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

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Gwyneth Kate Paltrow; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991.

After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en (1995) and Emma (1996) (in which she played the title role).

Following the films Sliding Doors (1998) and A Perfect Murder (1998), Paltrow garnered worldwide recognition through her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an 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.

She also won a Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holiday on the FOX hit TV show Glee in the episode 'The Substitute.'

This book is your ultimate resource for Gwyneth Paltrow. Here you will 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 and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shout (film), Hook (film), Malice (film), Flesh and Bone (film), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Jefferson in Paris, Seven (film), Moonlight and Valentino, Hard Eight (film), The Pallbearer, Emma (1996 film), Sliding Doors, Shakespeare in Love, Great Expectations (1998 film), Hush (1998 film), A Perfect Murder, 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), Country Strong, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, Contagion (film), Saturday Night Live (season 24), Saturday Night Live (season 27), Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series).

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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Contents

Articles Gwyneth Paltrow Shout (film) Hook (film) Malice (film)

Flesh and Bone (film) Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Jefferson in Paris Seven (film) Moonlight and Valentino Hard Eight (film) The Pallbearer Emma (1996 film) Sliding Doors Shakespeare in Love Great Expectations (1998 film) Hush (1998 film) A Perfect Murder 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)

1 13 14 21 25 27 30 36 43 46 48 51 54 58 66 70 73 77 82 83 88 91 95 100 104 105 113 116 119 120 130 132 136 138

The Good Night Iron Man (film) Two Lovers (film) Country Strong Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Contagion (film) Saturday Night Live (season 24) Saturday Night Live (season 27)

Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Gwyneth Paltrow at the 68th Venice Film Festival, September 2011

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[1] Gwyneth Kate Paltrow [2] September 27, 1972 Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Actress, singer, author

1990–present

Chris Martin (m. 200–3present)

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Bruce Paltrow (deceased) Blythe Danner

Jake Paltrow (brother) Katherine Moennig (cousin)

[3] [4] Gwyneth Kate Paltrow(ˈ/ɡwɪnɪaˈpbltroʊ/; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. After appearing in several films throughout the decade, Paltrow gained early notice for her work in films such asSe7en(1995) andEmma(1996) (in which she played the title role). Following the filmsSliding Doors(1998) andA Perfect Murder(1998), Paltrow garnered worldwide recognition through her performance inShakespeare in Love(1998), for which she won an 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. She also won a Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holiday on the FOX hit TV showGleein the episode "The Substitute."

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(2008), and then reprised her role as Pepper Potts in its sequel,Iron Man 2(2010). Paltrow also has been the face of Estce Lauder's Pleasures perfume since 2005. In the same 2011 weekend as winning her Emmy Award she appeared in the number one film at the US box office, the ensemble plague dramaContagion. She is married to Chris Martin, the

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lead vocalist of Coldplay. They have two children together, Apple and Moses. She is also the face of American fashion brand Coach.

Early life Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Blythe Danner, an actress, and Bruce Paltrow, a film and television director and producer. Her father was Jewish (of Russian Ashkenazi origin), and her mother is a [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Quaker of Pennsylvania Dutch and more distant white Barbadian ancestry. Paltrow's paternal [11] great-great-grandfather, whose surname was "Palterowicz", was a rabbi in Nowogrdd, Poland. Paltrow has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow, and is a half-cousin of actress Katherine Moennig, and a second cousin of [12] Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08). Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, where she attended Crossroads School, before moving and enrolling in The [13] Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later, she briefly studied art history at the University of [14] California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina [15] [16] (Spain), where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak Spanish.

Career

Early work, 1990–1996 After spending several summers watching her mother perform at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in [14] Massachusetts, Paltrow made her professional stage debut there in 1990. Her film debut followed next year with Shout(1991), starring John Travolta, she was cast by Steven Spielberg in his film,Hook(1991), as the young Wendy [14] Darling. Paltrow then had minor roles inMalice(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. In 1996, she played the title character inEmmato critical acclaim.

Worldwide recognition, 1998–2003 Paltrow appeared in several films throughout 1998, includingSliding Doorsand the leading role in the film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel,Great Expectationswith Ethan Hawke, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris Cooper. Also in 1998 Paltrow appeared in two thrillers,Hushopposite Jessica Lange andA Perfect Murder inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film,Dial M for Murder. Paltrow appeared opposite Michael Douglas as Emily [17] Taylor, based on Grace Kelly's character from the original film, though the film was met with mixed reviews. In 1998, Paltrow starred inShakespeare in Love, portraying the fictional lover 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 [18] 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 [19] [20] [21] 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 [22] [22] Guild, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Actress, among other [21] honors. Her Pink Ralph Lauren dress worn at the 71st Academy Awards in collecting her Oscar was extremely [23] popular and was credited for bringing pink back into fashion.

