Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1653
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Robin Wright represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 37 years in, and Robin is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Robin Wright appears in 35 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Robin. Blade Runner 2049 is the clearest case: a film rated 9.2 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for drama, action, fantasy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Robert Zemeckis, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Ben Young and others, Robin Wright helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017) as Lieutenant Joshi · Forrest Gump (1994) as Jenny Curran · Blade Runner 2049 (2017) as Lieutenant Joshi
Career snapshot
Ranked #1653 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
35
1987–2024
Career length
37 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.2
Blade Runner 2049
Average Nutevio score
6.7
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.5
Forrest Gump
Most frequent director
Robert Zemeckis
4 films together
Longest collaboration
4×
With Robert Zemeckis
Most common genre
Drama
25 titles
Average runtime
1h 59m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.2
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
7.2
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1980s
7.7 average MV
The 1980s are where the work and the material meet. The Princess Bride — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1980s
7.7
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1980s
7.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
2 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Blade Runner 2049, Blade Runner 2049, Wonder Woman.
Most productive era
2000s
12 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 7.33 films | 6.510 films | 6.99 films | 6.23 films |
| Action | — | — | 6.62 films | 7.21 film | 6.72 films |
| Thriller | — | 7.01 film | 7.04 films | 7.02 films | 5.51 film |
| Comedy | — | 8.71 film | 5.83 films | 6.01 film | 6.31 film |
| Sci-Fi | — | — | — | 9.21 film | — |
| Crime | — | 7.01 film | 6.72 films | 6.53 films | 5.51 film |
| Romance | 7.71 film | 7.52 films | 6.14 films | — | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as The Princess Bride.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.2 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2024Damsel
The current state of the argument, as Queen Isabelle.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
35 of 35 films
as Lieutenant Joshi
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Jenny Curran
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
as The Princess Bride
Directed by Rob Reiner
as Lieutenant Joshi
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
as Audrey Dunn
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 37 titles · 45 total credits · active 1987–2025
The Girlfriend
2025 · TV · Laura Sanderson · Director · Executive Producer
Here
2024 · Margaret
Damsel
2024 · Queen Isabelle
Devil's Peak
2023 · Virgie · Producer
A Farewell to Ozark
2022 · Self
Land
2021 · Edee Holzer · Director · Executive Producer
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · The Princess Bride
Wonder Woman 1984
2020 · Antiope
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Lieutenant Joshi
Wonder Woman
2017 · Antiope
Ozark
2017 · TV · Director
Everest
2015 · Peach Weathers
A Most Wanted Man
2014 · Martha Sullivan
Adoration
2013 · Roz
The Congress
2013 · Robin Wright · Producer
House of Cards
2013 · TV · Claire Underwood · Director · Executive Producer
Rampart
2011 · Linda Fentress
Moneyball
2011 · Sharon
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 · Erika Berger
The Conspirator
2011 · Mary Surratt
I'm Still Here
2010 · Robin Wright
A Christmas Carol
2009 · Fan / Belle (voice)
State of Play
2009 · Anne Collins
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Pippa Lee
The defining work
#1
Lieutenant Joshi
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Performance score9.0
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Lieutenant Joshi gives Robin Wright a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Jenny Curran
Forrest Gump (1994)
Performance score8.8
Forrest Gump asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jenny Curran is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride (1987)
Performance score8.0
The Princess Bride asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. The Princess Bride is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Lieutenant Joshi
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Performance score7.8
Blade Runner 2049 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Lieutenant Joshi is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Lieutenant Joshi
Start here. Blade Runner 2049 is the clearest statement of what Robin Wright does — accessible, 164 minutes, and rated 9.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Robin at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
The Princess Bride (1987)
A deliberate change of key after Blade Runner 2049 — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Forrest Gump (1994)
Keeps the romance register of The Princess Bride but asks for a colder reading of it.
Unbreakable (2000)
Keeps the drama register of Forrest Gump but asks for a colder reading of it.
