- 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.
- 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.
- Suffered from depression.
- Miscarried her future 1st child with her now ex-1st husband Mike Tyson. (May 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.
- Was a classmate of Holly Robinson Peete at Sarah Lawrence College.
- Release of her book, "Grace Will Lead Me Home". (2007)
- Has one sister, Stephine.
- Robin's father, Reuben, abandoned her family when she was a young girl and she seldom saw him after that.
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#88). (1995)
- Replaced Mother Love as hostess for the series Forgive or Forget (1998) (as of 17 January 2000)
- 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.
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