Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was the daughter of Gayle (Gaston) and was a national director at Mary Kay and Freddie Wright as a pharmacist executive. She was raised in San Diego, California. She began her professional career as a model in 1980 when she was 14 years old, and also worked in Paris and Japan. After high school, she made the choice to become an actress. She got a role on the soap show Santa Barbara (1984), for which she was nominated three times for an Daytime Emmy. Dane Witherspoon was her fellow cast participant, and she got married to Dane in 1986. In 1987, she played the title role in The Princess Bride. Following her departure from Santa Barbara, she was offered the lead in Denial (1990) as well as Jason Patric. It was during State of Grace (1990), when she met Sean Penn. They had a daughter Dylan Frances and a son Hopper Jack. After taking a few months off, Robin was back to Hollywood and landed one of her most memorable role of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was a stunning actress and a brilliant actor. In the following film, she appeared Toys (1992) together in which she starred alongside Robin Williams. She gave an enthralling performance. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster smash Forrest Gump (1994), with Tom Hanks. In recognition of her performance as Jenny she earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She had a small role in The Crossing Guard (1995) in which she starred Jack Nicholson. After refusing 14 roles, she was cast in 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 alongside William Hurt in Erin Dignam’s Loved (1997).