<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> 2 (including Dylan Penn) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Charlie Wright (nephew) </Td> </Tr> <P> Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress and director . She stars as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama House of Cards, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress--Television Series Drama in 2013, making her the first actress to win a Golden Globe for a web television series . Wright has also received consecutive Primetime Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Lead Actress--Drama category for House of Cards between 2013 and 2017 . </P> <P> Wright first gained attention for her role in the NBC Daytime soap opera Santa Barbara, as Kelly Capwell from 1984 to 1988 . She then made the transition to film, starring in the romantic comedy fantasy adventure film The Princess Bride (1987). She has since enjoyed a successful career in the film industry, starring in various films, including the epic romantic comedy - drama Forrest Gump (1994), the romantic drama Message in a Bottle (1999), the superhero drama - thriller Unbreakable (2000), the historical drama The Conspirator (2010), the biographical sports drama Moneyball (2011), the mystery thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), the biographical drama Everest (2015), and the superhero film Wonder Woman (2017). </P>

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