---
name: "Robyn Malcolm"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robyn-malcolm"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:29:08.213020+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robyn Malcolm

Actor. Born 15 March 1965 in Ashburton, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1965, Ashburton, New Zealand
- **Active:** 2002–2013
- **Also known as:** رابین مالکوم
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn_Malcolm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/125938

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Top of the Lake*](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robyn Malcolm is a New Zealand actor born in 1965 in Ashburton. She graduated from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School in 1987 and began her career in theatre before moving into television.

She first gained recognition as nurse Ellen Crozier in the soap opera *Shortland Street*. Malcolm is best known for her role as Cheryl West in the series *Outrageous Fortune* (2005–2010). She played Anita in Jane Campion’s *Top of the Lake* (2013) and has appeared in *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) as Morwen, *Hostiles* (2017), *Sweet Tooth* (2021) and *Black Bird* (2022). She has also worked in Australian series including *Rake* and *Upper Middle Bogan*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Top of the Lake* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Anita — [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Fi1m 85, as Morwen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Run* (2026), series, as Thelma
- *Pike River* (2025), as Sonya Rockhouse
- *The Survivors* (2025), series, as Verity Elliott
- *The Moon Is Upside Down* (2024), as Hilary
- *After the Party* (2023), series, as Penny, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Far North* (2023), series, as Heather
- *Heartbreak High* (2022), series, as Cait
- *Black Bird* (2022), series, as Sammy Keene
- *Sweet Tooth* (2021), series, as Gillian Washington
- *This Town* (2020), as Pam
- *My Life Is Murder* (2019), series, as Tamara Innes
- *Twenty One Points* (2018), as Mum
- *Charmer* (2018), as Woman
- *The Outpost* (2018), series, as Elinor
- *Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You* (2018), series, as Irene Newton-John
- *Harrow* (2018), series, as Maxine Pavich
- *Hostiles* (2017), as Minnie McCowan
- *Wake in Fright* (2017), series, as Ursula Hynes
- *Wanted* (2016), series, as Donna Walsh
- *Goodness Grows Here* (2016), as Trish
- *Dream Baby* (2015), as Marianne
- *The Principal* (2015), series, as Sonya
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Ruth Phelps
- *The Code* (2014), series, as Marina Baxter
- *Upper Middle Bogan* (2013), series, as Julie Wheeler
- *Drift* (2013), as Kat Kelly
- *Top of the Lake* (2013), series, as Anita — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/top-of-the-lake.md)
- *Agent Anna* (2013), series, as Anna Kingston
- *Burning Man* (2011), as Kathryn Dent
- *Rake* (2010), series, as Kirsty, Kirsty Corella
- *The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell* (2010), as Gail Snell
- *Outrageous Fortune: The Movie* (2006), as Cheryl West
- *Outrageous Fortune* (2005), series, as Cheryl West
- *Boogeyman* (2005), as Dr. Matheson
- *Serial Killers* (2004), series, as Pauline
- *Perfect Strangers* (2003), as Aileen
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), as Morwen — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *Joyful and Triumphant* (1993), as Raewyn Bishop
- *Absent Without Leave* (1993), as Betty
- *Shortland Street* (1992), series, as Ellen Crozier

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit 2019: Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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