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Robin Wright Penn Biography
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Robin Wright Penn
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 Wright in September 2009 |
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| Born | Robin Gayle Wright April 8, 1966 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Dane Witherspoon (1986–1988) Sean Penn (1996–present) |
Robin Wright Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She is probably best known for her roles as Jenny in the film Forrest Gump and as Buttercup in The Princess Bride.
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Early life
Wright was born Robin Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Gayle (née Gaston), an Independent Executive National Sales Director for Mary Kay cosmetics, and Fred Wright, a pharmaceutical executive.1 She was raised in San 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 three Daytime 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 her Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Wright was offered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but turned it down because she was pregnant. She had to back out of the role of Abby McDeere in The Firm (1993), with Tom Cruise, upon discovering that she was pregnant with her second child (son Hopper Penn). The role eventually went to Jeanne Tripplehorn.
In 1996, she married Sean Penn and changed her name to Robin Wright Penn. The same year she starred in the film adaptation of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders for which she received a Satellite Nomination for Best Actress in a Drama. She went on to co-star with her husband in the 1997 film She's So Lovely, for which she was nominated for a Screen 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 of Ed Harris's character Miles Roby. Wright received her third Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for this role.
Personal life
From 1986 to 1988, Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon.2
In 1989, Wright became involved with actor Sean Penn following his divorce from Madonna. Their daughter Dylan Frances Penn was born on April 13, 1991. Their son Hopper Jack Penn, born August 6, 1993, is named after two family friends, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. The relationship has gone through on-and-off again periods in recent years. Divorce plans and separation have been announced, beginning in December 2007,3 and again in April 2009,4 only to be withdrawn,5 most recently in May 2009.6 On August 12, 2009, Robin Wright Penn filed for divorce,7 declaring she has no plans to reconcile.8
She is the national campaign spokesperson for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America. She is also the Honorary Spokesperson for the Dallas, Texas based non-profit The Gordie Foundation.
Filmography
References
- ^ "Robin Wright Penn Biography (1966-)". http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Robin-Wright-Penn.html. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
- ^ Josh Grossberg (2007-12-28). "Penn, Wright Splitsville". Yahoo! News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20071228/en_movies_eo/ae9cce127e70_4f90_8254_26b3a2b3fbdf.
- ^ White, Nicholas (2007-12-27). "Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Divorcing". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168386,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ "Sean Penn Files for Legal Separation". People. 2009-04-29. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20275612,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Reaney, Patricia (2008-04-09). "Sean Penn, wife Robin end divorce proceeding". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN0938785620080409.
- ^ "Sean Penn withdraws separation filing". San Francisco Chronicle. 209-05-21. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/21/state/n174007D40.DTL&type=newsbayarea.
- ^ Lee, Ken (2009-08-18). "Robin Wright Penn Files for Divorce". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20298679,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (2009-08-17). "Robin Wright Penn Relishes Her New Independence". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20298368,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
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