Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston) she was an executive director for national operations at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright who was a pharmaceutical executive. She was raised in San Diego, California. Her professional career began as a model in the year 1980 aged 14 and worked both in Paris and Japan. After graduating high school, she was a professional actress. She was offered a part on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984), for which she was nominated three times for a Daytime Emmy. She was in love with Dane Witherspoon during the first season. They got married in 1986. In addition, she appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) playing the title character. She was cast as Santa Barbara but left to star in Denial (1990) with Jason Patric. She got to know Sean Penn in 1990 while she was appearing in State of Grace (1990). They had daughters Dylan Frances with him and an infant son called Hopper Jack. After a break, Robin was back to Hollywood with one of the greatest parts of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was absolutely stunning and amazing. In the following film, she appeared Toys (1992) in the film Toys (1992) with Robin Williams. She gave an amazing performance. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster smash Forrest Gump (1994), along with Tom Hanks. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in recognition of her performance as Jenny. She was offered a minor part in The Crossing Guard (1995), with Jack Nicholson. After having rejected 14 roles, she finally got the lead role in MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing was the lead. She then starred alongside William Hurt in Erin Dignam’s Loved (1997).