The 1986 Granada Television Sketch show Robbins featured her brother Ted Robbins and sisters Jane, Emma and Kate Robbins, along with herself guest appearing in various episodes.
Youngest of five children, Robbins was born in Higher Bebington to an acting family and trained at RADA. She also gained an English and Drama degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. In February 2003 she married her co-star Robert Daws who plays Dr. Gordon Ormerod in The Royal. The couple have two children. She is a first cousin once removed of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and the younger sister of Ted Robbins and Kate Robbins, impressionist and Actress. Robbins also has two other sisters and is the aunt of Actress Emily Atack.
In 2011 Robbins performed for the Queen at Buckingham Palace in A Celebration of Youth in the Arts with RADA, playing the part of Lady Capulet alongside actors Anne Reid and Bryony Hannah.
In April and May 2013 Robbins played Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton.
In 2014 she filmed World's End, a series of 36 15-minute episodes for CBBC. World's End premiers on 30 March 2015.
From January to May 2016 Amy starred alongside her husband Robert Daws in Bill Kenright's touring production of Rehearsal For Murder.
In March 2017, Robbins joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, as Lynette Drinkwell, the mother of Scott Drinkwell, played by Ross Adams, and the sister of Diane O'Connor, portrayed by Alex Fletcher.
