Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston) and was an executive director for national operations at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. Her home was San Diego, California. She began her professional career when she was 14 when she began modeling. She worked in Paris, Japan and Paris. After finishing high school she decided to pursue a career as an actress. She was offered a part on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984), and she was nominated for three daytime Emmy Awards. The first season of the show she was in love with co-star Dane Witherspoon, whom she married in 1986. Meanwhile, she starred in The Princess Bride (1987) playing the title character. After being let go of the cast of Santa Barbara, she got the role of the lead in Denial (1990) with Jason Patric. In the year 1990, she was in State of Grace (1990) in which she became acquainted with actor Sean Penn, by whom she had a daughter, Dylan Frances, and a son, Hopper Jack. After a short break, Robin was back to Hollywood and landed one of her most memorable roles of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was a stunning actress and was a fantastic performer. Then, she appeared in Toys (1992) with Robin Williams, and she did a great job in her performance. Wright was also in 1994's blockbuster success Forrest Gump (1994), in the lead role with Tom Hanks. For her performance as Jenny, she got nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She was also given a tiny role in The Crossing Guard (1995) in which she starred alongside Jack Nicholson. After rejecting 14 roles she finally got the lead role played by MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing starred. Later, she appeared in Erin Dignam's Loved (1997) co-starring William Hurt.