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Birth Name:
  • Gwyneth Kate Paltrow
Birth Date:
  • 27 September 1972
Birthplace:
  • Los Angeles, CA
Quote:
  • "I don't really understand the concept of having a career, or what agents mean when they say they're building one for you. I just do things I think will be interesting and that have integrity. I hate those tacky, pointless, big, fluffy, unimportant movies." -- Interview magazine, September 1995
Education:
  • Spence School, New York, New York
  • University of California at Santa Barbara; attended for one semester
Factoid:
  • Made People magazine's best-dressed list, September 1999
Significant Other(s):
  • Robert Sean Leonard, actor
  • Engaged: Donovan Leitch, actor, model, musician; briefly engaged early '90s
  • Engaged: Brad Pitt, actor; engaged November 1996; separated June 1997
  • Ben Affleck, actor; together December 1997-98
  • Guy Oseary, recording executive; reportedly together fall 1999
  • Luke Wilson, actor; dated in 2001
  • Husband: Chris Martin, musician/composer "Coldplay"; married 2003
Family:
  • Father: Bruce Paltrow, television producer
  • Mother: Blythe Danner, actress
  • Brother: Jake, director; younger
    • Daughter: Apple Blythe Alison Martin, b. 2004
  • Son: Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, b. 2006
Feature Film
Credits:
  • Iron Man (2008)
    Two Lovers (2008)
    The Good Night (2007)
    Running with Scissors (2006)
    Love and Other Disasters (2006)
    Infamous (2006)
    Proof (2005)
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
    Ted and Sylvia (2003)
    View from the Top (2003)
    Possession (2002)
    Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
    Shallow Hal (2001)
    The Anniversary Party (2001)
    The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
    Duets (2000)
    Bounce (2000)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  • Great Expectations (1998)
    Out of the Past (1998)
    Hush (1998)
    Sliding Doors (1998)
    A Perfect Murder (1998)
    Shakespeare in Love (1998)
    Hard Eight (1996)
    Emma (1996)
    The Pallbearer (1996)
    Sydney (1996)
    Jefferson in Paris (1995)
    Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
    Se7en (1995)
    Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle (1994)
    Malice (1993)
    Flesh and Bone (1993)
    Deadly Relations (1993)
    Cruel Doubt (1992)
    Hook (1991)
    Shout (1991)
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