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Adopted her 1st child as a single mother, a son Michael Givens (b.1992). (1993)

Credits Howard Hesseman as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.

Was separated from her tennis instructor husband, Svetozar Marinkovic, after the day they married. Filed for divorce 19 December 1997 citing irreconcilable differences.

Suffered from depression.

28 January 2004 - Accidentally struck an 89-year old woman with her SUV in Miami. The woman was admitted to the hospital with unknown injuries.

Miscarried her future 1st child with her now ex-1st husband Mike Tyson. (Mai 1988)

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 34, a son William Givens Jensen in October 1999. Child's father is her now ex-boyfriend, Murphy Jensen.

Release of her book, "Grace Will Lead Me Home". (2007)

Was a classmate of Holly Robinson Peete at Sarah Lawrence College.

Robin's father, Reuben, abandoned her family when she was a young girl and she seldom saw him after that.

Replaced Mother Love as hostess for the series Forgive or Forget (1998) (as of 17 January 2000)

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#88). (1995)

Has one sister, Stephine.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43."

She has hosted the San Diego Black Film Festival several times in the 2010s.