The Gwyneth Paltrow Handbook - Everything you need to know about Gwyneth Paltrow

Rebecca Deese

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Gwyneth Paltrow Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Gwyneth Paltrow. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, and Filmography right away: Shout (film), Hook (film), Malice (film), Flesh and Bone (film), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Higher Learning, Jefferson in Paris, Seven (film), Moonlight and Valentino, Hard Eight (film), The Pallbearer, Emma (1996 film), Out of the Past, Sliding Doors, Great Expectations (1998 film), Hush (1998 film), A Perfect Murder, Shakespeare in Love, The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Intern, Duets, Bounce (film), The Anniversary Party, The Royal Tenenbaums, Shallow Hal, Searching for Debra Winger, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Possession (2002 film), View from the Top, Sylvia (2003 film), Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Proof (2005 film), Infamous (film), Love and Other Disasters, Running with Scissors (film), The Good Night, Iron Man (film), Two Lovers (film), Iron Man 2, Country Strong

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• Performing Arts
• Biography
• Entertainment
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486433520
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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Contents Articles Gwyneth Paltrow Shout (film) Hook (film) Malice (film) Flesh and Bone (film) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Higher Learning Jefferson in Paris Seven (film) Moonlight and Valentino Hard Eight (film) The Pallbearer Emma (1996 film) Out of the Past Sliding Doors Great Expectations (1998 film) Hush (1998 film) A Perfect Murder Shakespeare in Love The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) The Intern Duets Bounce (film) The Anniversary Party The Royal Tenenbaums Shallow Hal Searching for Debra Winger Austin Powers in Goldmember Possession (2002 film) View from the Top Sylvia (2003 film) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Proof (2005 film) Infamous (film)

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Love and Other Disasters Running with Scissors (film) The Good Night Iron Man (film) Two Lovers (film) Iron Man 2 Country Strong References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors Article Licenses License

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Gwyneth Paltrow Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Paltrow at the launch of Estee Lauder's Sensuous perfume, July 2008 Born [1] Gwyneth Kate Paltrow [2] September 27, 1972 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1990 – present Spouse(s)Chris Martin (m. 2003 – present)2 children

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow Martin (pronounced / ˈɡ wɪn ɨ θ ˈpæltroʊ/; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress. Paltrow made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. She gained early notice for her work in films such asSe7en(1995),Emma(1996), in which she played the title role, andSliding Doors(1998). She garnered worldwide recognition through her performance inShakespeare in Love(1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. Since then, Paltrow has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films such asThe Talented Mr. Ripley(1999),Shallow Hal(2001) andProof(2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama. In 2008, she appeared in the highest grossing movie of her career, the superhero filmIron Man, and then reprised her role as Pepper Potts in its sequel,Iron Man 2 (2010). Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume since 2005.

Early life Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Blythe Danner, an actress, and Bruce Paltrow, a film and television director and producer. Paltrow's father was of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent and her mother is a [3] [4] [5] [6] Quaker of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Paltrow's paternal great-grandfather, whose surname was [7] "Paltrowicz", was a rabbi in Kraków, Poland. Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, where she attended Crossroads School before moving and enrolling in The Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later she briefly studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. Paltrow has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow, and is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08). She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange [8] [9] student and learned to speak Spanish. Paltrow was a childhood friend ofSaturday Night Live's Maya [10] Rudolph.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Career Early work, 1990 – 1996 Paltrow made her professional stage debut in 1990. Her film debut followed next year withShout(1991), starring John Travolta; later that year, she appeared inHook(1991), as Young Wendy. Paltrow then had minor roles in Malice(1993) andFlesh and Bone(1993). She was next cast in a supporting role inSe7en(1995) alongside Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination. The film was successful commercially and critically. In 1996, she played the title character inEmmato critical acclaim, particularly in the United Kingdom, where her perfection of the English accent was appreciated. Worldwide recognition, 1998 – 2003 In 1998, Paltrow starred inShakespeare in Love, portraying the fictional love of William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes. The film earned more than US$100 million in box office receipts in the United States and Paltrow gained critical acclaim for her portrayal.Entertainment Weeklycommented, "Best of all is Gwyneth Paltrow, who, at [11] long last, has a movie to star in that's as radiant as she is." TheNew York Timessummed up her turn as Viola as such: "Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first great, fully realized starring performance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that [12] [13] [14] she seems utterly plausible as the playwright's guiding light." The award-winningShakespeare in Love earned Paltrow the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role from the Screen Actors [15] [14] Guild and the Academy Award for Best Actress, among other honors. In 1999, Paltrow co-starred inThe Talented Mr. Ripley, which earned $80 million domestically and received positive reviews. She showcased her singing ability in 2000'sDuets, which was directed by her father and co-starred singer Huey Lewis. The same year, Paltrow co-starred with Ben Affleck in the romantic dramaBounceas Abby Janello. She was then part of an ensemble cast, as Margot Tenenbaum, inThe Royal Tenenbaums(2001). Also in 2001, she starred with Jack Black in the comedyShallow Hal, where she played both roles, slim and fat Rosemary, and had to wear a specially designed 25 pound fatsuit and heavy make-up. Recent work, 2004 – present Since the Oscar forShakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film success has been less [16] noteworthy. She said she was unequipped for the pressure, leading to several Paltrow at the 2000 Toronto [17] bad movie choices, agreeing with peers who believe the win is, in some ways, International Film Festival [18] a curse. InThe Guardian, she said she divided her career into movies for love and films for money:The Royal Tenenbaums,Proof, andSylviafell into the [5] former category, while she didView from the TopandShallow Halfor the latter. As a new mother, Paltrow did not work much from 2004 to 2007. She appeared in the 2005 filmProofas a young protagonist, mathematician and daughter Catherine. The movie is based on theplay of the same name, in which Paltrow also played the same character at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2002. In 2006, she had small roles in Running With ScissorsandInfamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?". In 2008, she appeared inIron Manas Pepper Potts, Stark's closest friend, budding love interest, and business partner [19] after Pepper replaced Obadiah Stane as CEO of Stark Industries. The film is her largest grossing movie ever, earning more than US$ 585 million at the worldwide box office. Paltrow said she was hesitant to appear in a big-budget project but she was won over by Robert Downey Jr., the film's lead, and director Jon Favreau. Paltrow [20] recalled a conversation with Downey, saying:

