Robyn Malcolm (Actor)

My Life Is Murder

Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.

Release Date2019-07-17

Charactersd Tamara Innes

Episode Count1

Vote Count57

Shortland Street

The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.

Release Date1992-05-25

Charactersd Ellen Crozier

Episode Count501

Vote Count15

Black Bird

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

Release Date2022-07-07

Charactersd Sammy Keene

Episode Count4

Vote Count770

The Brokenwood Mysteries

In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.

Release Date2014-09-28

Charactersd Ruth Phelps

Episode Count1

Vote Count80

The Survivors

Fifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore this sleepy seaside town apart. Now, the mysterious death of a young woman dredges up the past.

Release Date2025-06-06

Charactersd Verity Elliott

Episode Count6

Vote Count32

Harrow

When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.

Release Date2018-03-09

Charactersd Maxine Pavich

Episode Count20

Vote Count185

Sweet Tooth

On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

Release Date2021-06-04

Charactersd Gillian Washington

Episode Count2

Vote Count1499

Rake

Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.

Release Date2010-11-04

Charactersd Kirsty

Episode Count1

Vote Count59

The Outpost

Talon, the lone survivor of a race called the Blackbloods, sets off to the edge of civilisation to track her family's killers. On her journey she discovers she has supernatural powers which she must learn to harness in order to achieve her goals.

Release Date2018-07-10

Charactersd Elinor

Episode Count23

Vote Count253

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Release Date2002-12-18

Charactersd Morwen

Vote Count22694

Wanted

Two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a chase from authorities across Australia with a vehicle filled with cash. The strangers must rely solely on each other while on the run.

Release Date2016-02-09

Charactersd Donna Walsh

Episode Count10

Vote Count71

Top of the Lake

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

Release Date2013-03-18

Charactersd Anita

Episode Count7

Vote Count368

Outrageous Fortune

After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.

Release Date2005-07-12

Charactersd Cheryl West

Episode Count106

Vote Count17

Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You

The hugely popular Australian singer Olivia Newton-John is the subject of this moving drama about her brilliant career. The two-part series charts the astonishing personal life of Australia’s sweetheart.

Release Date2018-05-13

Charactersd Irene Newton-John

Episode Count2

Vote Count7

The Code

The Code is a drama series which tells tells the story of two brothers who discover some information that those at the highest levels of political power are determined to keep secret.

Release Date2014-09-21

Charactersd Marina Baxter

Episode Count6

Vote Count63

After the Party

Penny’s world implodes when she accuses her husband Phil of a sex crime against her daughter’s teenage friend and nobody believes her.

Release Date2023-10-29

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Penny

Episode Count6

Vote Count13

Upper Middle Bogan

Follow the stories of two families living at opposite ends of the freeway. Bess Denyar is a doctor with a posh mother, Margaret, an architect husband, Danny Bright, and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, Oscar and Edwina. When Bess finds out that she is adopted, she is stunned, but even more so when she meets her birth parents, Wayne and Julie Wheeler. She also discovers that she has three siblings: Amber, Kayne and Brianna. The bogan Wheelers head up a drag racing team in the outer suburbs and are thrilled to discover the daughter they thought they had lost.

Release Date2013-08-15

Charactersd Julie Wheeler

Episode Count24

Vote Count19

Wake in Fright

John Grant is returning to Sydney after a year teaching at a one-classroom school in the Outback. Shortly after hitting the road, he collides with a kangaroo, and finds himself marooned in a small mining town, awaiting repairs on his car. With little to do but drink beer, John is seduced into a raucous, illegal game of two-up. After a short, exhilarating winning streak, he loses everything, which triggers a dangerous series of events that render John a broken and desperate man.

Release Date2017-10-08

Charactersd Ursula Hynes

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Far North

The (mostly) true story of how the most comically inept gang to ever join forces got half a billion dollars' worth of meth to New Zealand shores - and nearly to market. And they would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for a pesky 70-year-old Māori diesel mechanic and his aqua-aerobics instructing wife!

Release Date2023-08-14

Charactersd Heather

Episode Count6

Vote Count9

Agent Anna

Agent Anna is a New Zealand Comedy-drama television series, created by Maxine Fleming with Vanessa Alexander and devised by Robyn Malcolm. Produced by Great Southern Film and Television and funded by NZ On Air and Television New Zealand. It began airing its first series of six episodes in New Zealand on 31 January 2013. It was confirmed on 12 August 2013 that the show had been renewed for a second series of 10 episodes.

Release Date2013-01-31

Charactersd Anna Kingston

Episode Count16

Vote Count1

The Principal

When history teacher Matt Bashir is promoted to Principal of a notoriously violent Boys' school in Sydney's south-west, his radical approach brings him into conflict and leaves his personal life dangerously exposed. But just when he seems to be making progress, a 17-year-old student is found dead on school grounds.

