CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY TODAY... ROBIN WRIGHT

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY TODAY... ROBIN WRIGHT

American actress Robin Gayle Wright was born 58 years ago in Dallas, Texas, is divorced and has 2 children.

When she was 14, Robin worked as a model and 4 years later she interpreted the character of Kelly Capwell in 538 episodes of the then-famous soap opera ‘Santa Barbara’.  Her big screen debut was in the 1986 comedy movie ‘Hollywood Vice Squad’.  The following year, she made a career breakthrough when she starred in a leading role in the film ‘The Princess Bride’.

During the next decade, Robin acted in 11 movies including ‘Denial’, ‘The Playboys’, ‘Forrest Gump’ alongside Tom Hanks, ‘Moll Flanders’, ‘She’s so Lovely’ with her ex-husband Sean Penn and John Travolta, and ‘Message in a Bottle’ with actors Kevin Costner and Paul Newman.

Since the year 2000 to date, Wright continued with her career and appeared in over 35 films and 5 TV productions, two of which she was also director and/or executive producer.  She is also expected to star in an upcoming movie named ‘Here’ which is scheduled to be premiered in mid November this year.

Robin is also an active philanthropist and supports several charitable institutions particularly in favour of human rights.

During her career so far, Wright received 5 awards out of 63 nominations, namely a Gold Derby, a Golden Globe, a Locarno International Film Festival, a Satellite and a Soap Opera Digest award.

 

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