Eva Robin's (born Roberto Coatti; 10 December 1958) is a

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Italian actress, model, and activist from

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. Perhaps best known for her role in

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's 1982

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film '' Tenebrae''. Eva was assigned male at birth. From the age of about thirteen she says she felt she was female. When she was sixteen, she met a neighbor who was transgender and who introduced her to feminizing hormones. By the age of twenty-one she was living as a woman. Eva says she doesn't want

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, saying she feels comfortable with her body and has no desire to change. Contrary to conflicting mentions, Eva currently does spell her last name with an apostrophe in it. She took her

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from a character in Italy's ''

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'' comics,

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, and writer

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. While on holiday in

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she saw the name "Robbins" spelled as "Robin's" and decided to take on that particular spelling.

Filmography

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'' (1979) *''

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'' (1980) *''

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'' (1982) *'' Tenebrae'' (1982) *''

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'' (1983) *''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' - TV series (1987) *''

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'' (1987) *''

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'' (1989) *'' Valentina'' - TV series (1989) *''

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'' - TV movie (1991) *''

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'' (1994) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Il primo estratto'' (1997) *''

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'' (1998) *''

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'' - TV series (2002) *'' Cattive inclinazioni'' (2003) *'' Di che peccato sei?'' - TV movie (2007) *'' Il segreto di Rahil'' (2007) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Andres and me'' (2007)

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