By Cordillia Marvine
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She has received accolades including a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for eight Primetime Emmy Awards.
Wright first gained attention for her role as Kelly Capwell in the NBC Daytime soap opera Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1988. She transitioned to film with a starring role in the fantasy film The Princess Bride (1987), and gained a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the top-grossing drama Forrest Gump (1994). Wright had further starring roles in the romantic drama Message in a Bottle (1999) as well as the thriller Unbreakable (2000), and gained praise for her performances in the independent films Loved (1997), She’s So Lovely (1997), Nine Lives (2005) and Sorry, Haters (2006). She has since taken on supporting roles in the sports drama Moneyball (2011), the thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), the adventure film Everest (2015), the superhero film Wonder Woman (2017), and the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
On television, Wright starred in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls in 2005. From 2013 to 2018, she starred as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards. Her performance earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and six nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. In 2016, Wright was named one of the highest-paid actresses in the United States, earning US$420,000 per episode for House of Cards. She has also directed ten episodes of the series as well as two episodes of the Netflix crime series Ozark in 2022.
She is the former wife of actor Sean Penn, 1996-2010.
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Born
- Sonja Henie (figure skater) –
- Betty Ford (U.S. First Lady) –
- Franco Corelli (opera singer) –
- Kofi Atta Annan (7th United Nations Secretary General) –
- James Augustus “Catfish” Hunter (American baseball pitcher) –
- John Schneider (actor) –
- Julian Lennon (musician) –
- Robin Wright (actress) –
- Patricia Arquette (actress) –
- Taylor Kitsch (actor) –
- Skai Jackson (actress) –
Died
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter ) –
- Marian Anderson (singer) –
- Margaret Thatcher (British prime minister) –
- Annette Funicello (actress; one of the original Mouseketeers) –
Events
- William Pigott opened first inn in Nova Scotia (in Halifax) –
- Gallaudet University founded in Washington, D.C. –
- Second day of fire tornadoes in San Luis Obispo, California –
- Honolulu Academy of Arts opened in Hawaii –
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a nationwide wage freeze in an effort to curb inflation –
- The League of Nations assembled for the last time, Geneva –
- Sunspot enlarged to 330+ times Earth’s area –
- In Toronto, the CBC announced it bought Sesame Street to show on its television network –
- Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record –
- Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, CA –
Weather
- 28 degrees F, Bakersfield, California –
- A record heat wave in New York City brought a temperature of 85 degrees F –
- Last killing frost, Hartford, Connecticut –
- Dust storm blew across Colorado and Kansas –
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