Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was born to Gayle (Gaston) and Freddie Wright, a national Director at Mary Kay and Freddie Wright. She was raised in San Diego, California. When she was 14 years old, she started her career in modeling. She was a model in Paris as well as Japan. She decided to be an actress after she had graduated from high school. She got a role on the soap show 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 were married in the year 1986. In addition, she appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) in the title role. She was in the role of Santa Barbara but left to star in Denial (1990) alongside Jason Patric. In 1990, she was in State of Grace (1990), where she was introduced to actor Sean Penn, by whom she had a daughter named Dylan Frances, and a son named Hopper Jack. After a short break, Robin was back to Hollywood with one of the greatest roles of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was absolutely stunning and amazing. In the following film, she played Toys (1992) alongside Robin Williams, and she gave a funny performance. Wright was also in 1994's blockbuster hit Forrest Gump (1994), acting alongside Tom Hanks. Wright received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award in recognition of her performance as Jenny. The film gave her a small part in The Crossing Guard (1995), starring Jack Nicholson. After rejecting 14 roles she was finally offered the title role played by MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing played the role. Her next film was Erin Dignam's Loved (1997) co-starring William Hurt.