Gwyneth Paltrow

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Date of Birth: 1972-09-27 (age 54)
Nationality: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Mini Bio

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (/ˈpæltroʊ/ PAL-troh; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and businesswoman. The daughter of filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, she established herself as a leading lady, appearing primarily in mid-budget and period films during the 1990s and early 2000s, before transitioning to blockbusters and franchises. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such as Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect Murder (1998). She garnered wider acclaim for her role as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Roles followed this in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and Shallow Hal (2001). She made her West End debut in the David Auburn play Proof (2003), earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination, and reprised the role in the 2005 film of the same name. After becoming a parent in 2004, Paltrow reduced her acting workload by making intermittent appearances in films such as Two Lovers (2008), Country Strong (2010), and Contagion (2011). Paltrow's career was revived through her portrayal of Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). On television, she had a recurring guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical series Glee (2010–2011), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. After starring in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–), she took a break from acting. She later returned to acting with Marty Supreme (2025). In 2005, Paltrow became the "face" of Estée Lauder Companies; she was previously the face of the American fashion brand Coach. She is the founder and CEO of the lifestyle company Goop, which has been criticised for promoting pseudoscience, and has written several cookbooks. She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the Brown Bear and Friends (2009). She hosted the documentary series The Goop Lab for Netflix in 2020.

Backstage

Her godfather Steven Spielberg is also the godfather of Drew Barrymore.
(March 17, 2013) Admitted that she had miscarried her future third child with her now estranged husband Chris Martin and almost died.
Spends Thanksgiving every year with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons.
Met husband Chris Martin when she attended his band's (Coldplay's) concert. (October 2002)
Delivered her daughter Apple naturally after a 70-hour long labor but delivered her son Moses via Caesarean section out of fear of having another long labor.
Involved in a "Sliding Doors" moment for a woman who missed a train and arrived late for work at the World Trade Center on 9/11. On her way to the train, Lara Lundstrom Clarke jaywalked in front of Paltrow's car, then stopped in the street when she recognized the star. The two stared each other down long enough for Clarke to arrive at the station just in time to see the train pulling out, her life changed by a chance delay and a narrowly-missed train, like Paltrow's character in "Sliding Doors." By the time Clarke reached the World Trade Center, the first tower had already fallen.
Auditioned for the role of Susannah Fincannon in Legends of the Fall (1994). She lost the role to Julia Ormond, but Brad Pitt was so impressed with Gwyneth that he later hand-picked her to play his wife in Seven (1995).
As part of research for her role as an obese woman in Shallow Hal (2001), wore the 200-pound latex "fat" suit she used for the film to a bar where people refused to make eye contact with her and treated her rudely. She said that this experience made her saddened by the injustice faced by overweight people in society.
She does not employ a nanny to take care of her daughter, a rarity among actors in the film business.
Had suffered post-partum depression following the birth of her son, Moses Martin on April 15, 2008.
Mother Blythe Danner mentioned in her Emmy Award acceptance speech in 2015, that Kiefer Sutherland babysat her daughter as a child.
Engaged to actor Brad Pitt on December 20, 1996. She broke her much publicized engagement in 1997, citing the fact that neither she nor Pitt felt that they could pursue their respective careers and at the same time maintain a happy marriage. They remain good friends.
Was the Maid of Honor at Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie.
She speaks French quite well, having spent a summer in Paris when in her childhood.
Godparents of her daughter, Apple Martin, are Simon Pegg, Mary Wigmore, and Chris Martin's Coldplay bandmate, Jon Buckland.
Her son, Moses Martin, is named after a song Chris Martin wrote for her and appears on Coldplay's album "Live 2003". Moses is also her father's Hebrew name.
Is the daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner. Gwyneth's paternal grandparents, Arnold P. Paltrow and Dorothy Weigert, were both from Jewish families from Eastern and Central Europe (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania), and Gwyneth's father had many generations of rabbis in the family tree. Gwyneth's maternal grandparents were Harry Earl Danner and Katherine M. Kile, and Gwyneth's mother is of German, with smaller amounts of English and Irish, descent. Some of her mother's ancestors lived in Barbados.
Did her own singing in the comedy-drama movie Duets (2000).
Has been friends with Maya Rudolph (of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame) since she was seven.
Two of her ex-boyfriends have been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine: Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck.
(September 29, 2018) Married her boyfriend of 4 years Brad Falchuk in a private wedding ceremony in the Hamptons following a 10-month-long engagement. The guests included Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Spielberg, Cameron Diaz, Benji Madden and Robert Downey Jr..
Her name can be heard over the P.A. system in many episodes of the medical drama St. Elsewhere (1982). Gwyneth's father, Bruce Paltrow, was the producer of the series.
Has two children with her ex-husband Chris Martin - a daughter Apple Martin (Apple Blythe Alison Martin; b. May 14, 2004) and a son Moses Martin (Moses Bruce Anthony Martin; b. April 8, 2006).
When she played Sharon Stone on Saturday Night Live (1975), Stone felt offended and criticized her performance (1999).
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 13, 2010. She was accompanied by Tim McGraw, her Country Strong (2010) co-star Faith Hill, and Glee (2009) co-star Matthew Morrison.
Met with James Cameron for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997), which went to Kate Winslet.
After spending a time in her early teens in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, she can speak fairly good Spanish.
Gwyneth's brother, Jake Paltrow's birthday is a day before hers (9/26 and 9/27, respectively).
Voted "Most Stuck-up" in Movieline magazine's 100 Most. (October 1998)
(April 13, 2003) Attended the ceremony in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, in which she was named "adopted daughter". She first visited the town as a young schoolgirl and has since frequently returned there, enamored - she says - of the people, the food and the countryside.
(March 25, 2014) Separated from her husband of 10 years Chris Martin.
Friends with Cameron Diaz, Stella McCartney, Liv Tyler, Reese Witherspoon, Tracy Anderson and Kate Hudson.
As a teenage model, she appeared in a 1991 ad urging high school kids to use condoms.
Is best friends with Madonna.
Was six months pregnant with her son Moses Martin when she completed filming The Good Night (2007) and returned to work eleven months after giving birth, in order to begin filming Iron Man (2008).
Second cousin of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured in the 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting. Their fathers are first cousins.
Her mother, Blythe Danner, was about five months pregnant with the future actress when she appeared in the Columbo episode Étude in Black (1972). The episode also starred John Cassavetes, and aired during the series' first season.
Attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls' school that was also attended by Emmy Rossum and Kerry Washington.
Auditioned for the role of Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), which went to Jennie Garth.
Greatly admires Johnny Depp. She worked with him on Mortdecai (2015).
Turned down the role of Emma Peel in the movie The Avengers (1998), which went to Uma Thurman.
When her father refused to support her for her acting, she worked as a waitress to meet ends.

Awards

Her accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.She garnered wider acclaim for her role as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.On television, she had a recurring guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical series Glee (2010–2011), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the Brown Bear and Friends (2009).

Marital status / Family

Gwyneth Paltrow is currently married. She is married to television writer, director, and producer Brad Falchuk, whom she married in 2018. Previously, she was married to musician Chris Martin from 2003 until their separation in 2014 (their divorce was finalized in 2016). She has two children from her marriage to Chris Martin: a daughter named Apple and a son named Moses.

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