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Formerly known as that blonde girl who was once engaged to Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow has made a name for herself without the help of past beaus (Pitt and Ben Affleck) by maturing from Hollywood's princess into one of today's more classier actresses, willing to take a chance on smaller art films for the improvement of her career rather than her bank account. Born in 1973 to renowned director Bruce Paltrow and award-winning actress Blythe Danner, we would be lying if we told you she didn't have an upper hand in the business at an early age. At eleven, Gwyneth's family moved to the East Coast and she attended the Spence School in New York. After graduating in 1990, Gwyneth moved back out west and enrolled at the University of California before abruptly quitting a year later to pursue a film career. When Steven Spielberg, a family friend, offered Gwyneth the role of Wendy in his upcoming Peter Pan film, "Hook," she gladly accepted the small role in what would be her first legit film appearance. After another bit role as Brad Pitt's wife in the David Fincher thriller, "Se7en," Gwyneth began to receive more attention from the media, though her intimate relationship to the "Sexiest Man Alive" is probably more to blame.
In 1996, Gwyneth became the official model for Calvin Klein, strutting her blonde, skinny image all over magazine ads and television commercials, but the struggling actress continued to build a respectable career with a number of Shakespearean and Elizabethan adaptations throughout the following years, most notably 1998's "Shakespeare in Love," for which she won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. While Gwyneth appears to be the nicest women you will ever meet, rumor mills have been spinning out gossip for years that fingers the actress as an "ice queen," ranked at the top of the list by Movieline magazine as the most stuck-up actress in Hollywood. Regardless of the images that the media portrays, most critics and fans still can't seem to get enough of the timid blonde and her memorable performances. If she isn't one of the most stuck-up actresses in the business, she's certainly one of the most courageous. After a successful streak of critically-acclaimed roles during the late 90's, Gwyneth suddenly switched gears and began appearing in less appealing Hollywood vehicles like "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "Shallow Hal," though she managed to shine like a star in those as well. Whether she's portraying a hopelessly-in-love matchmaker, a chain-smoking artist or a suicidal poet, Gwyneth has been entertaining filmgoers for the past decade while maintaining a sexy, plain Jane appearance that will continue to mesmerize men for the following ten years.
1990: Graduated from The Spence School in New York City.
10/98: Voted "Most Stuck-up" in Movieline's 100 Most.
8/15/98: Gave $21,000 watch to boyfriend Ben Affleck as a birthday present.
1998: One of People Magazine 's 50 Most Beautiful People.
12/20/96: Engaged to actor Brad Pitt.
1996: Confirmed as the next Calvin Klein model.
Attended the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for one year as an Art History major.
After spending a time in her early teens in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, she can speak fairly good Spanish.
Turned down the role of Emma Peel in the movie The Avengers (1998).
Met with James Cameron for the role of Rose in Titanic (1997).
A couple sued Gwyneth for an undisclosed amount claiming that the actress injured them during an April 1999 car accident.
Attended Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie in Scotland.
Spends Thanksgiving every year with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons.
As part of research for her role as an obese woman in Shallow Hal (2001), wore the 200-pound latex "fat" suit she used for the film to a bar where people refused to make eye contact with her and treated her rudely. She said that this experience made her saddened by the injustice faced by overweight people in society.
Has been friends with Maya Rudolph (of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) fame) since she was seven.
Sticks to a macrobiotic diet.
Owned a flat in London, England, UK.
Sister of Jake Paltrow; first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig, and Hillary Danner; niece of Harry Danner.
2002: TV commercials and print ads for Spain's department store chain El Corte Inglés' spring line.
Did her own singing in the movie Duets (2000).
Measurements: 33 1/2B-25-35. Called "a designer's dream". (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Went to Crossroads High School in Santa Monica for one year.
4/13/03: Attended the ceremony in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, in which she was named "adopted daughter". She first visited the town as a young schoolgirl and has since frequently returned to it, enamored - she says - of the people, the food and the countryside.
Played Thomas Jefferson's daughter in Jefferson in Paris (1995). Her mother, Blythe Danner, played Jefferson's wife, Martha, in 1776 (1972), just before Gwyneth was conceived.
Wears a size 9 shoe.
2002: Nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Proof", performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London, England.
Daughter, with Chris Martin, 'Apple Blythe Alison Martin', born on 14 May, 2004, in London, England, UK.
She and her husband, Chris Martin, purchased Kate Winslet's North London home in Belsize Park.
Her mother, Blythe Danner, is of Anglo-Saxon descent and her father, Bruce Paltrow, being Polish-Jewish, had many generations of rabbis in the family tree.
Her natural hair color is brown.
Her mother, Blythe Danner, was about five months pregnant with the future actress when she appeared in Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) . The episode also starred John Cassavetes, and aired during the show's first season.
Her name can be heard over the P.A. system in many episodes of the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" (1982). Gwyneth's dad, Bruce Paltrow, was the producer of the series.
Turned down the role of Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002).
Was a sister of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Her friendship with best friend Madonna ended, because she couldn't get along with Madonna's extravagant lifestyle.
Spent 70 hours in labor awaiting the birth of her first child.
Revealed that she named her daughter Apple, because apples are whole, sweet and crisp. The baby's middle name honors her grandmothers, Blythe Danner and Alison Martin.
Attended St. Augustine By The Sea in Los Angeles and the Spence School in New York City.
10/02: Met husband Chris Martin when she attended his band's (Coldplay's) concert.
She does not employ a nanny to take care of her daughter, a rarity among actors in the film business.
10/05: Expecting her second child with husband Chris Martin.
Signed a contact with Estée Lauder for $10 million to promote its new line of fragrance, "Pleasures".
4/8/06: Gave birth to her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, in New York City at 9 a.m., weighing 8 lbs., 4 oz.
Her son, Moses, is named after a song Chris Martin wrote for her and appears on Coldplay's "Live 2003" album. Moses is also her father's Hebrew name.
She speaks French quite well, having spent a summer in Paris when in her early twenties.
Is good friends with Helena Christensen, who was one of the first people to visit Gwyneth in hospital after she gave birth to her son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin.
Long-time close friendship with actress Mary Wigmore, who also appeared (albeit briefly) in Paltrow's films The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Shallow Hal (2001).
Friends with Stella McCartney.
Was Maid of Honor at Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie.
Her godfather Steven Spielberg is also the godfather of Drew Barrymore.
Godparents of her daughter Apple are Simon Pegg, Mary Wigmore, and Chris Martin's Coldplay band-mate Jon Buckland.
Was originally signed on to play Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004) but dropped out.
Auditioned for "Vickie" in Reality Bites (1994), but lost out to Janeane Garofalo.
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