Gwyneth Paltrow

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Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress, singer, owner of a lifestyle company and author of cookbooks

Sep 27, 1972

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: September 27, 1972
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Food Writer, Jewish Actresses, University Of California, Santa Barbara, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses, Singers, ISFJ
  • City/State: California
  • Nick names: Gwynnie
  • Spouses: Chris Martin
  • Siblings: Jake Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow born at

Los Angeles

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Birth Place

Paltrow was into a relationship with actors Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck. She married Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay in 2003 and they have two children -Apple Blythe Alison and Moses Bruce. They separated in March 2014.

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Personal Life

Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, and is the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and the late film producer-director Bruce Paltrow. She has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow.

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Childhood & Early Life

She grew up in Santa Monica, where she attended Crossroads School, before enrolling in the Spence School in New York City. She briefly studied anthropology at the University of California, dropping out to act.

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Childhood & Early Life

At 15, she spent a year as an exchange student in Talavera de la Reina, a city in the western part of the province of Toledo, Spain and learned to speak Spanish.

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Childhood & Early Life

Paltrow debuted in High, a TV film her father directed in 1989, and after watching her mother perform at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, she made her professional stage debut there the following year.

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Career

Between 1991 and 1993, she appeared in the Travolta starrer Shout, the Steven Spielberg film, Hook as the young Wendy Darling, and films such as Cruel Doubt and Deadly Relations.

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She was noticed in the drama, Flesh and Bone as the much-younger girlfriend of James Caan. The film also starred Meg Ryan, and Dennis Quaid. The New York Times described Paltrow as a scene-stealer."

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Career

In the 1995 hit thriller, Seven, she played Brad Pitt's high school sweetheart and wife earning a Satellite nomination. Pitt and Morgan Freeman are homicide detectives involved in a sadistic “serial killer’ case.

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Career

She played the title role in Emma in 1996, which was based on the novel by Jane Austen. She shared screen space with Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam.

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Career

In 1998, Paltrow starred in Shakespeare in Love, portraying the fictional lover of William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes. The film earned more than US$100 million in box office and she won many accolades.

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Major Works

Holly Holliday is a recurring fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow. Her performance attracted positive reviews and earned her an Emmy in 2011.

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Major Works