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In 1999, Paltrow co-starred inThe Talented Mr. Ripleyalongside Jude Law, Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett which earned $80 million domestically and received [24] 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 part of an ensemble cast, as Margot Tenenbaum, inThe Royal Tenenbaums(2001). Also in 2001, she starred with Jack Black in the comedy Shallow Hal, where she had to wear a specially designed 25 pound fatsuit and heavy make-up. The film was released to mixed reviews.

Recent work, 2004–present

Paltrow at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival

Since the Oscar forShakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film success has [25] been less noteworthy. She said she was unequipped for the pressure, [26] leading to several bad movie choices, agreeing with peers who [27] believe the win is, in some ways, a curse. During this time, Paltrow rarely appeared in films, having taken a career hiatus to raise her [13] family. InThe Guardian, she said she divided her career into movies for love and films for money:The Royal Tenenbaums,Proof, andSylviafell into the former category, while she didView from the [7] TopandShallow HalIn 2004, she appeared in thefor the latter. science-fiction filmSky Captain and the World of Tomorrowopposite Jude Law. The same year, she was recognized as an outstanding woman in entertainment by Women in Film Los Angeles with the [28] Crystal Award. In 2005, she appeared in the filmProofas the depressed daughter of a brilliant, eccentric mathematician. The movie Paltrow at a ceremony for receiving her is based on the play of the same name, in which Paltrow also played Hollywood Walk of Fame star, December 2010 the same character at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2002. For her performance Paltrow earned her second Golden Globe nomination Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama. In 2006, she had small roles inRunning With ScissorsandInfamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

In 2008, she appeared in the superhero filmIron Manas Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's closest friend, budding love [29] interest, and business partner.Iron Manis Paltrow's highest-grossing film to date, earning more than [30] $585,000,000 worldwide. Paltrow said she was hesitant to appear in a big-budget project but she was won over by [31] Robert Downey Jr., the film's lead, and director Jon Favreau. She recalled a conversation with Downey, saying:

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 “ it's supposed to be shared by other people. 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; ”

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In 2010, Paltrow reprised her role in the sequel toIron Man,Iron Man 2.Later in 2010, she appeared in the musical [32] Country Strongand recorded the songCountry StrongThe song was released to countryfor the film's soundtrack. [33] radio in August 2010. At the 83rd Academy Awards, Paltrow performed the song "Coming Home" from the film [34] which was nominated for Best Original Song. She also appeared in Fox'sGlee, as substitute teacher Holly Holliday, who fills in for Matthew Morrison's character when he falls ill. She sang "Nowadays" from the musical Chicagowith Lea Michele, Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" and Gary Glitter's "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)," plus a mash-up of "Singin' In the Rain" and Rihanna's "Umbrella" with Morrison, Mark Salling and Chris Colfer in [35] the episode. She later performed "Forget You" with Cee-Lo Green himself and several puppet characters provided [36] by the Jim Henson Company at the 2011 Grammy Awards., She reprised her role later that season, performing "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" by Gary Glitter, an acoustic version of "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac and "Kiss" by Prince. In 2011, Paltrow appeared in the Steven Soderbergh thrillerContagion, in which she was part of an ensemble cast, including Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and herThe Talented Mr. Ripleyco-stars, Matt Damon and [37] Jude Law.

Other projects [38] 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 [39] 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 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 concert at Royal Albert [40] Hall. She sang the chorus for "Song Cry", from the rapper's albumBlueprintan interview, she said she would. In [41] be at the concert but not that she would perform. She was quoted as saying "I'm a Jay-Z fan. He's my best friend." In May 2005, Paltrow became the face of Estce 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 [42] with the company's three other models. Estce Lauder donates a minimum of $500,000 of sales of items from the [43] '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 [44] the food and culture of Spain. In September 2008, she launched a weekly lifestyle newsletter, Goop, encouraging [45] readers to 'nourish the inner aspect'. The website's title is derived from the initials of her first and last names. Each [46] week, the newsletter focuses on an action: Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, and See. It has been ridiculed by E-Online, [47] [48] [49] Vanity Fair,The Independent, and the UK'sDaily Mirror.