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 Gwyneth Paltrow 3 Robert called me and he said, 'This is gonna be fun, and this is gonna be good.' And then he said to me, 'Don't you want to be in a movie that ― people see?' And I was like, 'Whoa! What would that feel like?' And he's right. Moviemaking is not supposed to be a masturbatory exercise; ‖ it's supposed to be shared by other people. In 2010, she reprised her role in the sequel toIron Man,Iron Man 2. Later in 2010, she will appear in the country [21] musical,Country Strongwill next shoot for Steven Soderbergh's Virus thriller. Paltrow Contagion, in which she [22] is part of an ensemble cast. Other projects [23] Paltrow is a Save the Children artist ambassador, raising awareness about World Pneumonia Day. She is on the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization that works to alleviate poverty in New York City. In February 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy nomination for her reading of the classic bear books of author Bill Martin, Jr.. Paltrow had her singing debut in the 2000 filmDuets, in which she performed a cover version of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'". The song was well-received and released as a single. The song went to number one in Australia, while Paltrow's rendition of the Kim Carnes classic "Bette Davis Eyes" reached number three. In the 2006 filmInfamous, she sang "What Is This Thing Called Love". On September 27, 2006, Paltrow sang with rapper Jay-Z during his [24] concert at Royal Albert Hall. She sang the chorus for "Song Cry", from the rapper's albumBlueprint. In an interview, she said she would be at the concert but not that she would perform. She was quoted as saying "I'm a [25] Jay-Z fan. He's my best friend." In May 2005, Paltrow became the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume. She appeared in Chicago on 17 August 2007, to sign bottles of the perfume, and on 8 July 2008, she promoted Lauder's Sensuous perfume in New York [26] with the company's three other models. Estée Lauder donates a minimum of $500,000 of sales of items from the [27] 'Pleasures Gwyneth Paltrow' collection to breast cancer research. In 2006 she became the face for Bean Pole International, a Korean fashion brand. In October 2007, she signed for a PBS television seriesSpain... on the road Againwith Mario Batali that showcases [28] the food and culture of Spain. In September 2008, she launched a weekly lifestyle newsletter, Goop, encouraging [29] readers to 'nourish the inner aspect'. The website's title is derived from the initials of her first and last names. Each [30] week, the newsletter focuses on an action: Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, and See. It has been ridiculed by E-Online, [31] [32] [33] Vanity Fair,The Independent, and the UK'sDaily Mirror. Personal life In her early 20s, Paltrow was engaged for six months to Brad Pitt, whom she dated from December 1994 to May [34] 1997. The engagement was called off, according to Paltrow, because she wasn't ready for marriage and later felt [35] responsible for hurting Pitt since she was "such a mess" during that time in her life. Paltrow has since said that as this was her first high-profile relationship with another celebrity, it taught her the need for public discretion about her romantic life; she toldBiographymagazine, "I said things about being in a relationship [with Brad Pitt] that felt [36] wrong to me even as I was saying them." Paltrow had an on-off three year relationship with Ben Affleck from 1997 to late 2000. They first dated from [37] November 1997 to January 1999. Soon after their breakup, Paltrow convinced Affleck to work in the filmBounce [38] with her; during the making of the film, which was shot in mid 1999, the couple started dating again and [37] [39] eventually broke up in October 2000. Paltrow has said that she stopped reading celebrity magazines in 1999. She was friends with Winona Ryder until her first breakup with Affleck in 1999. In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay backstage at a gig just three weeks after the death of her father Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003 in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern [40] California. On 14 May 2004, the couple had their first child, a girl named Apple Blythe Alison Martin. Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow explained the unusual first name onOprah, saying: "It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical–I just thought it sounded so lovely and and [41] …And I just thought, 'Perfect!'"  clean! The child's godfathers are Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate, Jonny [42] Buckland. Her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born on 8 April 2006, in New York City's Mount [43] Sinai Hospital. Her son's first name was explained as the song, entitled "Moses", that her husband wrote for her [43] [44] before their wedding. Paltrow has stated that she cut down on work after becoming a mother. She has also said [45] that she suffered from depression after the death of her father and after the birth of her second child. [40] Paltrow lives in New York and Belsize Park in London, in a house bought from Kate Winslet. She practices yoga [40] daily, works out regularly with her personal trainer Tracy Anderson, and used to follow a macrobiotic diet until the birth of her children. She toldPeoplein 2005 that, "I'm not as stringent as I was in the past. Now I'll have cheese [45] once in a while or white flour, but I still believe in whole grains and no sugar." Paltrow is friends with [46] Madonna, fashion designer Valentino and singer Beyonce. In December 2006, Paltrow was reported on the Internet to have toldNotícias Sábado, the weekend magazine supplement of Portuguese newspaperDiário de Notícias, that she thought British people were more civilized and [47] intelligent than Americans. Paltrow denied making the statements attributed to her and toldPeoplemagazine that she never gave an interview to a Portuguese publication, but instead had tried to say in Spanish, during a press [48] conference, that Europe was an "older culture" and Americans "live to work".Diário de Notíciassaid in their 6 December 2006 edition that it had obtained the quotes from English-language articles that are still referenced [5] [46] online, though Paltrow has insisted that she was misquoted, declaring in 2007: "I love America, and I'm an [20] American through and through." Filmography Film RoleNotes Year

