Who is Robyn Malcolm? | Robyn Malcolm Biography and Wiki

Robyn Malcolm is a New Zealand actress born on 15th March 1965 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. She is popularly known for her roles as nurse Ellen Crozier on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and Cheryl West in Outrageous Fortune.

Robyn attended Ashburton College and graduated from Toi Whakaari (New Zealand Drama School) in 1987. She won an International Actors Fellowship at the Globe Theatre in London for 2003.

Robyn Malcolm Age and Birthday

Robyn is 55 years old as of 2020, she was born on March 15, 1965, in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. She celebrates her birthday on March 15th every year. Malcolm will be 56 years old on Mar. 15th 2021.

Robyn Malcolm Height and Weight

Robyn is a woman of average stature. She stands at a height of 5 feet and 4 inches (1.63 meters). However, details regarding Robyn actual weight and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update Robyn information once it is out.

Robyn Malcolm Education

Malcolm studied and graduated from Ashburton College and later trained at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School.

Robyn Malcolm Family

Robyn was born to Peter Malcolm, a teacher, and Anne Malcolm, a dietitian. In February 2011 when CTV building in Christchurch collapsed her mother, Anne, was working on the fifth floor of the building and was among the few survivors but spent months in recovery.

Robyn Malcolm Sisters

Malcolm has three sisters; Jo who is a journalist, Suze a clinical psychologist and Jen who is a lawyer. Jo is married to Roger Sutton, the former CEO of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority.

Robyn Malcolm Husband

On 28th May 2000 she married Allan Clark but they divorced on 11th October 2007.

Robyn Malcolm Children

Robyn together with her ex-husband Allan Clark; Charlie and Pete

Robyn Malcolm Peter Mullan

Malcolm was linked to Peter Mullan, a Scottish actor and filmmaker. In 2012 she had tweeted ‘Flying to Scotland’ and most of the people speculated that she had gone to met Peter Mullan.

Malcolm’s first long-running television role was nurse Ellen Crozier in soap opera Shortland Street. She appeared on the show for five years and was nominated for Best Actress at the 1998 TV Guide Television
Awards. She was nominated again for her lead role in television feature, Clare, based on the cervical cancer experiment at Auckland’s National Women’s Hospital which resulted in the Cartwright Inquiry.

Robyn Malcolm along with Tim Balme, Katie Wolfe and Simon Bennett founded the New Zealand Actors’ Company in 1999. The company produced and toured a number of successful stage productions throughout New Zealand.

In 2005, Malcolm took on the role of Cheryl West, the matriarch of the West family, in Outrageous Fortune. Mixing comedy and drama, the show became one of the highest ratings and awarded in New Zealand history. Malcolm won NZ television awards for the role including the Qantas TV Awards for Best Actress in 2005 and 2008, TV Guide Best Actress in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and Air NZ Screen Awards Best Actress in 2007.

Robyn Malcolm Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts you don’t want to miss about Malcolm.

• Full Name: Robyn Malcolm
• Age/ How Old?: 55 years (2020)
• Date of Birth: March 15, 1965
• Place of Birth: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Education‎: Ashburton College and Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
• Birthday: March 15th
• Nationality: New Zealand
• Father’s Name: Peter Malcolm
• Mother’s Name: Anne Malcolm
• Siblings: Jo, Suze and Jen
• Married?: Divorced Allan Clark
• Children/ Kids: Charlie and Pete
• Height/ How tall?: 5 feet and 4 inches (1.63 meters)
• Weight: Average
• Profession: Actress
• Known For: Shortland Street (nurse Ellen Crozier)
• Net worth: $ 5 million

Robyn Malcolm Shortland Street

Robyn Malcolm plays Ellen Rosemary Crozier on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. She joined the show in 1994 during the third season.

