Robin Virginia Wright Penn (born April 8, 1966) is an American film actress who first became famous on television, playing Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara. She shot to stardom after her roles as Buttercup in The Princess Bride and Jenny in Forrest Gump, the latter role garnering her a Golden Globe Award nomination for best supporting actress.

She was born Robin Virginia Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas, to Freddie Gayle Wright (a pharmaceutical executive) and Gayle Gaston (an Independent Executive National Sales Director for Mary Kay). She was raised in San Diego, California.

On April 27, 1996, she married Sean Penn, thus making her a daughter-in-law of Leo Penn and Eileen Ryan. She and Sean Penn have two children together: a son, Hopper Jack, and a daughter, Dylan Frances.

Trivia

• She was offered the role of Maid Marian in Prince of Thieves, but had to turn it down because she was pregnant.
• Her name is mentioned in the song Palace & Main by Swedish band Kent.

Select filmography

• Santa Barbara (1984-88) (TV series)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• The Playboys (1992)
• Toys (1992)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Moll Flanders (1996)
• She's So Lovely (1997)
• Hurlyburly (1998)
• Message in a Bottle (1999)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• The Pledge (2001)
• White Oleander (2002)
• The Singing Detective (2003)
• A Home at the End of the World (2004)
• Nine Lives (2005)
• Empire Falls (2005)
• Breaking and Entering (2006)
• Beowulf (2007)

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1966 births | Living people | American film actors | American television actors | American soap opera actors | Soap Opera Digest Award winners | People from Dallas | San Diegans

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