Actress of The Week: Robin Wright

 

Robin Gayle Wright (lahir 8 April 1966) adalah seorang aktris dan sutradara Amerika. Dia telah memenangkan Golden Globe Award dan Satellite Award, dan telah menerima sebelas nominasi Emmy Award untuk karyanya di televisi.

Wright pertama kali mendapat perhatian untuk perannya dalam opera sabun NBC Daytime Santa Barbara sebagai Kelly Capwell dari 1984 hingga 1988. Dia kemudian membuat transisi ke film, membintangi film petualangan fantasi komedi romantis The Princess Bride (1987). Peran ini membawanya ke kesuksesan lebih lanjut di industri film, dengan peran utama dalam film seperti Forrest Gump (1994), drama romantis Message in a Bottle (1999), drama superhero-thriller Unbreakable (2000), drama sejarah The Conspirator (2010), drama biografi olahraga Moneyball (2011), film thriller misteri The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), drama biografi Everest (2015), film superhero Wonder Woman (2017), dan ilmu pengetahuan neo-noir film fiksi Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

Wright berperan sebagai Claire Underwood dalam serial televisi streaming drama politik Netflix House of Cards, di mana ia memenangkan Penghargaan Golden Globe untuk Aktris Terbaik pada tahun 2013, menjadi aktris pertama yang memenangkan Golden Globe untuk serial televisi streaming. Wright telah menerima enam nominasi Primetime Emmy Award dalam kategori Outstanding Lead Actress untuk House of Cards (satu untuk setiap musim), dan dua nominasi dalam kategori Outstanding Drama Series pada tahun 2016 dan 2017 sebagai produser di acara tersebut.

Wright adalah salah satu aktris dengan bayaran tertinggi di Amerika Serikat, menghasilkan US$420.000 per episode untuk perannya di House of Cards pada tahun 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Hollywood Vice Squad	Lori Stanton
1987	The Princess Bride	Buttercup	nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
1990	Denial	Sara / Loon
1990	State of Grace	Kathleen Flannery
1992	The Playboys	Tara Maguire
1992	Toys	Gwen Tyler	nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1994	Forrest Gump	Jenny Curran	nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
1995	The Crossing Guard	Jojo
1996	Moll Flanders	Moll Flanders	nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture
1997	Loved	Hedda Amerson	nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1997	She's So Lovely	Maureen Murphy Quinn	nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
1998	Hurlyburly	Darlene
1999	Message in a Bottle	Theresa Osborne	nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Drama/Romance
2000	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	Melanie McGowan
2000	Unbreakable	Audrey Dunn	nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense
2001	The Pledge	Lori
2001	The Last Castle	Rosalie Irwin	uncredited
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself	Documentary
2002	White Oleander	Starr Thomas
2003	The Singing Detective	Nicola / Nina / Blonde
2003	Virgin	Mrs. Reynolds
2004	A Home at the End of the World	Clare
2005	Nine Lives	Diana	Locarno International Film Festival Award for Best Actress nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2005	Sorry, Haters	Phoebe Torrence	nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
2005	Max	Mother	Short film
2006	Breaking and Entering	Liv Ullmann	nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actress
2006	Room 10	Frannie Jones	Short film
2007	Hounddog	Stranger Lady
2007	Beowulf	Queen Wealtheow
2008	What Just Happened	Kelly
2008	New York, I Love You	Anna
2009	State of Play	Anne Collins
2009	The Private Lives of Pippa Lee	Pippa Lee
2009	A Christmas Carol	Fan Scrooge / Belle
2010	The Conspirator	Mary Surratt
2011	Moneyball	Sharon Beane
2011	Rampart	Linda Fentress
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Erika Berger
2013	The Congress	Robin Wright
2013	Adore	Roz
2014	A Most Wanted Man	Martha Sullivan
2015	Everest	Peach Weathers
2017	Wonder Woman	General Antiope
2017	Blade Runner 2049	Lieutenant Joshi
2017	Justice League	General Antiope	uncredited cameo
2018	André the Giant	Herself	Documentary
2020	Wonder Woman 1984	General Antiope
2021	Land	Edee Mathis	also director
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	General Antiope
TBA	Where All Light Tends to Go	TBA	also producer

 Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983–84	The Yellow Rose	Barbara Anderson	2 episodes
1984–88	Santa Barbara	Kelly Capwell	538 episodes Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Heroine nominated – Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress nominated – Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (1986–1988)
2005	Empire Falls	Grace Roby	nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2011	Enlightened	Sandy	2 episodes
2013–2018	House of Cards	Claire Underwood	main role (73 episodes), executive producer (Seasons 4–6) and director (10 episodes) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Gold Derby Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2014, 2016, 2018) nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2015–2016) nominated – Gold Derby Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2014–2015) nominated – Online Film and Television Association Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2016) nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2017, 2019) nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2015–2016) nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2014–2018) nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2015–2016)
2020	First Ladies	Narrator	6 episodes Voice
2022	Ozark		Director - Episodes: Sangre Sobre Todo and Sanctified