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. Her birthplace was San Diego, California. Her professional journey began when she was 14 as a model. She has worked both in Paris, Japan and Paris. She chose to become 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 an Daytime Emmy. She became a fan of Dane Witherspoon during the first season. They got married in the year 1986. In addition, she appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) playing the title character. After she left Santa Barbara, she was offered the lead role in Denial (1990), alongside Jason Patric. In the year 1990, she was in State of Grace (1990) in which she got to know actor Sean Penn, by whom she had a daughter named Dylan Frances, and a son, Hopper Jack. After taking a few months off, Robin was back to Hollywood with one the best parts of her career: She played Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was absolutely beautiful and amazing. She was in Toys (1992) the film that was a comedy with Robin Williams. It was an extremely funny performance. Wright played the role of Jenny in 1994's blockbuster success Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Hanks. In recognition of her performance as Jenny, she got an award nomination for the Golden Globe Award. The film offered her a small role in The Crossing Guard (1995) along with Jack Nicholson. After a string of rejections, she was offered the lead part in MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). It was directed by Pen Densham and featured Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, and Morgan Freeman. She then starred in Erin Dignam's Loved (1997), with William Hurt.