Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was the daughter of Gayle (Gaston) and was Director of the national office at Mary Kay and Freddie Wright who was a pharmacist executive. She was raised in San Diego. At 14 years old she started her career in modeling. She was a model in Paris as well as Japan. After high school graduation, she was a professional actress. She was part of the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984), in which she was nominated 3 more times for Daytime Emmys. During the first season of the show she fell in love with fellow cast member Dane Witherspoon, whom she got married in 1986. She also appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) in the title role. After leaving the cast of Santa Barbara, she got the starring role in Denial (1990) with Jason Patric. She got to know Sean Penn in 1990 while she was in State of Grace (1990). They had their daughter Dylan Frances with him and the son was named Hopper Jack. Robin returned to Hollywood with Tara in one of the most important roles in her career, following an absence. She was stunning and brilliant. Next, she was in Toys (1992) in the film Toys (1992) with Robin Williams. She gave an amazing performance. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster success Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks. Wright received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award in recognition of her performance as Jenny. She had a small role in The Crossing Guard (1995) that starred Jack Nicholson. After being rejected for 14 roles, she was finally offered the title role played by MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing acted. She then starred alongside William Hurt in Erin Dignam’s Loved (1997).






 

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