Robin Wright

American actress

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marriage to Penn

  • Sean Penn
    In Sean Penn

    …appeared with his second wife—Robin Wright (married 1996; divorced 2010)—in She’s So Lovely (1997), for which he was named best actor at the Cannes film festival, and later garnered Oscar nominations for Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and I Am Sam (2001). Another impressive directorial effort came with The Pledge.…

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role in “The Princess Bride”

  • Rob Reiner
    In Rob Reiner: Success as a film director

    …tossed a cast that included Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, and Billy Crystal into a world of adventure, romance, and arch, satirical exchanges. Reiner’s romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally… (1989), which paired Crystal and Meg Ryan as a set of platonic friends who fall in love, was credited with establishing…

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  • The Princess Bride
    In The Princess Bride: Summary

    …of Florin, where Buttercup (Robin Wright) and the handsome farm boy, Westley (Carey Elwes) reside. Westley is in love with Buttercup and whenever she demands something of him, he always replies, “As you wish.” After Buttercup realizes that she loves Westley, he leaves to work overseas in order to…

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