Robin Weigert is best known for her role as Calamity Jane in the HBO series Deadwood, for which she received a 2004 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She appeared previously on HBO as the Mormon Mother in the Golden Globe-winning Angels in America, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson. Robin was featured in the films The Sleepytime Gal, Loggerheads and Reservations, due out next year. Upcoming films also include Steven Soderbergh`s The Good German, starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett and Things We Lost in the Fire, starring Benicio del Toro and Halle Berry. Robin has guested on numerous shows including, most recently, Lost, Law and Order:SVU, The Unit and Cold Case. Almost all of these on camera credits were accumulated starting in 2003. In honor of her having seemed to appear out of nowhere, Robin was a recipient of the 2005 Breakthrough of the Year Award from Hollywood Life Magazine.