Biography
Jennifer G. Wright (born March 23, 1962) is an American actress who made her film debut portraying the role of Cushie in The World According to Garp in 1982. That same year she made an appearance in Pink Floyd The Wall, playing an American groupie. Wright had roles in both The Wild Life as Eileen and St. Elmo's Fire as Felicia. She also starred with Anthony Michael Hall in the 1986 thriller Out of Bounds, with Adrian Pasdar as Mae in the 1987 cult horror classic Near Dark, and alongside Ilan Mit...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Diz in Out of Bounds (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...
The Lawnmower Man
1992
as Marnie Burke
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Queens Logic
1991
as Asha
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through ...
Young Guns II
1990
as Jane Greathouse
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of ...
A Shock to the System
1990
as Melanie O'Conner
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife w...
Valentino Returns
1989
as Sylvia Fuller
On a Saturday night, in a small 1950s Californian town, a young man, whose parents are an inch from a divorce, takes his brand new pink Cadillac for a...
Twister
1989
as Stephanie
An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is...
I, Madman
1989
as Virginia
A bookshop clerk starts seeing the disfigured killer from her favorite 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her.
The Chocolate War
1988
as Lisa
Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When te...
Near Dark
1987
as Mae
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen ...
Out of Bounds
1986
as Dizz / Darlene
Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there. After a baggage mixup at...
St. Elmo's Fire
1985
as Felicia
A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to ...
The Wild Life
1984
as Eileen
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Nadja Yet
1983
as Nadja Yet
Nadja Yet is a story of obsessive teen love, adapted from Turgenev, and starred Jenny Wright.
The Executioner's Song
1982
as April Baker
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to...
The World According to Garp
1982
as Cushie
A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns...
Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as American Groupie
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.