Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), an executive director for national operations at Mary Kay, and Freddie Wright an executive in the field of pharmaceuticals. She was raised in San Diego, California. She began her professional career when she was 14 working as a model. She has worked both in Paris, Japan and Paris. She made the decision to become an actress after she had graduated from high school. She was given a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984) and was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. Dane Witherspoon was her fellow cast member, and she was married to Dane in 1986. She starred in the show as the princess bride (1987) in the role of the title. After leaving Santa Barbara, she was given the lead role in Denial (1990) with Jason Patric. She got to know Sean Penn in 1990 while she was appearing in State of Grace (1990). They had one daughter Dylan Frances with him and an infant son named Hopper Jack. Robin returned to Hollywood after a break with one of her most memorable parts: Tara in The Playboys (1992). She was extremely stunning and brilliant. Next, she was in Toys (1992), in which she starred alongside Robin Williams. She gave a hilarious performance. Wright was in the blockbuster success Forrest Gump (1994) with Tom Hanks. Wright was nominated to win a Golden Globe Award for her role in the film as Jenny. The film offered her a small role in The Crossing Guard (1995) along with Jack Nicholson. After being rejected for 14 roles, she finally got the lead part in MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing played the role. Next, she starred with William Hurt in Erin Dignam’s Loved (1997).






 

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