Early life

Wright was born in Dallas, Texas, to Gayle (Gaston), a cosmetics saleswoman, and Freddie Wright, a pharmaceutical company employee. Wright was raised in San Diego, California. She attended La Jolla High School and Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Career

Wright started her career as a model, when she was 14. She first became popular for playing Kelly Capwell on the NBC television soap opera Santa Barbara, which earned her several Daytime Emmy Award nominations.

1990s-2000s: Transition into feature film work

She transitioned into feature film work as Buttercup in the cult hit The Princess Bride (1987), and as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump in (1994). The latter role garnered her widespread critical acclaim as well as Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1996, she married actor 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 (1996), for which she received a Satellite Nomination for Best Actress in a Drama. She went on to co-star with her husband in the film She's So Lovely (1997), for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Wright received her third Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her role in the television film Empire Falls (2005).

2013-present: House of Cards, further film work

Since 2013, Wright has portrayed Claire Underwood, political mastermind Frank Underwood's equally ruthless wife, in the Netflix series House of Cards. On January 12, 2014, she won a Golden Globe for the role, becoming the first actress to win the award for an online-only web television series; she was nominated for the same award the following year. She received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 and 2014 for the same role. Following season 4 in 2016, Wright stated that she felt Claire Underwood was the equal of Frank Underwood and demanded equal pay for her performance. Netflix acquiesced.

Wright has been cast in the live action Wonder Woman (2017) film alongside Gal Gadot and Chris Pine.

Personal life

From 1986 to 1988, Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon, whom she met in 1984 on the set of the soap opera Santa Barbara.

In 1989, Wright became involved with actor Sean Penn following his divorce from Madonna. Wright was offered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but turned it down because she was pregnant. Their daughter Dylan Frances was born in April 1991. She backed out of the role of Abby McDeere in The Firm (1993), with Tom Cruise, upon discovering she was pregnant with her second child, son Hopper Penn. Their son Hopper Jack Penn was born in August 1993.

After breaking up and getting back together, Wright and Penn married in 1996, and Wright changed her name to Robin Wright Penn. Their on-and-off relationship seemingly ended in divorce plans, announced in December 2007, but the divorce petition was withdrawn upon the couple's request four months later. In February 2009, Wright and Penn attended the 81st Academy Awards together, at which Penn won Best Actor. Penn subsequently filed for legal separation in April 2009, but withdrew the petition in May. On August 12, 2009, Wright filed for divorce once more, declaring she had no plans to reconcile. She also dropped "Penn" from her professional name. The divorce was finalized on July 22, 2010.

In February 2012, Wright began dating actor Ben Foster. Their engagement was announced in January 2014. The couple split and called off their engagement November, 2014, but reunited as a couple in January 2015. However, on August 29, 2015, they announced they were ending their second engagement.

Charity work and Philanthropy

She is the Honorary Spokesperson for the Dallas, Texas-based non-profit The Gordie Foundation. Wright has also been an advocate for the Enough Project.

In 2014, she co-partnered with two California based companies; Pour Les Femmes and The SunnyLion. The SunnyLion donates a portion of its profits back to the Raise Hope For Congo Movement.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Hollywood Vice Squad	Lori Stanton
1987	The Princess Bride	Buttercup
1990	Denial	Sara/Loon
	State of Grace	Kathleen Flannery
1992	The Playboys	Tara Maguire
	Toys	Gwen Tyler
1994	Forrest Gump	Jenny Curran
1995	The Crossing Guard	Jojo
1996	Moll Flanders	Moll Flanders
1997	Loved	Hedda Amerson
	She's So Lovely	Maureen Murphy Quinn
1998	Hurlyburly	Darlene
1999	Message in a Bottle	Theresa Osborne
2000	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	Melanie McGowan
	Unbreakable	Audrey Dunn
2001	The Pledge	Lori
	The Last Castle	Rosalie Irwin	Uncredited
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself	Documentary
	White Oleander	Starr Thomas
2003	The Singing Detective	Nicola/Nina/Blonde
	Virgin	Mrs. Reynolds
2004	A Home at the End of the World	Clare
2005	Nine Lives	Diana
	Sorry, Haters	Phoebe
	Max	Mother	Short subject
	Empire Falls	Grace Roby	Television film
2006	Breaking and Entering	Liv
	Room 10	Frannie	Short film
2007	Hounddog	Stranger Lady
	Beowulf	Wealtheow
2008	What Just Happened	Kelly
	New York, I Love You	Anna
2009	State of Play	Anne Collins
	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Pippa Lee
	A Christmas Carol	Fan Scrooge/Belle
2010	The Conspirator	Mary Surratt
2011	Moneyball	Sharon
	Rampart	Linda Fentress
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Erika Berger
2013	The Congress	Robin Wright	Played a fictional version of herself
	Adore	Roz
2014	A Most Wanted Man	Martha Sullivan
2015	Everest	Peach Weathers
2017	Wonder Woman	Antiope	Post-production
2018	Untitled Blade Runner Sequel	Not revealed	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983-84	The Yellow Rose	Barbara Anderson	2 episodes
1984-88	Santa Barbara	Kelly Capwell	524 episodes
2011	Saturday Night Live	Jenny Curran	Episode: "Tina Fey/Ellie Goulding"
2011	Enlightened	Sandy	2 episodes
2013-present	House of Cards	Claire Underwood	52 episodes

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2014-present	House of Cards	7 episodes

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2016	House of Cards	13 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	Santa Barbara	Nominated
1987				Nominated
1988				Nominated
	Saturn Awards	Best Actress	The Princess Bride	Nominated
1993		Best Supporting Actress	Toys	Nominated
1995			Forrest Gump	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture		Nominated
	SAG Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
1997	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	Moll Flanders	Nominated
1998	IS Awards	Best Female Lead	Loved	Nominated
	SAG Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	She's So Lovely	Nominated
2000	BE Awards	Favorite Actress - Drama/Romance	Message in a Bottle	Nominated
2001		Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense	Unbreakable	Nominated
2005	Gotham Awards	Best Cast	Nine Lives	Nominated
	Locarno IFF	Best Actress		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama		Nominated
2006	IS Awards	Best Supporting Female		Nominated
	BIF Awards	Best Actress	Breaking and Entering	Nominated
	SAG Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Empire Falls	Nominated
2007	IS Awards	Best Female Lead	Sorry, Haters	Nominated
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	House of Cards	Nominated
2014	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2015	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
2016	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - TV Series Drama		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]