Dylan Penn
{{short description|American model and actress}}
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{{Infobox model
| name = Dylan Penn
| image = Dylan_Penn_Cannes_2021.jpg
| caption = Penn in 2021
| birth_name = Dylan Frances Penn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|04|13}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Model, actress
| yearsactive = 2013–present
| agency = One Management (New York)
d'management group (Milan)
Premier Model Management (London)
DT Model Management (Los Angeles) {{cite web|url=https://models.com/models/dylan-penn|title=Dylan Penn - Model}}
| father = Sean Penn
|mother=Robin Wright
| relatives = {{ubl|Hopper Penn (brother)|Michael Penn (uncle)|Chris Penn (uncle)|Leo Penn (grandfather)|Eileen Ryan (grandmother) Charlie Wright (cousin)}}
| website =
}}
Dylan Frances Penn{{cite web|last1=MacMinn|first1=Aleene|title=Cradle Watch|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-17-ca-49-story.html|access-date=July 27, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 17, 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309121117/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-17/entertainment/ca-49_1_penn-publicist-wright|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live|quote=Dylan Frances Penn was born Saturday [April 13] at 10:49 p.m. at UCLA Medical Center.}} (born April 13, 1991) is an American model and actress. She is the daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright. Her early public roles included modeling campaigns for Gap Inc., a magazine cover for treats!, a music video appearance in Nick Jonas's "Chains" and an acting role in Elvis & Nixon.
Early life
Penn was born on April 13, 1991, in Los Angeles, California to actor-director Sean Penn and actress Robin Wright.{{cite web|last1=Fink|first1=Mitchell|title=The Insider|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115633,00.html|date=August 5, 1991|work=People|access-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514141509/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20115633,00.html|archive-date=May 14, 2012|url-status=live}} Wright had surrendered the role of Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves due to her pregnancy with Dylan.{{cite news|last1=Georgiades|first1=William|title=Robin Wright: from fairy-tale princess to House of Cards über-bitch|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/robin-wright-from-fairytale-princess-to-house-of-cards-berbitch-8534073.html|access-date=July 27, 2014|work=Evening Standard|date=March 15, 2013}} Penn was raised in Ross, a town in Marin County, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-treats-magazine-fetes-dylan-penn-cover-inaugurates-club-james-20140417-story.html|title=Treats magazine fetes Dylan Penn cover, inaugurates Club James|access-date=August 31, 2014|date=April 17, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Tschorn|first= Adam}} She has a younger brother named Hopper Jack.{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Nicholas|title=Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Divorcing|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117000915/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 17, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2014|work=People|date=December 27, 2007}} Her paternal grandfather Leo Penn is of Russian-Jewish and Lithuanian-Jewish descent, whereas her paternal grandmother Eileen Ryan is Catholic and of Irish and Italian descent.
She attended Marin Academy,{{cite journal|last1=Collie|first1=Mary|title=Sean Penn Visits Marin Academy|journal=Marin Academy Nexus|date=Fall 2009|page=7|url=http://www.ma.org/ftpimages/553/download/Fall09Nexus.pdf|access-date=July 26, 2014|archive-date=July 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728021939/http://www.ma.org/ftpimages/553/download/Fall09Nexus.pdf|url-status=dead}} and dropped out of the University of Southern California after one semester.{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/09/dylan-penn-the-stunning-daughter-of-robin-wright-and-sean-penn-bares-all.html|title=Dylan Penn, the Stunning Daughter of Robin Wright and Sean Penn, Bares All|access-date=August 31, 2014|date=April 9, 2014|author=Stern, Marlow|work=The Daily Beast}} She spent time living in New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/coachella-2015-dylan-penn-coach-787937|title=Coachella: Dylan Penn Bought Her First Coach Bag for $10 on the Street|access-date=April 29, 2015|date=April 11, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Weinger, Erin}} Her parents' divorce was finalized in 2010.{{cite news|author=Oh, Eunice|date=August 4, 2010|url=https://people.com/celebrity/sean-penn-and-robin-wright-finalize-their-divorce/|title=Sean Penn and Robin Wright Finalize Their Divorce|work=People|access-date=July 26, 2014}} Before modeling, Penn had worked delivering pizzas, as a waitress, and as a freelance screenplay editor.{{cite web|last1=Jacobs|first1=Mark|title=Dylan Penn|url=http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/2814/dylan-penn#!/1|work=V|access-date=July 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714055140/http://vmagazine.com/site/content/2814/dylan-penn#!/1|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}} She also worked in New York City as a restaurant hostess and an intern at an advertising agency.
