about | robinnelee

Robinne Lee is a Jamaican-Chinese writer, actor, and producer. Born and raised in New York, Robinne is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. As an actress, she has accrued numerous credits in both film and television over the past three decades, most notably in “Hitch,” “Seven Pounds,” “Hotel for Dogs,” “13 Going on 30,” “Being Mary Jane,” and the “Fifty Shades” franchise.

Her debut novel, THE IDEA OF YOU, published by St. Martin's Press in 2017, is an international bestseller, with two dozen foreign translations. Dubbed “the sleeper hit of the pandemic,” by Vogue Magazine, “The Idea of You” film, of which Robinne is a producer, was released by Amazon Prime Studios in May 2024, starring Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine. In its first two weeks, the movie attracted 50 million viewers worldwide, making it Amazon MGM’s number-one romantic comedy debut of all time. Prior to the film’s debut, the trailer broke records with 125 million global views across all social media platforms, the most for any original streaming movie. “The Idea of You” went on to be Amazon Prime Video’s Most Watched movie of 2024.

Robinne’s highly anticipated next book, CRASH INTO ME, a bold and fresh novel of love, lust and self-discovery, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in July of 2026.

An inactive member of the New York Bar, Robinne has also produced various independent films. She regularly speaks on panels and writes articles about the roles of women and artists of color in both publishing and the film industry. Robinne was most recently seen in Netflix’s hit limited series “Kaleidoscope,” opposite Giancarlo Esposito.

After many years in Los Angeles, Robinne now lives in Paris with her husband and two children.