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Robin Simone Givens (born
November 27,
1964 in
New York, New York) is an
American actress.
Early life and career
Robin Simone Givens was born to Ruth and Reuben Givens in New York City on
November 27,
1964. Robin was raised with her younger sister by their mother, Ruth in suburban Westchester County, New York. Her mother helped her daughters by encouraging their creativity; this influenced their interest in art. As a young artist, Robin played violin for a short while. She chose acting instead, and began classes in New York City, at age ten, at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In 1980, Givens enrolled at
Sarah Lawrence College as a freshman in pre-med, at age fifteen. During her junior year, she became so interested in acting that she left school. She once claimed in
Seventeen magazine that she was accepted to
Harvard Medical School but had given it up to appear on
The Cosby Show because
Bill Cosby himself told her that the school would always be there and her youthful career opportunities would not.
She appeared on
The Cosby Show and
Diff'rent Strokes and the TV movie
Beverly Hills Madam as April Baxter, before receiving the role as rich girl Darlene Merriman on the sitcom
Head of the Class, which made her famous. The series was a comedy about a group of gifted high school students that were placed in an enrichment class. She also appeared in an episode of
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
She achieved further prominence as the wife (
1988-
1989) of heavyweight boxer
Mike Tyson with whom she shared a mansion in the affluent suburb of
Bernardsville, New Jersey. They divorced, however, after Givens accused Tyson of spousal abuse. The marriage ended (on Valentine's Day), just a year later. Newspapers reported that Givens received a divorce settlement of over $10 million from her marriage to Tyson.
After her run on
Head of the Class and her high profile divorce from Tyson, she appeared in numerous TV specials, TV movies (most notably
The Women of Brewster Place with
Oprah Winfrey and
The Face with
Yasmine Bleeth) and some failed sitcoms.
Recent life and career
Currently, 2007, Givens is filming "Queen of Media", the movie based on the autobiography written by radio personality
Wendy Williams.
Givens attempted to return to the entertainment industry in 2000 as the host of the talk show,
Forgive or Forget replacing television personality
Mother Love. While this was generally regarded as a failure, Givens was well-liked by the audience. Her stint was brief, as just a few months later, the show stopped production. With the exception of the occasional made-for-television movie or appearance on
Trinity Broadcasting Network's
Praise The Lord program (12 July 2007), and Larry King Live, she's rarely been seen on television. She performed in New York in the Off-Broadway production of
The Vagina Monologues, earning good reviews for her performance, and she played
Roxy Hart on Broadway in "Chicago". In 2007 Givens toured the country playing a part in
JeCaryous Johnson's play, "Men, Money & Golddiggers" (which is rumored to have been written with Givens in mind) and starred in
Saints and Sinners on
MyNetworkTV.
Givens re-married in 1997, to her tennis instructor Svetozar Marinkovic. The marriage was a failure, as the two were separated from the day of their marriage. In October 1999, she'd a son, with tennis player
Murphy Jensen; they're no longer together. She was also the girlfriend of basketball legend, Michael Jordan Givens also has dated
Brad Pitt, which she confirmed on the
Oprah Show, saying how Jordan broke down their hotel room door while attempting to assault Pitt. She has another child, and is a single parent.
And recently she joined the cast of the TBS sitcom " Tyler Perry's House Of Payne" playing Allen Payne's aka "CJ" girlfriend.
Trivia
She said she didn't get "a dime" in her divorce with Mike Tyson and that they also didn't have a prenup. (External Link
) However, newspapers report that her divorce settlement from Tyson was over $10 million.
She posed nude for Playboy magazine in the September 1994 edition.
In 1995 she was named by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in Film History. (External Link)
She has two sons: Buddy, born 1992; and William, born October 1999. William is the son of professional tennis player Murphy Jensen.
Filmography
The Wiz (1978)
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
Boomerang (1992)
Foreign Student (1994)
Blankman (1994)
Dangerous Intentions (1995)
Secrets (1998) (short subject)
Everything's Jake (2000)
The Elite (2001)
Book of Love (2002)
Antibody (2002)
Head of State (2003)
A Good Night to Die (2003)
Love Chronicles (2003)
One On One (2005)
Flip the Script (2005)
Restraining Order (2006)
4-Bidden (2007)
Little Hercules in 3-D (2007)
Queen Of Media (2008)
The Family That Preys (2008)
Books
Grace Will Lead Me Home (Publisher: Miramax (June 5, 2007)) ISBN1-4013-5246-4. The book addresses her personal religious faith and how it provided strength to her in times of trouble.Further Information
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