Ellen arrived to replace Jaki (Nancy Brunning) with daughter Minnie and husband Johnny (Stelios Yiakmis). However soon after they arrived, the marriage broke up when Johnny strayed. Depressed and alone, Ellen accidentally burnt down the house with a lit cigarette. The arrival of Ellen’s sister Carla didn’t help when Ellen discovered her sister was a possible psychopath. Ellen dated Bernie Leach (Timothy Bartlett) but ended up returning to Johnny for a short-lived affair. Ellen revealed to Minnie that she was a product of rape and she was devastated when Carla tried to murder her after being sectioned. Ellen started to date David Kearney (Peter Elliott) but Ellen misinterpreted the arrival of
his wife and fled. The two reunited in Fiji where Ellen confessed she was pregnant.

The two married but the death of their baby Rose (Georgia Bishop) the following year, separated the two and they both had affairs. They finally decided to reunite but David felt obliged to stay with his girlfriend who was dying from cancer. They reconciled when David was diagnosed with a blinding disorder and the two left for early retirement. Ellen informed Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham) on the phone, that she and David would not be attending her marriage to David’s son Fergus (Paul Ellis).

Robyn Malcolm Lord of The Rings

Malcolm helped spearhead an actors’ union campaign to negotiate standard contracts for actors in The Hobbit films. The producers refused, saying that collective bargaining would be considered price-
fixing and therefore illegal under New Zealand law. The boycott escalated internationally but the boycott was called off.

Several days later, the producers said they were considering moving the films to another country as they could not be guaranteed stability in New Zealand. In response, the ruling National Party made several controversial changes to New Zealand’s employment laws and passed legislation explicitly controlling people working on the Hobbit movies.

Robyn Malcolm and Peter Jackson Feud

In 2010 Robyn had a nasty feud with Peter Jackson as she was among the actors who protested over insufficient pay for their work on Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films.

On 21st June 2017 she appeared on All Talk with Anika Moa series 2 episode 8 where she was asked if Jackson has ever asked her in one of his films or he was still angry, she responded:

“It was a nasty and embarrassing moment in New Zealand history, that a Hollywood production company could turn up on the doorstep of our government buildings and walk in and have the labour laws changed overnight.

All we were doing was…it was so simple – it was like, New Zealand actors should be treated the way every other actor on this production is being treated. The only reason is that somehow we were undervalued and that’s all it was – I got yelled at, pushed in the gutter, got a death threat: ‘Why don’t you f… off to Australia and die of a spider bite’.”

Robyn Malcolm Morwen

Robyn had a minor role as Morwen in the second film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Morwen was the mother of Freda and Éothain, whom she sent to alert Théoden that the Wild Men were pillaging through Rohan. Her children were kept at Edoras until Théoden led his people to shelter at Helm’s Deep, where the children were reunited with their mother.

Robyn Malcolm Net Worth

Robyn has enjoyed a long career in the acting industry spanning almost three decades. Through proceeds from her work as an actress, Robyn has been able to accumulate a modest fortune. XYZ is estimated to have a net worth of about $5 million.

Robyn Malcolm Movies

• Goodness Grows Here
• Hostiles
• Barmaid
• Dream Baby
• Drift
• Burning Man
• The Hopes & Dreams of Gazza Snell
• The Lovely Bones
• Boogeyman
• Perfect Strangers
• 1st woman at Ted Hughes’ lecture
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Last Tattoo
• Working girl
• Absent Without Leave

Roby Malcolm TV Series

• Harrow
• The Outpost
• Wake in Fright
• Wanted
• The Code
• The Brokenwood Mysteries
• The Principal
• Charlotte: A Life Without Limbs
• Upper Middle Bogan
• Agent Anna
• Top of the Lake
• bro’Town
• Big Night In
• The Jaquie Brown Diaries
• Outrageous Fortune
• Serial Killers
• Mercy Peak
• Intrepid Journeys
• Atlantis High
• Clare
• Op’ Stars
• The Tribe
• Shortland Street
• Joyful & Triumphant
• Married
• Shark in the Park