Robin Wright
Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress and director. She first gained attention for her role in the NBC Daytime soap opera Santa Barbara, as Kelly Capwell from 1984 to 1988. She then made the transition to film, starring in the romantic comedy fantasy adventure film The Princess Bride. Wright starred as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama web television series House of Cards, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2013.
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Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress and director. She first gained attention for her role in the NBC Daytime soap opera Santa Barbara, as Kelly Capwell from 1984 to 1988. She then made the transition to film, starring in the romantic comedy fantasy adventure film The Princess Bride. Wright starred as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama web television series House of Cards, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2013. She is also one of the highest paid actresses in the United States, earning US$420,000 per episode in 2016. In April 2019, it was announced that Wright would make her feature film debut in the film Land of the Shoshone, starring as Ed Mathis, a lawyer who retreats to the National Forest in Wyoming to deal with his grief over the death of his father.
She also appears in the Blade Runner sequel Blade Runner 2049 alongside Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, and Jared Leto. Wright is the daughter of Gayle Gaston, a cosmetics saleswoman, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical company employee. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in San Diego, California. She attended La Jolla High School and Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. She has been nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and has earned a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award for her work in television. Wright has also appeared in films such as Forrest Gump, Unbreakable, Moneyball, Everest, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Empire Falls and Wonder Woman.
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