A year after the film's release, Wright divorced her first husband of two years, Dane Witherspoon.ĭespite the success of The Princess Bride, Wright was ambitious and did not want to be typecast early on as a victimized damsel character actor.

An iconic film that resonated with children and adults alike, The Princess Bride launched Wright to stardom her winning performance as Princess Buttercup suddenly transformed her into a bona fide film actor at the age of 21. This drew the attention of director Rob Reiner, who decided to audition her for the lead role in his new film, an irreverent 1987 take on Robin Hood-style swashbuckler films called The Princess Bride. Though she lacked any formal acting training and often shot her scenes the same day she received a script, with no rehearsal, Wright earned three Daytime Emmy nominations for her work on the show. Then that idea was sort of usurped from my life because we moved to San Diego.' Big Break & Career HighlightsĪfter high school, Wright was encouraged to act by her modeling agent and landed a lead part on the soap opera Santa Barbara. 'I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in A Chorus Line. 'I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing, she says. I loved Europe so much.'Įven though, as a teenager, Wright was elected homecoming queen and had a successful modeling career, she was actually more interested in dancing than being photographed. And then I went to Europe and I didn't want to come home. Wright says she pursued modeling mainly for the traveling opportunities it provided: 'I think that the whole idea of beauty distorts your ability to not only find yourself but to have a healthy sense of your identity. The daughter of a pharmaceutical executive and an independent executive sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics, Wright was a natural beauty and began modeling at an early age, traveling to both Paris and Japan while still in high school.

Robin Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 8, 1966, but grew up in San Diego, California. Wright has garnered multiple Emmy Award nominations for her role as Claire Underwood on the original Netflix series House of Cards, and in 2014 she became the first actress to win a Golden Globe for an online-only series. She made the leap from television to film and gained fame for her roles in such hits as The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump, as well as her marriage to actor Sean Penn. Born in Texas in 1966, Robin Wright began her career as a model before landing on the soap opera Santa Barbara.

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