Robinson, Shaun 1962– (Shaun Cherise Robinson)

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Robinson, Shaun 1962- (Shaun Cherise Robinson)

PERSONAL

Full name, Shaun Cherise Robinson; born 1962, in Detroit, MI; daughter of Wylie Robinson and Joanne Oglesby. Education: Spelman College, graduated.

Addresses:

Agent—Ken Linder, Ken Linder and Associates, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 3050, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Broadcast journalist and actress. KEYE-TV, Austin, TX, reporter; WGPR-TV, Detroit, MI, reporter; WISN-TV, Milwaukee, WI, reporter, news anchor, medical reporter, and host of Milwaukee's Talking; WSVN-TV, Miami, FL, reporter and news anchor, 1996-98. Also involved in conferences and charitable events.

Member:

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild, National Association of Black Journalists.

Awards, Honors:

Commendation from American Women in Radio and Television and award from Austin Business Journal, both for the news segment "Profiles in Power," KEYE-TV; Associated Press Award for the news segment "Women and Cancer," WISN-TV; local Emmy Award for the news segment "A Grand Night in Harlem," WNBC-TV; Media Award, American Heart Association.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Reporter, Xtra, syndicated, c. 1999.

Weekday correspondent, weekend coanchor, and substitute anchor, Access Hollywood, syndicated, beginning 1999.

Host of Milwaukee's Talking, WISN-TV (Milwaukee, WI); and host of TV One Access, TV One Network.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cohost, Oscar Countdown 2003, ABC, 2003.

Segment host, Tournament of Roses Parade, NBC, 2004.

Host, Oscar Countdown 2005, ABC, 2005.

Guest correspondent, Oscar Countdown 2006, ABC, 2006.

Host, The 2006 Miss Teen USA Pageant, NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Sixth Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, syndicated, 2000.

The 15th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, syndicated, 2001.

Presenter, The 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, The WB, 2003.

Presenter, The Fifth Annual Latin Grammy Awards, CBS, 2004.

The 18th Annual Soul Train Music Awards, The WB, 2004.

The 2005 World Music Awards, ABC, 2005.

Host, The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Second reporter, "You Think I Am Lying to You?," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2000.

Herself, "It's Showtime," The Parkers (also known as Die Parkers), UPN, 2002.

Kinesha Robinson, "Forget Me … Not," Charmed, The WB, 2003.

Lingerie clerk, "The Big College Admission Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2003.

Television broadcaster, "Cover Me," She Spies (also known as B.A.I.T., Ele spioneaza, Kemcsajok, and Superespias), syndicated, 2003.

Herself, "Winners & Losers & Whiners & Boozers: Part 2," I'm with Her, ABC, 2004.

(Uncredited) Herself, "Betrayed," The Contender, NBC, 2005.

Cohost, The View, ABC, 2006 (multiple episodes).

Herself, Dirt, FX Channel 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

(As Shaun Cherise Robinson) Third Monitor reporter, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (also known as Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip and Studio 60), NBC, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Nevada news anchor, America's Sweethearts, Columbia, 2001.

Newscaster, Dr. Dolittle 2 (also known as Doctor Dolittle 2, DR2, DR.2, Docteur Dolittle 2, Elaeintohtori 2, and Il Dottor Dolittle 2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Newscaster, Bruce Almighty, Universal, 2003.