1999–2001) and General Hospital (2001–08, 2010–12). She earned two nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2003 and 2005. [3] Christopher portrayed Lorna Devon on Another World (1994–97). In both roles, on two different networks, Christopher's biological mother was portrayed by soap opera star Linda Dano, who played Skye's mother, Rae Cummings, on All My Children , One Life to Live , Port Charles , and General Hospital , and Lorna's mother, Felicia Gallant, on Another World .
When Christopher began playing Skye Chandler, the character was known as Skye Patterson. Over the years, the character married, divorced, remarried, redivorced, and believed on two occasions to have discovered and grown closer to her biological family, the Chandlers on All My Children and Quartermaines on General Hospital , only to discover her biological origins to be far murkier than originally realized.
In accord with Skye's nomadic journey through the ABC soaps and ultimate independence, Robin Christopher has often been referred to by fans as the 'Greta Garbo of soap opera', evoking in her performance the glamour and emotional depth of Classical Hollywood cinema.
In 1993, Christopher guest starred in two episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's first season, "Duet" and "In the Hands of the Prophets", as the Bajoran engineer Neela.
Christopher has been married to her former Another World co-star Matt Crane since 2000 and they have two children together.
Film and Television | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1987–91, 2000 | All My Children | Skye Chandler | Role from: March 1987 to March 1991, July 2000 |
1991 | Empire City | Kelly Carnahan | |
1992 | Vinnie & Bobby | Kendall Borden | |
Bodies of Evidence | Monica | ||
1993 | Matlock | Janis Wilson | |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Neela | ||
1994–97 | Another World | Lorna Devon | |
1999–2001 | One Life to Live | Skye Chandler | Role from: August 1999 to April 2001 |
2001–08, 2010–12 | General Hospital | Skye Chandler Quartermaine | Role from: April 2001 to January 2008, March to July 2010, August to September 2011, November to December 2012 |
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