1991

1993

1994

1995

1996

Shout Hook Deadly Relations Malice Flesh and Bone Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Higher Learning Jefferson in Paris Se7en Moonlight and Valentino Hard Eight The Pallbearer Emma

Rebecca Young Wendy Darling Carol Ann Fagot Paula Bell Ginny Paula Hunt

Student Patsy Jefferson Tracy Mills Lucy Trager Clementine Julie DeMarco Emma Woodhouse

uncredited Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

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Gwyneth Paltrow 1998Out of the Past Sliding Doors

1999

2000

2001

Great Expectations Hush A Perfect Murder Shakespeare in Love

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Intern Duets Bounce

The Anniversary Party The Royal Tenenbaums

Shallow Hal

Sarah Orne Jewett Helen Quilley

Estella Helen Baring Emily Bradford Taylor Viola De Lesseps

Marge Sherwood

Herself Liv Abby Janello

Skye Davidson Margot Tenenbaum

Rosemary Shanahan

voice

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress alsofor Shakespeare in Love Russian Guild of Film Critics - Best Foreign Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress also forShakespeare in Love Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress

Academy Award for Best Actress Empire Award for Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress alsofor Sliding Doors Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Joseph Fiennes San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress also forSliding Doors Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Sexiest Love Scene shared with Joseph Fiennes

Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress uncredited Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Ben Affleck Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress

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Gwyneth Paltrow 2002Searching for Debra Winger

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 2008

2010

2011

Austin Powers in Goldmember Possession View from the Top Sylvia

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Proof

Herself

Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous in 'Austinpussy' Maud Bailey Donna Jensen Sylvia Plath Polly Perkins

Catherine

InfamousKitty Dean Love and Other DisastersHollywood Jacks Running with ScissorsHope Finch The Good NightDora Iron ManVirginia "Pepper" Potts

Two Lovers

Iron Man 2 Country Strong Contagion

Television

Discography

Singles

Michelle

Virginia "Pepper" Potts Kelly Canter Beth Emhoff

Documentary

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss sharedwith Jude Law

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female Post-production Pre-production

Year Film RoleNotes elf2008Spain... on the road AgainHers rriage RefHerse2010The Malf

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