Release Date2015-10-07

Charactersd Sonya

Episode Count1

Vote Count14

Hostiles

A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.

Release Date2017-12-22

Charactersd Minnie McCowan

Vote Count2360

Boogeyman

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years ago. Is the Boogeyman real, or did Tim make it up to explain why his father abandoned his family?

Release Date2005-02-04

Charactersd Dr. Matheson

Vote Count771

Burning Man

An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.

Release Date2011-09-10

Charactersd Kathryn Dent

Vote Count64

Drift

In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.

Release Date2013-05-02

Charactersd Kat Kelly

Vote Count138

Perfect Strangers

When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.

Release Date2003-10-09

Charactersd Aileen

Vote Count16

Pike River

Based on the Pike River tragedy of 2010, this drama captures the profound impact of one of the worst mining disasters in New Zealand's history.

Release Date2025-10-30

Charactersd Sonya Rockhouse

Outrageous Fortune: The Movie

It's Christmas 2006. Wolf's in prison to stay, Judd's in prison and trying to get out. The family is going to Tutaekuri Bay, where they go to every year — only some things have changed. Who is that in "their" spot? Who put a gate up stopping access to "their" beach? Who will win the bet on when Pascalle will give it up? And why do they always come here in the first place?

Release Date2006-12-26

Charactersd Cheryl West

The Moon Is Upside Down

Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Zealand's stunning countryside and gritty urban suburbs, three characters grapple with an insatiable yearning for connection.

Release Date2024-05-02

Charactersd Hilary

Serial Killers

This seven-part comedy involves a group of soap opera writers, actors and the network they have to answer to. Stressed scriptwriter Pauline (Robyn Malcolm) deals with her ex and the rest of her unruly writing team — plus the demands of her patronising producer (Tandi Wright).

Release Date2004-01-01

Charactersd Pauline

Episode Count7

This Town

Five years after being acquitted for the murder of his family, Sean (White) is finally ready to move on with life. But the bitter ex-cop (Malcolm) who led the investigation remains adamant that he's guilty - and will stop at nothing to bring him down.

Release Date2020-04-30

Charactersd Pam

Vote Count8

The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell

William McInnes (Look Both Ways, Sea Change) is the can-do barbecue dad of the title in Brendan Donovan’s affectionate comedy-drama. He plays a Howick cleaning contractor, whose hopes and dreams include success in local body politics. But his real passion is kart-racing and he’s grooming his teenage sons, 17-year-old Marc and 14-year-old Ed (real-life brothers Josh and William McKenzie), as future motorsport heroes. He’s borrowed so much money to make it all happen that it stretches the love of his wife Gail (Robyn Malcolm of Outrageous Fortune fame) to breaking point. When the boys collide on the track, Gazza’s world is turned upside down, causing a crisis that tears at them all — forcing him to fight to keep his dreams afloat, and his family together.

Release Date2010-07-15

Charactersd Gail

Vote Count1

Twenty One Points

Twenty-One Points is a light-hearted and eccentric buddy movie between a grown man, his imaginary friend, and his Mum. Set over a single day in suburban New Zealand.

Release Date2018-10-19

Charactersd Mum

Vote Count1

Absent Without Leave

In 1942 Wellington, Daisy Edwards, 16 and pregnant, relies totally on her just-wed husband, Ed, who is little older than she. Ed is suddenly drafted into the army and is to be sent overseas to battle while Daisy is sent to her father in Auckland. When Ed's leave is cancelled at the last minute he takes the dangerous decision to go absent without leave to be with Daisy on her journey home. As a deserter, Ed is hunted, captured and imprisoned. Life inside is bad enought without the worry of what is going on outside. The film is based upon a true story.

Release Date1993-02-20

Charactersd Betty

Vote Count1

Dream Baby

Trapped in a remote Caravan Park, little Elvis thinks up a scheme to break free, determined to make a better life for herself.

Release Date2015-12-12

Charactersd Marianne

Goodness Grows Here

Disease ravages vines in ‘The Kiwifruit Capital of The World’. Buckling under the crisis, a husband wrongly blames his neighbour and lashes out. Seeing her husband transformed into a monster, his wife must decide if she will stay or go.

Release Date2016-01-01

Charactersd Trish

Joyful and Triumphant

Follow the Bishop family through 40 years of Christmases from 1949 to 1989.

Release Date1993-12-19

Charactersd Raewyn Bishop

Charmer

A lonely woman goes on a date with a disagreeable bachelor and must decide what's more important: compatibility or companionship.

Release Date2018-07-28

Charactersd Woman

You, Me & Anxiety

Actress Robyn Malcolm shares her personal experiences with anxiety and panic attacks in a frank, funny and illuminating documentary about this debilitating and common human condition.

Release Date2022-09-27

Charactersd Self