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I was watching "House of Cards" and I didn't realize that Robin Wright ..


I was watching "House of Cards" on Netflix, and then I watched "Princess Bride" after

I totally couldn't see that Robin Wright was the lead actress in both. She looks so different. She was much prettier in Princess Bride

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err, she was what?, 19 when she made the film and she is now pushing 60, so there's that.

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Throw in Jenny from Forrest Gump and you can see the range here.

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She was also the badass chief Amazon warrior in "Wonder Woman", you know, the one who seemed big and muscular?

She's had a long career for a reason, she's a good actress with terrific range.

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"...she's a good actress with terrific range."
Anyone who needs convincing should watch 'The Congress' (Ari Folman, 2013), a film when she plays her own role as an aging actress in Hollywood (and... a cartoon version of herself), in an incredible, seldom seen film from an Iranian director!

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She may have been prettier, technically, when she was young. I mean, that's almost ALWAYS the case with women. But I thought she was way sexier on 'House of Cards' than shes ever been before. I think the short hair really works for her, which is also rare among women. And the graceful, underplayed confidence and even dominance of Claire Underwood is sexy as hell.

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