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Robyn Adele Anderson

Robyn Adele Anderson
Robyn Adele Anderson on stage w Postmodern Jukebox.jpg
Anderson with Postmodern Jukebox in 2014
Born Robyn Adele Anderson
(1989-02-19) February 19, 1989 (age 27)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Residence New York, NY, U.S.
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actress
  • model
Years active 2011–present
Home town Glenmont, New York, U.S.
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
Associated acts
Website Robyn Adele's Official Website

Robyn Adele Anderson (born February 19, 1989), is a multilingual vocalist, stage actress, and fashion model, based in New York City. She is a cast member and featured artist for Postmodern Jukebox with over 140 million YouTube views of her music videos. She is credited with the band's breakthrough cover of "Thrift Shop" in 2013. Anderson performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013, and TEDx in 2014.

Robyn Adele Anderson was born in Albany, NY. She grew up in Glenmont, NY with her mother, father, and half-sister. She is of German, Dutch, English, Scottish and Native American descent. Anderson attended Bethlehem Central High School where she played clarinet in the Wind Ensemble and sang in several choral groups.

She graduated from Binghamton University in 2011, with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and Arabic, with concentrations in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. She studied at the University of Seville in Spain for a semester in 2009 and subsequently become a study-abroad peer adviser. Her academic accomplishments won her the distinguished Dr. Israel J. Rosefksy Language and Culture Scholarship and the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence in 2011. She was also selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort.

From 2012 to 2015, Anderson worked for the ANSOB Center for Refugees in Astoria, NY. She became a staff writer for KpopStarz in January 2014.

In addition to serving as Postmodern Jukebox' primary vocalist, prior to the band's change of focus to a variety act, Anderson is active in New York Theatre. In 2015, Anderson was cast as Lilyan Tashman, in Cynthia von Buhler's, Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic at the Liberty Theatre. Beginning June 8, 2016, Anderson will play the part of Lucile in The Flying Doctor at the Lower East Side Art Gallery, scheduled through July 10.


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