Career
=Modeling=
Penn's first modeling billboards were for Gap in 2013. Then she appeared in GQ in December 2013,
{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/sean-penn-daughter-gq_n_4474743.html|title=Sean Penn's Daughter, Dylan Penn, Is Gorgeous In GQ |access-date=July 19, 2014|date=December 19, 2013|work=The Huffington Post}}
in W in January 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2014/01/dylan-penn-it-girl/photos/|title=Dylan Penn: It Girl, It Trend: This Hollywood progeny keeps her cool even in chaos.|access-date=July 19, 2014|date=January 2014|work=W|author=Lawrence, Vanessa|archive-date=January 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125121103/http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2014/01/dylan-penn-it-girl/photos/|url-status=dead}} and Elle in March 2014.
{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/fashion/spotlight/dylan-penn-photos-interview#slide-1|title=Up Close With the Newest It-Girl: Dylan Penn|access-date=July 19, 2014|date=March 2014|work=Elle}}
Penn posed for photographer Tony Duran for a partially nude cover and an interior layout
{{cite web |title=Treats! Magazine 2014 Spring/Summer Cover |url=https://models.com/work/various-covers-treats-magazine-ss-14-cover |website=MODELS.com |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829153828/https://models.com/work/various-covers-treats-magazine-ss-14-cover |archive-date=2014-08-29 |quote=All people in this work: Tony Duran - Photographer; Dylan Penn - Model;}}
in the seventh, 2014 Spring/Summer, issue of the erotica and fine arts magazine treats!, released in April 2014. Penn said, "I have always loved his black and white nudes, they were always so tastefully done and, more specifically, showed that certain elegant yet strong beauty that I think all women embody".
{{cite news |last1=Kornowski |first1=Liat |title=Sean Penn's Daughter Is Mesmerizing In NSFW Magazine Shoot |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dylan-penn-strips-treats_n_5117798 |access-date=21 August 2021 |work=HuffPost |date=9 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714221453/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dylan-penn-strips-treats_n_5117798 |archive-date=2021-07-14 |language=en |quote="I start my first movie at the end of the month with Eli Morgan Gesner who I cannot wait to work with," she said. "I swore I would never do a horror film but when I read the script and met him I couldn't resist, it just seemed like it would be so much fun to make and I really wanted my first experience to be just that ... plus, 3 weeks in New York ... in the spring ... and getting paid for it?! Fuck yes!"}}
Within weeks of the issue's release, Penn signed a new modeling contract with Premier Model Management to represent her in the United Kingdom.
{{cite web|url=http://www.elleuk.com/star-style/news/dylan-penn-signed-to-premier#image=1|title=Dylan Penn signed to Premier|access-date=July 19, 2014|date=April 29, 2014|last=Haylor|first=Molly|work=Elle UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812222624/http://www.elleuk.com/star-style/news/dylan-penn-signed-to-premier#image=1|archive-date=August 12, 2014|url-status=dead}}
{{cite news|title=Dylan Penn's new modelling deal|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/dylan-penns-new-modelling-deal-30211240.html|access-date=July 27, 2014|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=April 23, 2014}}
Penn appeared at No. 68 on the Maxim annual Hot 100 list in 2014,
{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/23/maxim-2014-hot-100-list_n_5378093.html|title=Maxim's 2014 Hot 100 List Is Here And Candice Swanepoel Is At The Top|access-date=July 10, 2014|date=May 23, 2014|work=The Huffington Post|author=Sieczkowski, Cavan}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |title=Maxim Hot 100 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |date=May 23, 2014 |work=Maxim |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202035404/http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |df=mdy }}
and at No. 93 in the AskMen.com 99 Most Desirable Women list that same year.
{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/specials/2014_top_99/93-dylan-penn.html|title=Top 99 Most Desirable Women: 2014 Edition: #93 Dylan Penn|access-date=July 19, 2014|publisher=AskMen.com}}
In June 2014, she filmed a role in the music video for the Nick Jonas song "Chains" at the Hotel Alexandria.
{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/555956/nick-jonas-gets-steamy-with-dylan-penn|title=News/ Nick Jonas Gets "Steamy" With Dylan Penn|access-date=July 19, 2014|date=July 1, 2014|publisher=E! News|last=Malkin|first=Marc}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/nick-jonas-premieres-chains-music-video-featuring-dylan-penn--2014307|title=Video: Nick Jonas Premieres "Chains" Music Video Featuring Dylan Penn|access-date=April 29, 2015|date=July 30, 2014|work=Us Weekly|author=Rodriguez, Javy}}
Three months later, Penn and Poppy Delevingne played biker women in Rock Roll Ride,
{{cite web |author1=Stuart Weitzman |author1-link=Stuart Weitzman |title=#ROCKROLLRIDE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRUQtkX1Gg |website=YouTube |access-date=21 August 2021 |language=en |date=2014-09-28 |quote=Stuart Weitzman presents... #RockRollRide for FW14. “Rock Roll Ride” with Poppy Delevingne and Dylan Penn in Julia Restoin Roitfeld’s stunning directorial debut. Enter an enchanting paradise of revved-up boots, racy bombshells and fast cars set to a remix of Lana Del Rey's “Ride."}}
a short film for shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, directed by Julia Restoin Roitfeld, for Paris Fashion Week.
