Robin Gayle

Robin Gayle Wright was the daughter of Gayle (Gaston) who was Director of the national office at Mary Kay and Freddie Wright as a pharmacist executive. She was born in San Diego, California. She began her professional career at the age of 14 as a model. She has worked in Paris, Japan and Paris. When she finished high school, she made the decision to become an actor. She was given a role in Santa Barbara's soap-opera (1984) and was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards. Dane Witherspoon was her fellow cast participant, and she got married to him in 1986. She starred in the show as the princess bride (1987) in the title role. After leaving the cast of Santa Barbara, she got the role of the main character in Denial (1990) together with Jason Patric. She was in State of Grace (1990) and was introduced to Sean Penn. They had two daughters: 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 stunning and brilliant. Then, she appeared in Toys (1992) in Toys (1992) alongside Robin Williams, and she performed a hilarious role. In 1994, Wright was in the blockbuster success Forrest Gump (1994), together with Tom Hanks. Wright was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in recognition of her performance in the film as Jenny. She was given a minor role in The Crossing Guard (1995) in which she starred Jack Nicholson. After rejecting 14 roles she finally got the title role in MGM/UA's Moll Flanders (1996). Pen Densham directed her and Stockard Channing was the lead. Then, she appeared alongside William Hurt in Erin Dignam’s Loved (1997).