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Green-eyed, dewy-skinned actress Robin Tunney came from a poorish middle-class family, a native of Chicago's South Side, she attended Catholic high school and spent her summers performing in such stage productions. She began her career as a child performer in local commercials in her native Chicago, IL. She worked as a model while studying acting at the Chicago Academy of Performing Arts and the Second City Players Workshop. After numerous appearances in local theater, including roles in %22The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds%22 and %22Bus Stop%22, the young performer moved to L.A. Almost immediately, she landed roles on the CBS Schoolbreak Special %22But He Loves Me%22 and an episode of the ABC drama %22Life Goes On%22 (both 1991). Tunney went on to play a recurring role on the short-lived FOX drama %22Class of '96%22 (1993) and portrayed a manicurist on the equally short-lived CBS sitcom %22Cutters%22 (1993). She also won praise for her performances as Kathleen Kennedy in %22JFK: Reckless Youth%22 (ABC, 1993) and as a frontier woman in %22Riders of the Purple Sage%22 (TNT, 1996). On the big screen, Tunney appeared as a popular high school girl attracted to Brendan Fraser's caveman in the pallid comedy %22Encino Man%22 (1994). She also garnered notice for her turn as a suicidal youth in Allen Moyle's ensemble drama %22Empire Records%22 (1995). Andrew Fleming's supernatural %22The Craft%22 (1996) marked her first leading role, as a newcomer to a Catholic school who bonds with three other outcasts. She also starred in movies, %22Vertical Limit%22 with Chris O'Donnell. On the set of her 1997 movie, the independent film, %22Niagara, Niagara,%22 she met and fell in love with the director, Bob Gosse. A few months later the two were married on October 4, 1997, although reportedly divorced in 2002.
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