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Robin Tunney

Robin Tunney

3 films · 187 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19952008

Born 19 June 1972 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robin Tunney is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy Encino Man (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (1996). Her performance in Niagara, Niagara (1997) won her acclaim and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She had leading roles in the films End of Days (1999), Supernova and Vertical Limit (both 2000). Tunney earned critical acclaim for playing Veronica Donovan on Prison Break (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on the television series The Mentalist (2008–2015).

Tunney was praised for her portrayal of a victim of sexual assault in the independent drama Open Window (2006).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 187 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19952008

  • 2015 Copa Argentina1997

How their films are shot

Measured across 187 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 44% low key — the look of the work Robin takes.

Time of day

Day48%
Night45%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural38%
High key16%

Shot size

Medium39%
Wide25%
Closeup25%
Establishing6%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
Low angle5%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral64%
Tense15%
Lonely8%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 187 frames from Robin Tunney's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.