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===2013β2018: ''House of Cards''=== From 2013 to 2018, Wright appeared in the [[Netflix]] political drama [[streaming television]] series ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'' in the role of [[Claire Underwood]], the ruthless wife of political mastermind [[Frank Underwood (House of Cards)|Frank Underwood]]. On January 12, 2014, she won a Golden Globe for the role, becoming the first actress to win the award for a [[streaming television]] series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/01/2014_golden_globes_robin_wright_wins_best_actress_for_online-only_house_of_cards.html|title=2014 Golden Globes: Robin Wright wins best actress for online-only 'House of Cards'|last=Hyman|first=Vicki|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|publisher=[[NJ.com]]|date=January 12, 2014|access-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref> She was nominated for the same award in 2015. She received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award in 2013 and 2014 for the same role.<ref name="Peck">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robin-wright-kevin-spacey-equal-pay_us_573b619ce4b0aee7b8e7f5a9?|title=Robin Wright Demanded The Same Pay As Kevin Spacey For 'House of Cards'|last=Peck|first=Emily|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=May 18, 2016|access-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref> Following [[House of Cards season 4|Season 4]] in 2016, Wright stated that she felt Claire Underwood was the equal of Frank Underwood and demanded equal pay for her performance as her co-star [[Kevin Spacey]]. Netflix acquiesced.<ref name="Peck"/> In 2017, for her performance in the [[House of Cards season 5|fifth season]], Wright was nominated for her fifth consecutive Primetime Emmy for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]. In 2014, 2016, and 2017, Wright received [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series|Best Actress in a Drama Series]] nominations for the [[Critics' Choice Television Awards]], with her being the only nomination for the show in December 2017. In October 2017, she was the show's new lead for the final season, following the firing of Kevin Spacey due to [[Kevin Spacey sexual misconduct allegations|sexual misconduct allegations]]. For her last appearance as Underwood, her performance was acclaimed - described as a "commanding performance [that] is more than enough to keep [the final season] standing strong"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/house_of_cards/s06/|title=House of Cards: Season 6 (2018) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref> - earning her her final nominations for the role at the [[25th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild]] and [[71st Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2019. For the latter, she became one of seven women to be nominated for the category six or more times for the same show, the first in 10 years since [[Mariska Hargitay]] for ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/robin-wright-house-of-cards-best-drama-actress-emmy-netflix/|title= Robin Wright ('House of Cards') just became the first actress in 10 years to pull off this rare Emmy stat|magazine=[[Gold Derby]]|date=July 17, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref>
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