# Samantha Robinson (American actress)

Samantha Robinson (born October 19, 1991) is a British-American actress, best known for her roles in The Love Witch and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

## Early life

Robinson was born on October 19, 1991, in New York City to a Panamanian mother and an English father. When Robinson was a few years old, her family moved to London where she attended Queen's Gate School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. When she was 14, Robinson and her mother relocated to Miami, Florida, where she attended the New World School of the Arts. In 2014, Robinson graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a concentration in acting. Her mother passed of ovarian cancer in 2019.

## Career

As a child, Robinson performed in a West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Robinson's early roles included the independent films Serenade of Sonnets, Dreamgirl, and Labyrinths, and the Lifetime TV movie Sugar Daddies.
Her breakthrough came in 2016 with the lead role in the film The Love Witch directed by Anna Biller. Audience and critic response to her performance was mostly positive. Frank Scheck, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, called Robinson's performance "intense" and "alluring in a way that goes far beyond her lithe dancer's body and stunning looks." Variety's Dennis Harvey said Robinson "does a great job encapsulating another era’s kitten-with-a-whip affectations." Charles Bramesco wrote in Rolling Stone that director Biller and Robinson "have created a three-dimensional version of the stock eroticized woman." The New Yorker ranked Robinson as one of the best actresses of 2016 for her role in film.
In 2019, Robinson portrayed Abigail Folger, coffee heiress and one of the victims of the Tate-LaBianca murders, in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Dream Girl | Daniela | Short |
| 2013 | Misogynist | Sister 2 | |
| 2014 | Sugar Daddies | Lea | |
| 2015 | Labyrinths | Cathy | |
| 2016 | The Love Witch | Elaine Parks | |
| 2017 | Doomsday Device | Courtney | TV movie |
| 2018 | Three Worlds | Ashley | |
| 2018 | Cam | Princess_X | |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Abigail Folger | |
| 2020 | For Your Consideration | Heather | Short |
| 2020 | Jazzberry | Jazzberry | Short |
| 2021 | Take Me to Tarzana | Jane Avant | |
| 2021 | Topology of Sirens | Tracker Siren | |
| 2021 | Jazz Kitty | Jazz Kitty | Short |
| 2022 | Darwin Fick | Julia Louis-Childs | Short |
| 2023 | 180 Days | Elise Levine | |
| 2023 | R.A.E.R. Beta 0027 | Ophelia Price | Short |
| 2023 | Sugar Rag | Mother | Short |
| 2023 | Moving Day | Ellie | Short |
| 2024 | Good Bad Things | Charlotte | |
| 2024 | Hauntology | Christina | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Everyone Wants Theirs | Natalie | Episode: "Reflex Theory of a Shy Killer" |
| 2013 | The 3 Minute Update | Herself/Host | Recurring Host: Season 2 |
| 2016 | #ThisIsCollege | Sophie | Episode: "#Flashback Friday" |
| 2019 | Soundtrack | Young Margot | Episode: "Track 4: Margot and Frank" |

### Music Video

| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
| 2022 | "Lifetime" | SG Lewis | The Bride |