January 18, 1988: Robin Wright wins the Soap Opera Digest Award

In 1986, Robin Wright and Marcy Walker were nominated in the Soap Opera Digest awards as Outstanding Young Leading Actress on a Daytime Serial, but the winner was Ellen Wheeler for ‘Another World’.

But this year Robin received a second nomination in the category of Outstanding Heroine: Daytime and this time she won.

Sadly, Robin Wright couldn’t attend the ceremony because she was on location filming her third movie: ‘DENIAL’ with Jason Patric and Rae Dawn Chong

The Fourth Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards were on January 18, 1988, but these awards & nominations are from the episodes of 1987. These are the wins and nominations for ‘Santa Barbara’:

4 WINNERS:
Outstanding Hero Daytime: A MARTINEZ
Outstanding Heroine Daytime: ROBIN WRIGHT
Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Daytime: NICOLAS COSTER
Outstanding Villain Daytime: JUSTIN DEAS

6 NOMINATIONS:
Outstanding Daytime Serial
Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Daytime: LANE DAVIES
Outstanding Comic Performance by an Actress Daytime: ROBIN MATTSON
Outstanding Newcomer Daytime: STACY EDWARDS & JANE SIBBETT
Favorite Super Couple Daytime: MARCY WALKER & A MARTINEZ

June 29, 1988: Third Daytime Emmy nomination for Robin Wright

The 15th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on June 29, 1988. Robin Wright received her third nomination in a row for Santa Barbara. The show received many other nominations:

Outstanding Drama Series (Santa Barbara won this award for the first time)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: JUSTIN DEAS (he won the award for his role as Keith Timmons)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: A MARTINEZ
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: MARCY WALKER
Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series: ROBIN WRIGHT
Outstanding Younger Leading Man in a Drama Series: ROSS KETTLE
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: NICOLAS COSTER
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ROBIN MATTSON
Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team