• Name: Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Date of Birth: September 28, 1972
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Mini-bio: Although she initially gained fame for her real-life role as Brad Pitt's girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow went on to build a solid reputation as one of the leading actresses of her generation. Repeatedly s... read moreummoning comparisons to such classic presences as Grace Kelly, the blonde, blue-eyed Paltrow has won acclaim for her parts in a number of films, most notably Shakespeare in Love, for which she won a Best Actress Oscar in 1999.The daughter of actress Blythe Danner and producer/director Bruce Paltrow, Paltrow was born in Los Angeles on September 28, 1972. When she was 11, her family moved to Massachusetts so that her father could direct summer stock productions -- it was there that the actress began to receive theatrical training under her parents' tutelage. Schooled at Manhattan's exclusive Spence School, Paltrow went on to study anthropology at the University of California before deciding to drop out to pursue her acting career. She got her first screen role in the 1991 movie Shout and in the same year she played the young Wendy in Steven Spielberg's Hook.Two years later, Paltrow made her first significant impression with a chilling turn as a young con artist in Flesh and Bone. She went on to minor but memorable roles in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) and Jefferson in Paris (1995) before earning her first true taste of fame with her part as Brad Pitt's wife in Seven (1995). Unfortunately, she got more attention for her status as the actor's girlfriend than for her work in the film, becoming one of the world's most photographed arm ornaments.However, the actress was able to come into her own the following year with the title role in Douglas McGrath's adaptation of Emma. She won acclaim for her work and her flawless British accent, and the same year she could be seen in two more films: The Pallbearer, with David Schwimmer, and Paul Thomas Anderson's Hard Eight. However, it was not until 1998 -- having broken off her engagement with Pitt the previous year -- that Paltrow became better-known for her acting than for her ability to look good in designer evening gowns. That year, she had starring roles in no less than five films. Although both Hush and A Perfect Murder proved disappointments, and Great Expectations received mixed reviews, Paltrow's two English excursions, the comedy Sliding Doors and John Madden's Shakespeare in Love, netted positive receptions. The latter film drew particular acclaim, eventually winning seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Paltrow.The following year, she had the lead in another high-profile project, Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. Starring opposite Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Cate Blanchett, Paltrow took part in a film that boasted one of the most photogenic collections of young stars that audiences had seen that year and it further enhanced her reputation as one of the most celebrated members of her generation to step in front of a camera. As photogenic as she may be, however, Paltrow's healthy sense of humor would give the delicate actress the gusto she needed to take on the role of a 300-pound object of funnyman Jack Black's affection in the Farrelly brothers' cheerfully offensive Shallow Hal in 2001. With roles in The Anniversary Party, Possession, and Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums that same year, Paltrow's versatility and popularity showed no signs of waning - even if the subsequent flight attendant comedy View From the Top didn't even climb high enough at the box office to take a nosedive.Of course the failure of View From the Top could not be placed squarely on the shoulders of Paltrow, and given the film's troubled production history it's a small wonder that the film was released at all. If that film had simply been a glazed-over comedy that gave its starlet little chance to shine, Paltrow would close out the year with a commendable and notably heavier performance in Sylvia. A film based on the life of literary legend Sylvia Plath, Sylvia couldn't have been more different than A View From the Top and provided Paltrow with a role she could truly sink her teeth into. Both her performance as well as the film itself fared fairly well through the duration of its limited art-house run, despite the fact that Plath's real life daughter Frieda Hughes publicly denounced the endeavor. The film also provided Paltrow with the opportunity to appear onscreen opposite her real-life mother Danner, who also played her ill-fated character's mother in the film.In the wake of her accolades from Sylvia, Paltrow closed out 2003 by wedding Coldplay singer Chris Martin. The new family would soon expand five months later with the birth of their first child, a girl they bestowed with the unique moniker Apple Martin. But family life didn't slow Paltrow's film career too much. By Autumn she could be seen opposite Jude Law in the sci-fi actioner Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and before the close of the year, audiences could catch her in director John Madden's Proof. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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"Acting isn't everything to me.
My family, that always comes first."

Gwyneth Paltrow

To most moviegoers, Gwyneth Paltrow was "that English actress that used to be engaged to Brad Pitt." On March 21, 1999, that image was altered completely when the little known actress was awarded the Academy Award for her outstanding performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998).

Gwyneth Paltrow, who in fact is not English, was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, the daughter of noted film director Bruce Paltrow and Tony award-winning actress Blythe Danner.

When Gwyneth was 11, the family moved to Massachusetts where her father began working in summer stock productions in the Berkshires. It was here that she received her early acting training under the tutelage of her parents. In 1991, she quit the University of California and began to actively pursue a career in acting.

She made her film debut with a small part in Shout (1991) and for the next 5 years had featured roles in a mixed bag of film fare that included Flesh and Bone (1993); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Se7en (1995); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Moonlight and Valentino (1995); and The Pallbearer (1996). It was her performance in the title role of Emma Woodhouse in Emma (1996) that led to her being offered the role of Viola in Shakespeare in Love (1998).

She broke her much publicized engagement to actor Brad Pitt in 1997 citing as the reason 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. A tall, wafer thin, delicate beauty, Gwyneth Paltrow is a consummate professional and a highly skilled actress who appears to possess everything necessary to achieve super stardom.

On December 5, 2003, she married Chris Martin of the rock group Coldplay, they have one daughter and one son together. On May 14, 2004, Gwyneth gave birth to Apple Blythe Alison Martin and on April 8, 2006, Gwnyeth gave birth to her son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin.

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VITAL STATS

Height: : 5'10" (178 cm)
Nickname: Gwynnie
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Education: High School Spence School, New York City, NY;
Family: Father: Bruce Paltrow, was a TV producer and director who died in 2002 from complications of pneumonia and a recurrence of throat cancer.
Mother: Blythe Danner, actress.
Husband: Christopher Anthony John Martin (Frontman and lead vocalist of the band Coldplay)
Children: Apple Blythe Alison Martin and Moses Bruce Anthony Martin
Resides in: England and New York
Religion: Jewish
Political affiliation: Democrat
Personal interests/hobbies: Yoga, Reading Books
Charities/Causes: Charities supported:

  • Act Green
  • American Cancer Society
  • Environmental Media Association
  • Food Bank For New York City
  • Hoping Foundation
  • Keep A Child Alive
  • Prince's Trust

Causes supported:

  • AIDS
  • At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths
  • Cancer
  • Children
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Family/Parent Support
  • Health
  • Hunger
  • Refugees
Favorite Books: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Sheltering Sky By Paul Bowles
Franny and Zooey By J. D. Salinger
Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
Discography:
2000 : Bette Davis Eyes
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2000 : Cruisin' - Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis *OST from Duets
2000: Just My Imagination - Babyface & Gwyneth Paltrow *OST from Duets
Other: Dated Robert Sean Leonard, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Luke Wilson, Mark Wahlberg, James Purefoy and the Crown Prince Felipe Of Spain before settling down with current husband, Chris Martin.

Supported Barack Obama

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