Robin Wright appreciation thread

[Canada]

Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a national director at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She grew up in San Diego, California. She started her professional career as a model in 1980 at age 14, and worked both in Paris and Japan. After finishing high school she decided to become an actress. She got a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984), for which she was nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy. During the first season of the show, she fell in love with fellow cast member Dane Witherspoon, whom she married in 1986. Meanwhile, she starred in The Princess Bride (1987), playing the title role. After leaving the cast of Santa Barbara, she got the starring role in Denial (1990) alongside Jason Patric. In 1990, she was in State of Grace (1990), where she met actor Sean Penn, by whom she had a daughter, Dylan Frances, and a son, Hopper Jack. After taking some time off, Robin was back to Hollywood with one the best roles of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was extremely stunning and brilliant. Then, she acted in Toys (1992) with Robin Williams, and she gave a funny performance. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster hit Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks. For her performance as Jenny, she got a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She got a small role in The Crossing Guard (1995), which starred Jack Nicholson. After turning down 14 roles, she played the title role of MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996), directed by Pen Densham, and co-starring Morgan Freeman and Stockard Channing. She then starred in Erin Dignam's Loved (1997), with William Hurt.


2020 Wonder Woman 1984 (post-production)
2013-2018 House of Cards (TV Series)
Claire Underwood
- Chapter 73 (2018) ... Claire Underwood
- Chapter 72 (2018) ... Claire Underwood
- Chapter 71 (2018) ... Claire Underwood
- Chapter 70 (2018) ... Claire Underwood
- Chapter 69 (2018) ... Claire Underwood
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2017 Justice League (uncredited)
2017 Blade Runner 2049
2017 Wonder Woman
2015 Everest
2014 Until We Could (Short) Narrator (voice)
2014 A Most Wanted Man
2013 The Congress
2013 Adore
2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 Enlightened (TV Series)
Sandy
- Lonely Ghosts (2011) ... Sandy
- Sandy (2011) ... Sandy
2011 Rampart
2011 Moneyball
2010 Behind the Carol: The Full Motion-Capture Experience (Video)
2010 The Conspirator
2009 A Christmas Carol
2009 State of Play
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2008 New York, I Love You
(segment "Yvan Attal")
2008 The Princess Bride Game (Video Game) Princess Buttercup (voice)
2008 What Just Happened
2007 Beowulf
2007 Hounddog
2006 Room 10 (Short)
2006 Breaking and Entering
2005 Sorry, Haters
2005 Empire Falls (TV Mini-Series)
- Episode #1.2 (2005) ... Grace Roby
- Episode #1.1 (2005) ... Grace Roby
2005 Max (Short)
2005 Nine Lives
2004 A Home at the End of the World
2003 Virgin
Mrs. Reynolds
2003 The Singing Detective
2002 White Oleander
2001 The Last Castle (uncredited)
2001 The Pledge
2000 Unbreakable
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
1999 Message in a Bottle
1998 Hurlyburly
1997 She's So Lovely
1997 Loved
1996 Moll Flanders
1995 The Crossing Guard
1994 Forrest Gump
1992 Toys
1992 The Playboys
1990 State of Grace
1990 Denial
Sara / Loon
A TV Dante (TV Series)
Lucrezia (as Robin Wright Penn)
1984-1988 Santa Barbara (TV Series)
Kelly Capwell Perkins / Kelly Capwell / Kelly Capwell Conrad
- Episode #1.982 (1988) ... Kelly Capwell Conrad
- Episode #1.981 (1988) ... Kelly Capwell Conrad
- Episode #1.980 (1988) ... Kelly Capwell Conrad
- Episode #1.979 (1988) ... Kelly Capwell Conrad
- Episode #1.978 (1988) ... Kelly Capwell Conrad
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1987 Home (TV Movie)
1987 The Princess Bride

[Canada]

[AaronJ]

Yeah, love her. As I said about Tea Leoni earlier, I first saw her in "Santa Barbara" back in 1989. I'm not sure exactly how many of her performances I've seen, but it seems like a pretty good number.

[pab1219]

Enjoy her choice of roles.

[goresnet]

Princess Bride was my first exposure to her