Personal life At the age of 24, Paltrow was engaged for six months to actor Brad Pitt, whom she dated from December 1994 to [50] June 1997. The engagement was called off, according to Paltrow, because she wasn't ready for marriage and later [51] felt 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] [52] that felt wrong to me even as I was saying them." [53] Paltrow had an on-off three year relationship with actor Ben Affleck from 1997 to late 2000. Soon after their [54] breakup, Paltrow convinced Affleck to work in the filmBounceduring the making of the film, whichwith her;

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[53] was shot in mid 1999, the couple started dating again and eventually broke up in October 2000. In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay backstage three weeks after the death [55] of her father Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003 in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. On 14 May 2004, the couple had their first child, a girl named Apple Blythe Alison Martin. 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–and I just thought it sounded so lovely and…clean! [56] And I just thought, 'Perfect!'" Her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born on 8 April 2006, in New York City's Mount [57] Sinai Hospital. Her son's first name was explained as the song, titled "Moses", that her husband wrote for her [57] [58] before their wedding. Paltrow has stated that she cut down on work after becoming a mother. She has also said [59] that she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her second child. [60] In 2010, she suffered a severe tibial plateau fracture, due to a vitamin D deficiency and osteopenia. Paltrow discovered in 2011 that her father's family came from a long line of influential East European rabbis, and [61] that inspired her to raise her daughter and son in a Jewish environment.

Controversial statements In December 2006, Paltrow was reported on the Internet to have toldSásiacotNabod, the weekend magazine supplement of Portuguese newspaperDiário de Not cias, that she thought British people were more civilized and [62] 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 [63] conference, that Europe was an "older culture" and Americans "live to work".Diário de Not ciassaid in their 6 December 2006 edition that it had obtained the quotes from English-language articles that are still referenced [7] [64] online, though Paltrow has insisted that she was misquoted, declaring in 2007: "I love America, and I'm an [31] American through and through."

Filmography

Title

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

Year

1991

1991

1993

1993

1993

1994

1995

1995

1995

1995

1996

1996

Rebecca

Role

Young Wendy Darling

Carol Ann Fagot

Paula Bell

Ginny

Paula Hunt

Student

Patsy Jefferson

Tracy Mills

Lucy Trager

Clementine

Julie DeMarco

Film

Uncredited

Notes

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

5

Emma Woodhouse

Helen Quilley

Estella

A Perfect Murder

1998

1998

Great Expectations

Documentary

Rosemary Shanahan

2002

Searching for Debra Winger

Bounce

The Intern

Herself

Margot Tenenbaum

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Ben Affleck)

1998

Uncredited

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

2001

1998

Out of the Past

1996

Sylvia

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2003

2002

Possession

Hush

Liv

Abby Janello

Herself

2000

2000

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Academy Award for Best Actress Empire Award for Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (also forSliding 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) 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)

Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress

Satellite Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Donna Jensen

Maud Bailey

View from the Top

Sylvia Plath

Shallow Hal

Gwyneth Paltrow

Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress

Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress

Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (also forShakespeare in Love) Russian Guild of Film Critics–Best Foreign Actress

Voice

2000

The Anniversary Party

2002

Marge Sherwood

Duets

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Skye Davidson

2001

Sliding Doors

1998

Emily Bradford Taylor

Sarah Orne Jewett

Helen Baring

Viola De Lesseps

2003

Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous in 'Austinpussy'

Shakespeare in Love

Emma

1998

Iron Man

Gwyneth Paltrow

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2008

2008

Love and Other Disasters

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004

Infamous

2006

2006

Running with Scissors

2006

Country Strong

2011

2010

Contagion

2011

3 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2011) Pending - People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star (2012)

Saturday Night Live

Season 2, episode 7 "Gwyneth Paltrow"

Spain... On The Road Again

The Avengers

Title

Hosted episodes in 1999, 2001, and 2011

Host

1999

Michelle

Herself/Holly Holiday

Year

Role

Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Herself

2008

Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Beth Emhoff

Kitty Dean

Polly Perkins

Hope Finch

Kelly Canter

Hollywood Jacks

Catherine

2010–present

Holly Holliday

Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama

Cameo appearance

Notes

Glee

Singles

Discography

Who Do You Think You Are?

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress

Herself

2011

The Marriage Ref

Two Lovers

The Good Night

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

Thanks For Sharing

2012

2007

2010

Iron Man 2

Proof

2005

Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female

Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Science Fiction Actress Nominated—Scream Award for Best Science Fiction Actress

Independent film

2012

2010

Herself

Television

Cameo appearance

Dora

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Jude Law)