Robyn Butler

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Robyn Butler
Robyn Butler 1, 2011, jjron.jpg
Butler during a live performance in 2011
Occupation(s)Writer, actor, producer
Years active1990–present
Spouse Wayne Hope
Children2, including Molly Daniels
Website http://www.gristmill.com.au/

Robyn Butler is an Australian writer, actress and producer who is best known for her starring role in the television comedy 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 [1] with whom she runs the production company Gristmill, [2] and is also the mother of actress Molly Daniels.

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Butler wrote, produced, directed and performed in Stories from the Golf and The Librarians . [3] She also produced and wrote Very Small Business and Upper Middle Bogan . [4]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Collin from Accounts 1 episode
2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Self1 episode
Summer Love (TV series) [5] Marion1 episode
2020Love in LockdownEmily1 episode
Australian StorySelf2 episodes
2019-11 Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation [6] Contestant18 episodes
2018 Back In Very Small Business Kylie1 episode
2017 Get Krack!n Malorie Naylor1 episode
2015Young LoveRachel Meyer1 episode
2013 Upper Middle Bogan Cathy1 episode
2011Arrabella TwatArrabella Twat4 episodes
2010 Sleuth 101 Michelle1 episode
2007-10 The Librarians (2007 TV series) Frances O'Brien20 episodes
2008 Very Small Business (TV series) Jasmine1 episode
2004Stories From The GulfVarious10 episodes
2003 Welcher & Welcher Kate Welcher8 episodes
2002Short CutsGillian Hartnell4 episodes
1999-01 The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) Various3 episodes
1999 The Mick Molloy Show Various3 episodes
1998Small Tales & TrueVarious6 episodes
1997EricVarious9 episodes
1994 A Country Practice Lesley O'Brien1 episode
1994JanusHelen Watson1 episode
1993The Comedy SaleVarious3 episodes
1990The Money or the Gun1 episode

Film / Shorts

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015Hammer or ClawKateShort
Now Add Honey [1] Caroline
2006BoyTownWoman Fan
2004The Brush OffWendy WhelanTV Movie
2004Stiff
2002 Crackerjack (2002 film) Mandy

Production Credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024Collin from Accounts [7] Director
2022 Summer Love (TV series) Executive Producer / Director8 episodes (5 directed)
2020Love in LockdownProducer6 episodes
2019 The Inbestigators [8] [9] Executive Producer / Director40 episodes (11 directed)
2018 Back In Very Small Business [10] Director / Executive Producer8 episodes
2016Furst BornExecutive ProducerTV Movie
2015-16Little Lunch [11] Director / Executive Producer28 episodes
2013-16 Upper Middle Bogan [12] [13] Executive Producer24 episodes
2015 Now Add Honey
2011Jobbing ActorsProducerShort
Arrabella TwatWriter/ Creator6 episodes
2007-10 The Librarians (2007 TV series) Producer/ Creator20 episodes
2010The Librarians in Prolife10 episodes
2009The Making of Librarians
2008 Very Small Business (TV series) additional material / Creator6 episodes
2004Stories from the GolfProducer / Writer / Director13 episodes (6 directed)

Radio

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  2. Groves, Don (5 October 2017). "Gristmill to reboot 'Very Small Business' for the ABC". IF Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. The Librarians at www.abc.net.au
  4. Very Small Business at www.abc.net.au
  5. says, Cats PJ (21 September 2022). "Summer Love: Sept 21 | TV Tonight".
  6. "Returning: Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | TV Tonight". 8 May 2018.
  7. "Cameras roll on Colin from Accounts S2 | TV Tonight". 18 December 2023.
  8. says, J. Bar (8 June 2018). "New kid's series The InBESTigators, for Gristmill. | TV Tonight".
  9. "Airdate: The Inbestigators | TV Tonight". 6 June 2019.
  10. "Cameras roll on Back in Very Small Business | TV Tonight". 4 December 2017.
  11. Northover, Kylie (21 June 2018). "Faeces in the mail: Your Gen's Robyn Butler on the price of fame". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  12. "Filming starts on ABC's Upper Middle Bogan | TV Tonight". 3 September 2012.
  13. Yu, Andi (4 November 2015). "Now Add Honey film stems from writer Robyn Butler's resentment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2019.