Robin Wright has no regrets delaying Hollywood fame for family

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Robin Wright was married to actor Sean Penn for nearly 20 years
After huge success in Forest Gump she forfeited fame to raise her children
Now 49, she says she has 'no regrets' following success of House Of Cards

Published: 10:55 EST, 19 April 2015 | Updated: 15:49 EST, 19 April 2015

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If you've managed to so far miss out on the addictive, award-winning Netflix juggernaut which is House Of Cards, you'll probably just remember Robin Wright as the actress who played Jenny, Tom Hanks' bohemian childhood sweetheart, in Forest Gump.

Or of course, you may know her as Sean Penn's ex-wife. They met in 1989 just year after he split with Madonna, had their first child two years later, and spent the best part of two decades in perceived marital bliss.

But by personal choice, Robin's acting career is one that dwindled rapidly after her Golden Globe nominated performance in the film which cemented the mega-star career of her co-star Hanks.

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Robin Wright eschewed Hollywood fame to raise her two children instead, after meeting and marrying actor Sean Penn shortly after his high-profile split with Madonna in 1989

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Robin and Sean Penn were officially divorced in 2010 following nearly twenty years of marriage, during which they had two children, daughter Dylan Penn, 24, now a fashion model and son Hopper Penn, 21, an actor

It's a well documented case, Robin's eschewing of fame to raise to her children instead.

But does she have any regrets? Now that she's had another taste of on-screen success thanks to her role as power-hungry First Lady Claire Underwood, does she wish she hadn't given it all up so easily twenty years ago?

Nope, not at all, the actress has revealed in an interview with Giles Hattersley for the The Sunday Times Style magazine.

Talking about choosing between fame and family, when big movie offers were reportedly pouring in off the back of Forest Gump's success, Robin has said that it was an easy decision to make.

'I don't look back and think, 'F***, I missed putting my kids to bed for four straight years because I was in the theatre.'

Robin Wright stars in dark & intense House of Cards trailer

Playing First Lady Claire Underwood in hit American TV series House of Cards, Robin has found acting success for the second time, already winning a Golden Globe for Best TV Actress

Sean Penn and Charlize Theron made their relationship public last summer, and are now rumoured to be engaged. It'll be Penn's third marriage, following his divorces from Madonna in 1989 and Robin Wright in 2010

Robin Wright and Ben Foster at the 2015 Golden Globes

Making reference to her famous decline of a big interview with Vanity Fair, along with starring roles in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves alongside Kevin Costner, and Batman Forever with Val Kilmer, Robin says she was never even interested.

'I didn't want to work four movies in a year and be on every magazine cover. Six months away? Bullshit. Don't have kids!'

The actress, who did make an arguably notable appearance in another of Costner's movies, Message In A Bottle, instead says the time she spent at home with her two children, daughter Dylan, now 24, and son Hopper, now 21, was a gift in itself.

Robin Wright and Sean Penn's daughter Dylan is an aspiring actress and fashion model, enjoying her first taste of success with a recent campaign for Italian fashion designer Ermanno Scervino

1994 tear-jerker Forest Gump earned Robin a Golden Globe nomination and a fistful of major movie role offers, but she turned her back on a high profile Hollywood career after discovering she was pregnant

Now that her full-time mothering is done and the kids have flown the nest however, it appears Robin is back with a power dressing bang.

Her role as Kevin Spacey's on-screen wife has already won her a Golden Globe for Best TV Actress, and her House Of Cards wardrobe has inspired millions of women around the globe.

Not to mention her kick-ass attitude and short blonde crop.

Robin's role as Kevin Spacey's on-screen wife has already won her a Golden Globe for Best TV Actress

Clare Underwood's powerful House Of Cards wardrobe has inspired millions of women around the globe

'I feel really good about being a little bit elusive. It's paid off,' she says of her mid-life success.

It's not just her acting career that's had a rejuvenation, however.

Following her 2010 divorce from Sean Penn, who is now dating Charlize Theron and rumoured to be engaged, Robin has bagged herself a empowering attitude to ageing, plus a fiance, Ben Foster, 14 years her junior.

Robin sasy that she has no regrets about delaying her career, or her split from Penn. The 49-year-old recently told Vanity Fair magazine that her sex life with 34-year-old fiance, actor Ben Foster, is extraordinary

Robin Wright shows off her dance moves on The Tonight Show

Declaring that she 'loves' being older, after celebrating her 49th birthday earlier this month, Robin is fast becoming an icon for women everywhere.

Along with the continued success of House Of Cards, thedue to star in upcoming film Everest alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley later this year.

She's also launching a line of pyjamas called Pour les Femmes, the proceeds of which will help fund charities working in the Congo to help rape victims rebuild their lives.

Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was eventually played by actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, after Robin turned it down upon discovering she was pregnant with her first child, daughter Dylan

Robin did star alongside Kevin Costner in later film Message In A Bottle in 199, one of the few movies she made while raising her two children Dylan and Hopper Penn