{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dylan-penn-dishes-stuart-weitzmans-735740|title=Dylan Penn Dishes on Stuart Weitzman's New Short Film (Exclusive)|access-date=October 6, 2014|date=September 29, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Carlson, Jane}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/news/fashion-style/poppy-delevingne-and-dylan-penn-go-pantsless-for-stuart-weitzman|title=Poppy Delevingne and Dylan Penn Go Pantsless for Stuart Weitzman|access-date=October 6, 2014|date=September 29, 2014|work=Elle|author=Holmes, Sally}}
She appeared on the cover of L'Officiel that December and the cover of Asos in August 2015.
{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/sean-penns-daughter-dylan-penn-flaunts-washboard-abs-asos-magazine-cover-2030959|title=Sean Penn's Daughter Dylan Penn Flaunts Washboard Abs On Asos Magazine Cover|access-date=August 6, 2015|date=July 30, 2015|work=International Business Times|author=Sinha, Barnali Pal}}
The following January, Penn and her younger brother, Hopper, did their first joint fashion modeling campaign together,
{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/735231/sean-penn-s-kids-dylan-penn-and-hopper-penn-star-in-their-first-fashion-campaign-together|title=Sean Penn's Kids, Dylan Penn and Hopper Penn, Star in Their First Fashion Campaign Together|access-date=April 29, 2016|date=January 29, 2016|publisher=E! News|author=Fisher, Kendall}}
eventually making media appearances at Milan Fashion Week.
{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/fashion/milan-fashion-week-dylan-penn.html|title=Sound Bite: Dylan and Hopper Penn at Milan Fashion Week|access-date=April 29, 2016|date=February 25, 2016|work=The New York Times|author=Paton, Elizabeth}}
=Acting=
Penn's first film was the horror movie Condemned, directed by Eli Morgan Gesner, in which she played the girlfriend of a band member living in a rundown building.{{cite news|last1=Malkin|first1=Marc|title=The Face's Lydia Hearst to Terrorize Dylan Penn in New Horror Movie|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/525073/the-face-s-lydia-hearst-to-terrorize-dylan-penn-in-new-horror-movie|access-date=July 26, 2014|work=E! Online|date=March 25, 2014}} The film opened on Friday the 13th in November 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/11/dylan-penn-interview|title=Dylan Penn on Her Acting Debut and Bringing Dates Home to Dad Sean|access-date=January 18, 2016|date=November 13, 2015|work=Vanity Fair|author=Miller, Julie}} Another early role was in Elvis & Nixon, which stars Kevin Spacey.{{cite news|title='Pretty Little Liars' Star Ashley Benson Joins Kevin Spacey in 'Elvis & Nixon' (Exclusive)|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pretty-little-liars-star-ashley-770380|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Kit, Borys|date=February 4, 2015}} The movie was presented in at least one spring film festival and was released in April 2016.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/elvis-and-nixon-film-review-1201756149/|title=Tribeca Film Review: 'Elvis & Nixon'|access-date=April 29, 2016|date=March 29, 2016|website=Variety|author=Debruge, Peter}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/elvis-and-nixon|title=Elvis & Nixon|access-date=April 29, 2016|date=April 20, 2016|work=Slant|author=Bowen, Chuck}} In November 2015, it was announced that she had booked roles in a pair of independent films: GenRX and Unfiltered.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/19/dylan-penn-the-stunning-daughter-of-robin-wright-and-sean-penn-is-ready-for-her-close-up.html|title=Dylan Penn, the Stunning Daughter of Robin Wright and Sean Penn, Is Ready For Her Close-Up|access-date=January 17, 2016|date=November 19, 2015|work=The Daily Beast|author=Stern, Marlow}} In 2021, she co-starred with her father in the film Flag Day, which he also directed.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/sean-penn-movie-flag-day-acquired-by-mgm-1234773664/|title=Sean Penn Cannes World Premiere 'Flag Day' Picked Up By MGM; Studio Eyes Theatrical Release This Year|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=June 11, 2021|access-date=June 11, 2021}}
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