- Robin Wright Penn
Infobox actor
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caption = Robin Wright Penn, September 2006
birthdate = birth date and age|1966|4|8
birthplace =Dallas ,Texas , U.S.
birthname = Robin Gayle Wright
academyawards =
spouse = Dane Witherspoon (1986–1988)Sean Penn (1996– present)Robin Gayle Wright Penn (born
April 8 ,1966 ) is an American filmactress .Biography
Early life
Penn was born Robin Gayle Wright in
Dallas, Texas , the daughter of Gayle (née Gaston), an Independent Executive National Sales Director forMary Kay cosmetics, and Fred Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. [cite web
url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Robin-Wright-Penn.html
title = Robin Wright Penn Biography (1966-)
accessdate = 2007-11-02] She was raised inSan Diego ,California .Career
She was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. [1986] . Wright first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the
soap opera "Santa Barbara", which earned her 3Daytime Emmy nominations. She shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in "The Princess Bride" and Jenny Curran in "Forrest Gump", the latter role garnering herGolden Globe Award andScreen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress (but not theAcademy Award nomination that many believe she deserved). Wright was offered the role ofMaid Marian in "", but turned it down because she was pregnant. She had to back out of the role of Abby McDeere inThe Firm (1993), withTom Cruise , upon discovering that she was pregnant with her second child (son Hopper Penn). The role eventually went toJeanne Tripplehorn . In 1994, she starred as Jenny Curran inForrest Gump , opposite actorTom Hanks .In 1996, she married Sean Penn and changed her name to Robin Wright Penn. She went on to co-star with her husband in the 1997 film"
She's So Lovely ", for which she was nominated for aScreen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. One of her most recent successes was a supporting role in the TV movie "Empire Falls " as Grace Roby, mother ofEd Harris 's character Miles Roby. Penn received her third Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for this role.Personal life
Wright became involved with actor
Sean Penn in about 1989 following his divorce from Madonna, marrying on27 April 1996 . Their daughter Dylan Frances Penn was born on13 April ,1991 , and son Hopper Jack Penn was born on6 August ,1993 . Currently they live inRoss, California .Filmography
Features:
*"Hollywood Vice Squad" (1986)
*"The Princess Bride" (1987)
*"Denial" (1990)
*"State of Grace" (1990)
*"The Playboys" (1992)
*"Toys" (1992)
*"Forrest Gump " (1994)
*"The Crossing Guard " (1995)
*"Moll Flanders" (1996)
*"Loved" (1997)
*"She's So Lovely " (1997)
*"Hurlyburly " (1998)
*"Message in a Bottle" (1999)
*"How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog " (2000)
*"Unbreakable" (2000)
*"The Pledge" (2001)
*"The Last Castle " (2001)
*"Searching for Debra Winger " (2002) (documentary)
*"White Oleander" (2002)
*"The Singing Detective" (2003)
*"Virgin" (2003)
*"A Home at the End of the World " (2004)
*"Nine Lives" (2005)
*"Sorry, Haters " (2005)
*"Breaking and Entering" (2006)
*"Hounddog" (2007)
*"Beowulf" (2007) ("motion capture" enhanced performance)Upcoming:
*"What Just Happened? " (2008)
*"State of Play" (2009)
*"New York, I Love You " (2009)
*"The Private Lives of Pippa Lee " (2009)
*"A Christmas Carol" (2009)Short Subjects:
*"Max" (2005)
*"Room 10" (2006)References
External links
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