Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was the daughter of Gayle (Gaston) and was Director of the national office at Mary Kay and Freddie Wright, a pharmacist executive. Her home was San Diego, California. When she was 14 years old, she began her professional life in modeling. She was a model in Paris as well as Japan. She chose to become an actress after she had graduated from high school. She was offered a role on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984), and she was nominated for three daytime Emmys. She was in love with Dane Witherspoon during the first season. They were married in the year 1986. She was the princess bride (1987) in the title role. After she left the cast of Santa Barbara, she got the role of the main character in Denial (1990) along with Jason Patric. She was in State of Grace (1990) and was introduced to Sean Penn. They had one daughter Dylan Frances and a son Hopper Jack. Robin was back in Hollywood with Tara which was one of her most significant roles of her career, following her time. She was absolutely stunning and amazing. She starred in Toys (1992) which was a comedy with Robin Williams. It was a very funny performance. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster hit Forrest Gump (1994), alongside Tom Hanks. For her performance in the film as Jenny, she got nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She was given a small part in The Crossing Guard (1995), starring Jack Nicholson. After refusing 14 roles, she was offered the title role in MGM/UA’s Moll Flanders (1996). The film was directed by Pen Densham and featured Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, and Morgan Freeman. She then starred in Erin Dignam's Loved (1997) together with William Hurt.