Award-winning actress Vinette Robinson regularly graces our TV screens, starring in some of the biggest and most popular TV shows of recent years.
Most notably, she starred in the critically acclaimed 2021 thriller film, later a major BBC TV series, ‘Boiling Point’, playing sous-chef Carly, opposite Stephen Graham. The film, set in an upmarket London restaurant, received a string of BAFTA and BIFA nominations, with Vinette winning the BIFA for Best Supporting Actress. The TV series followed in 2023, again to critical acclaim, and saw the main cast reprising their roles from the film, but with Vinette playing the lead. The series went on to garner further recognition, including award nominations from BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and a nomination for Vinette for Best Actress at the 2024 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
In 2025 she performed ‘Wuthering Heights’ in the BBC series ‘The Read’ which sees leading actors give dramatised narrations of classic novels. We will also see her in the British drama film ‘The Thing with Feathers’, starring alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2025.
In 2024 she had a major role as Louisa in the second season of Channel 4 crime drama series ‘Suspect’ which starred Anne Marie Duff and Dominic Cooper, as well as starring as pushy mother Natalie in another Channel 4 thriller series ‘The Gathering’, set in Merseyside about a group of elite teen gymnasts. She also appeared in the 2024 series of BAFTA winning BBC dark comedy ‘Inside No. 9’.
In 2023 she was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA Best Actress Award for her leading role in the Glasgow-set ITV series ‘Six Four’, in which she starred as former undercover officer Michelle O’Neill, who, alongside her husband (played by Kevin McKidd), launches a desperate hunt for their missing daughter.
She had a leading role playing Janet in both series of Sky’s sci-fi action thriller ‘The Lazarus Project’, by BAFTA award winning writer Joe Barton, which ran from 2022-2023 and also starred Paapa Essiedu, Caroline Quentin, Anjli Mohindra and Tom Burke. 2022 saw her star in the third and final season of Sky’s police procedural comedy-drama ‘Code 404’, alongside Stephen Graham and Anna Maxwell-Martin.
As well as ‘Boiling Point’ her other recent film credits include sci-fi rom-com ‘The Pod Generation’ (2023) which starred Emilia Clarke, The Amazing Mr Blunden (2021) which starred Simon Callow and playing Pilot Wrobie Tyce in the 2019 blockbuster ‘Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker’.
Earlier TV highlights include playing Mrs Cratchit in the BBC’s 2019 adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ and starring opposite Lenny Henry in ‘Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle’, which was BAFTA nominated in 2020. In 2019 she starred alongside Samantha Morton in the BAFTA nominated ‘I Am Kirsty’, part of Dominic Savage’s ‘I Am’ anthology series. She had a major role in an episode of Black Mirror in 2016 (Series 3), alongside Kelly McDonald and Ben Miles.
She is also known for her performance in Series 1 & 2 of the critically acclaimed BBC drama series ‘The A Word’ about a family struggling to come to terms with their son’s autism diagnosis, as well as a leading part in the Emmy-nominated National Geographic docu-drama ‘Year Million’ which looked into a future where technology has taken over the world.
Further major credits include ‘Delicious’ (Sky One), Cold War drama series 'Close to the Enemy', a recurring role in ‘Sherlock’ (BBC One), playing Helen in the fifth series of ‘Waterloo Road’ (BBC One) and playing ex-con Josie in the BBC One comedy-drama series ‘Hope Springs’.
Her early career saw her regularly on stage and her theatre accolades include an Offie Award for Best Female for 'Tender Napalm' at Southwark Playhouse and a Clarence Derwent Award for her portrayal of Ophelia in 'Hamlet' at the Young Vic, opposite Michael Sheen.
Vinette originates from Bradford in West Yorkshire and much of her acting is done using her native Yorkshire accent, which she can dial up or down as required. She is also confident performing in RP, neutral, London/Estuary and American accents.
Age Range
Accents
Styles
Warm, Recognisable, Smooth, Characterful, Natural Reads, Regional, Mums, Audiobook Experience, Delicate, Alluring
Credits
The Read: Wuthering Heights (TV, 2025) – 'Narrator', BBC Four/BBC iPlayer
Suspect (TV, 2024) – 'Louisa', Channel 4 (Series 2)
Boiling Point (TV Series) (TV, 2023) – 'Carly', BBC One
The Lazarus Project (TV, 2022-2023) – 'Janet', Sky (Series 1 & 2)
Boiling Point (film) (Film, 2021) – 'Carly', Vertigo Releasing
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