{{Short description|American playwright and television writer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Kate Robin | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Playwright<ref>{{Cite web | title=PHOTO CALL: Kate Robin's What They Have at South Coast Rep {{!}} Playbill | url=https://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-kate-robins-what-they-have-at-south-coast-rep-com-148397?jwsource=cl | access-date=2025-02-23 | website=www.playbill.com}}</ref><br /> Television writer<br /> television producer | known_for = ''One Mississippi'' }}
'''Kate Robin''' is an American playwright, television writer and producer, and screenwriter.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2011/10/fox-buys-kate-robinjake-kasdan-female-driven-drama-with-penalty-180405/ | title=Fox Buys Kate Robin/Jake Kasdan Female-Driven Drama with Penalty | date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref>
==Career== Robin's recent theater productions include: ''I See You'' (the Flea), ''What They Have'' (South Coast Rep), ''Anon.'' (The Atlantic Theater Company), ''Intrigue with Faye'' (MCC Theater), ''The Light Outside'' (The Flea Theater), and ''Swimming in March'' (Market Theatre), which won the IRNE Award for Best Play of 2001. In 2003, Robin received the Princess Grace Award for playwriting and is an alumna for New Dramatists.
Robin joined the writing staff of ''Six Feet Under'' as the show's first female writer in 2001. In 2002, Robin was appointed executive story editor and in 2003 became a producer.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/kate-robin | title=Kate Robin }}</ref> For the fifth and final season Robin was credited as a supervising producer. Robin has written 8 episodes for the series which include the season 2 finale, “The Last Time”, and the season 5 premiere, “A Coat of White Primer”.
In Spring 2010, Robin worked as a consulting producer for the first season on NBC comedy-drama series ''Parenthood''.
Robin served as co-executive producer of ''The Affair'', a drama series which premiered on Showtime in October 2014. Robin has written three episodes.
She was the showrunner of ''One Mississippi'' created by and starring Tig Notaro on Amazon Prime Video.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/cast/kate-robin/705 | title=Kate Robin }}</ref>
She wrote one episode of ''Dead to Me'' on Netflix. She currently serves as an executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Netflix limited series ''Vladimir'', created by Julia May Jonas based on her novel of the same name.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 4, 2025|title=Rachel Weisz To Star In 'Vladimir' Limited Series Ordered By Netflix|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/rachel-weisz-vladimir-cast-limited-series-netflix-1236310502/|access-date=October 18, 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
==Screenwriting credits== * ''Coming Soon'' (1999) * ''Mädchen, Mädchen'' (2001)
==Television writing credits== ===''Six Feet Under''=== * “A Private Life” (2001) * “The Plan” (2002) * “The Last Time” (2002) * “The Eye Inside” (2003) * “The Opening” (2003) * “Terror Starts at Home” (2004) * “A Coat of White Primer” (2005) * “All Alone” (2005)
===''The Affair''=== * “105” (2014) * “107” (2014) * “109” (2014)
===''One Mississippi''=== * “Effects” (2016) * “Kiss Me and Smile for Me” (2017) * “I'm Alive” (2017)
===''Dead to Me''=== * “I Can't Go Back” (2019)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0732206}}
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