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Keeps the drama register of Unbreakable but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Robert Zemeckis
Director
4 films together
Notably Forrest Gump
Denis Villeneuve
Director
2 films together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Patty Jenkins
Director
2 films together
Notably Wonder Woman
Rob Reiner
Director
1 film together
Notably The Princess Bride
Phil Joanou
Director
1 film together
Notably State of Grace
Luis Mandoki
Director
1 film together
Notably Message in a Bottle
M. Night Shyamalan
Director
1 film together
Notably Unbreakable
Sean Penn
Director
1 film together
Notably The Pledge
Rod Lurie
Director
1 film together
Notably The Last Castle
Peter Kosminsky
Director
1 film together
Notably White Oleander
Anthony Minghella
Director
1 film together
Notably Breaking and Entering
Barry Levinson
Director
1 film together
Notably What Just Happened
Fatih Akin
Director
1 film together
Notably New York, I Love You
Rebecca Miller
Director
1 film together
Notably The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Kevin Macdonald
Director
1 film together
Notably State of Play
Casey Affleck
Director
1 film together
Notably I'm Still Here
Robert Redford
Director
1 film together
Notably The Conspirator
David Fincher
Director
1 film together
Notably The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ari Folman
Director
1 film together
Notably The Congress
Baltasar Kormákur
Director
1 film together
Notably Everest
Robin Wright
Director
1 film together
Notably Land
Ben Young
Director
1 film together
Notably Devil's Peak
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together
Notably Damsel
Ryan Gosling
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Harrison Ford
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Ana de Armas
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Dave Bautista
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Sylvia Hoeks
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Mackenzie Davis
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Jared Leto
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Carla Juri
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Hiam Abbass
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Lennie James
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
David Dastmalchian
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Sean Young
Actor
1 film together
Notably Blade Runner 2049
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Robert Zemeckis
Director
4 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Forrest GumpDenis Villeneuve
Director
2 films together · 8.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Blade Runner 2049Patty Jenkins
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Wonder WomanRob Reiner
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Princess BrideDavid Fincher
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Girl with the Dragon TattooM. Night Shyamalan
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnbreakableRod Lurie
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Last CastleJuan Carlos Fresnadillo
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DamselPeter Kosminsky
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
White OleanderPhil Joanou
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
State of GraceBaltasar Kormákur
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
EverestKevin Macdonald
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
State of PlayRobin Wright
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LandRobert Redford
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ConspiratorSean Penn
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The PledgeAri Folman
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The CongressLuis Mandoki
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Message in a BottleAnthony Minghella
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Breaking and EnteringCasey Affleck
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I'm Still HereFatih Akin
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
New York, I Love YouRebecca Miller
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Private Lives of Pippa LeeBen Young
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Devil's PeakBarry Levinson
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
What Just HappenedSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
2 wins
1 win · latest 2018
Blade Runner 2049
1 win · latest 2014
as Actor
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Forrest Gump
as Jenny Curran
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Last Castle
as Rosalie Irwin (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Robin Wright has known it for a long time.”
“You've never seen a miracle.”
“Dying for the right cause is the most human thing we can do.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.3 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #103 of 681 | #1 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 1 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 5 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Genres | Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Directors | Denis Villeneuve | Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese |
| Performance DNA | Drama, Screen presence, Charisma | Transformation, Drama, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 2017–2017 | 2006–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Lieutenant Joshi — Blade Runner 2049 | Odysseus — The Odyssey |
| Most rewatchable film | Blade Runner 2049 | Interstellar |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Best Space Movies, Best Movies of the 2010s, Sci-Fi Movies, Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies, Drama Movies
Collaborators in common
David Dastmalchian
Matt Damon edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
37 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
25 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Everest
as Peach Weathers
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Beowulf
as Wealthow (Voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
A Christmas Carol
as Fan / Belle (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Blade Runner 2049
as Lieutenant Joshi
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 11 Nutevio collections
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