Wendy Robie

Robie grew up on a northern California ranch where Arabian horses were raised. Before her big break on Twins Peaks, Robie lived in Seattle, working in repertory theatre. She only began fulfilling her lifelong dream of acting after teaching college English for a decade while she raised her daughter, Samantha. In 1990, Robie made her acting debut as Nadine Hurley in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks. She appeared in 22 episodes. In 1991, Robie guest starred on an episode of Baywatch and portrayed the villainous Woman in Wes Craven's horror film The People Under The Stairs. In comparing Lynch and Craven, Robie remarked that both were "kind people with wonderful imaginations who work out their views of the darkness in the world through their art." The following year, Robie reprised her role as Nadine in David Lynch's prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), although her scene was deleted. The same year, she guest starred on an episode of the television series Quantum Leap. In 1993, Robie starred in the television film Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story.