Robyn Addison

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Robyn Addison
Born
Belper, Derbyshire, England
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Spouse
(m. 2016)
[1]

Robyn Addison is an English actress best known for her roles in television series such as Doc Martin , Survivors and Casualty , as well as for providing the English voice of Y'shtola Rhul in the Final Fantasy series. She has numerous other television drama and theatre credits.

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Background

Addison became interested in acting whilst studying for a B.A. in English at the University of Cambridge. During this time she appeared in numerous student productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream , Singin' in the Rain and Footlights revue pantomimes. She has a sister named Fiona and a brother named Stuart.

Career

Over two series of Survivors , Addison portrayed the character Sarah Boyer as the character metamorphosed from a self-serving person into an integrated member of the core family of characters and eventually a selfless person who sacrificed herself for the good of humanity.

In the long running BBC series Casualty Addison played the character Joanne Coldwell over thirteen episodes.

Other television performances by Robyn Addison include Lightning Strikes, Inspector George Gently (Series 2 Episode 3 - "Gently in the Blood"), The Street (Season 2 Episode 6) and Dalziel and Pascoe ("Demons on Our Shoulders" – Season 12 Episode 1&2).

She played Anna, Christopher Mead's "Date", in episode 17 of season 5 in Waterloo Road and also appeared in episode 18, where Chris ended their relationship, leaving her broken-hearted.

Addison portrayed Angela in the Zoo Venues production of Abigail's Party at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival. [2]

She played Lydia Languish in The Rivals on tour in the UK between September and November 2010. She started playing Jolene in Chalet Lines at the Bush Theatre in April 2012. She also voiced the companion Sera in Dragon Age: Inquisition . She has played Janice Bone in series 7-10 of Doc Martin which aired in the UK in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Dalziel and Pascoe Katherine HamiltonEpisode: "Demons on Our Shoulders"
2007 The Street Kirsty BlackwellEpisode: "The Promise"
2008 CASUAL+Y Joanne Coldwell
2008–2010 Survivors Sarah Boyer11 episodes
2009 Inspector George Gently Maggie AldertonEpisode: "Gently in the Blood"
2010 Waterloo Road Anna2 episodes
2013 Great Night Out Natalie1 episode
2015–2022 Doc Martin Janice Bone
2022 Father Brown Elsie PetersEpisode: "The Enigma of Antigonish"

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Sera
2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Y'shtola RhulEnglish dub
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Nexus general merchant
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Y'shtola RhulEnglish dub
2018 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Y'shtola RhulEnglish dub
2018 Mobius Final Fantasy Y'shtola RhulEnglish dub
2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Y'shtola Rhul, TitaniaEnglish dub
2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Y'shtola Rhul, NophicaEnglish dub
2022 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters Kartha Vakir

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References

  1. @robynethel (15 August 2016). "We got married! YES @shanezaza we are officially #THEZAZAS" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. "2005 Edinburgh Festival review". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2010.