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Jenny Wright

Biography

Jenny Wright is an actress who was born in New York City and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She began with modeling and stage work, including appearances in the Broadway play Plenty and the off Broadway production Album alongside Kevin Bacon. Her early films included The World According to Garp (1982), Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) and The Executioner's Song (1982). She appeared in St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and Out of Bounds (1986) and was grouped with the Brat Pack, something she resisted, then she shifted toward edgier parts in Near Dark (1987), where she played Mae in the vampire film. She later appeared in The Chocolate War (1988), Young Guns II (1990) and The Lawnmower Man (1992), and her final film role was in Enchanted (1998).

64years old

Turns 65 on March 23in 133 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films
12
Career span
10 years1982 to 1992

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Near Dark1987 Action, Crime, Dramaas Mae

    IMDb rating 6.950K votes

  2. The Lawnmower Man1992 Horror, Sci-Fias Marnie Burke

    IMDb rating 5.543K votes

  3. Pink Floyd The Wall1982as American Groupie

    IMDb rating 8.091K votes

  4. I, Madman1989as Virginia

    IMDb rating 5.94.7K votes

  5. St. Elmo's Fire1985as Felicia

    IMDb rating 6.451K votes

  6. The World According to Garp1982as Cushie

    IMDb rating 7.131K votes

  7. A Shock to the System1990as Melanie O'Conner

    IMDb rating 6.66.6K votes

  8. Out of Bounds1986as Dizz…

    IMDb rating 5.52.4K votes

Most often with

Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Jenny Wright's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$190 million

10 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 12 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Young Guns II1990as Jane Greathouse
    $59M31.0% of the total
  2. 2
    St. Elmo's Fire1985as Felicia
    $38M19.9% of the total
  3. 3
    The Lawnmower Man1992as Marnie Burke
    $32M16.9% of the total
  4. 4
    $30M15.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Pink Floyd The Wall1982as American Groupie
    $22M11.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Out of Bounds1986as Dizz…
    $5.1M2.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Near Dark1987as Mae
    $3.4M1.8% of the total
  8. 8
    Queens Logic1991as Asha
    $613K0.3% of the total
The Chocolate War (1988), $303,624I, Madman (1989), $151,203

$454,827from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total