Robin Antin

Actress

Birthday July 6, 1961

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Age 62 years old

Nationality United States

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Robin Antin is an American dancer and choreographer.

1995

In 1995, she founded the modern burlesque troupe the Pussycat Dolls.

2005

By 2005, she diversified into various media including a pop recording group with international hits, a Las Vegas nightclub venue and floor show, various merchandise, and a reality television series.

Since then, she has gone on to create other girl groups, including G.R.L., Girlicious and Paradiso Girls.

Antin was born in Los Angeles, California.

Her parents are British Jewish immigrants.

She is the sister of celebrity hair stylist Jonathan Antin, director Steve Antin and actor Neil Antin.

She appeared in an episode of her brother Jonathan's show Blow Out.

Based in Las Vegas, it features a rotating cast of dancers around vocalist Jamie Preston.

Current members include Hayley Zelniker, Amanda Nowak, Colby Lemmo and Alicia Blair.

Former "Dolls" include lead vocalist and pop star Nicole Scherzinger, Rachel Sterling, who was also an original member of the burlesque troupe, Kelly Levesque, Christina Applegate, Carmen Electra, Laura Goulet, Michelle "Jersey" Maniscalco, Desiree Davis, Alicia Vela-Bailey, Mallory, Jen, Loreli, Victoria, Rosa, Marcea, Rita, Claude Racine, Natasha Vernase, Adriane Harper, Jessica Lea, Beverly Sizemore, Laura Diane, Ashley Gates, Bridget Nicole, Jennifer Affronti, Sheila Joy, Cindy Leos, Laurel Anderson, Angela Case, Meredith "Sevin" Kerr, Gina Katon and Jamie Lee Ruiz from Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.

2008

The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Revue was founded in 2008 with Jamie Lee Ruiz, alongside Michelle "Jersey" Maniscalco, Jessi Peralta, Stephanie Moseley, Courtney Parker, Fransesca Ramirez, Alexis (Allie Steel), Molly D'Amour, and Jenny Robinson.

Dani Levine, Katarzyna "Kasia Moss" Moś, Vanessa Curry, guest dancer Chantal Hunt and Allarie Long.

Alongside lead singer, Jaime Preston and dancers Tarin Pratt and Erica Kiehl Jenkins, and guest vocalist, former Paradiso Girls member, Lauren Bennett were later introduced.

The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque Saloon at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas features Sophia Monica as lead vocalist.

Current members include Sheila Joy, Megan Bostwick, Daymara Sabat, Colby Lemmo, Lauren Venandos, Emily Istre, Noelle Naone Brechler, Jenny Driebe, and Kaelee Jones.

2009

In 2009, Anderson left the group and in 2011, Mejia and Sayers also confirmed their departure.

Their debut single "Patron Tequila" featuring Lil' Jon and Eve was released on May 12, 2009, and a music video was shortly released afterwards.

2010

The second album of Girlicious, named Rebuilt, was released on November 22, 2010, in Canada.

The group was formed on the reality television show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious.

Although Antin originally intended to include only three members in the group, as stated in the first episode, she announced in the season finale that all four girls would be a part of Girlicious.

The Paradiso Girls were a girl group consisting of five members from different countries; Chelsea Korka (who appeared in the reality show Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll) from the United States, Aria Cascaval from France, Lauren Bennett and Kelly Beckett from the United Kingdom and Shar Mae Amor from the Philippines.

They were signed to will.i.am Music Group/Interscope Records.

Their debut album Crazy Horse was expected to be released in July 2010; however, it was delayed until October, when Aria revealed the band had disbanded due to dissatisfaction with their label.

Bennett went on to join Antin's next girl group formation in G.R.L.

G.R.L. is a girl group consisting of Lauren Bennett, Natasha Slayton, and Jazzy Mejia, Girlicious' Natalie Mejia's younger sister.

It originally consisted of five members; Lauren Bennett, Paula van Oppen, Natasha Slayton, Simone Battle and Emmalyn Estrada, and was the most successful of Antin's girl group ventures since the original Pussycat Dolls pop group.

The group was originally planned to be the new line up of the Pussycat Dolls following their disbandment in 2010.

Robin later rebranded them as a new group to serve as the "next generation" of the Dolls.

Their managers were Larry Rudolph and Adam Leber.

2011

Later, in October 2011, Cordova announced the band's hiatus.

2012

In 2012, Antin launched The Pussycat Doll Dollhouse in the historic Keating Hotel in San Diego.

2013

Then Cordova confirmed her departure in April 2013 when she became a member of and was featured on The X Factor USA Season 3 with the new group Girls United, which she ultimately was kicked out of in 2014.

On June 16, 2013, they released their first single, "Vacation", as a B-side track on Britney Spears' single "Ooh La La", a song from the film The Smurfs 2.

2015

In 2015, Robin launched the Australian Pussycat Doll Burlesque Revue in Melbourne, Australia at Crown Casino in The Therapy Nightclub.

Girlicious was an American girl group consisting of Nichole Cordova, Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers and Tiffanie Anderson.

Despite commercial success in the UK and Australia, the group officially disbanded on June 2, 2015, nine months after Simone Battle's death in September, 2014.

2016

However, on June 18, 2016, Robin Antin and their new rep, Matt Wynter, from Loco Talent's website confirmed that G.R.L. were officially reforming, without Paula Van Oppen and Emmalyn Estrada.

On August 5, 2016, it was officially announced that Jazzy Mejia was added to the group, along with original members Lauren Bennett and Natasha Slayton, making G.R.L. officially a trio.

Their music is set to be released in the summer, with works on a debut album.