Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow
Paltrow at the 2011 Venice Film Festival
Born	September 27, 1972 (age 48) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Gwyneth Paltrow Martin[1]
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation	Actress model entrepreneur writer businesswoman author
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Chris Martin ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2016)​ Brad Falchuk ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Bruce Paltrow Blythe Danner
Relatives	Jake Paltrow (brother) Harry Danner (uncle) Katherine Moennig (cousin) Rebekah Neumann (cousin) Gabby Giffords (second cousin)

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (/ˈpæltroʊ/; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress, model, writer, entrepreneur, businesswoman and author. She has received numerous accolades for her film work, including a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and is among the few performers to have won Academy and Emmy Awards.

Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such as Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect Murder (1998). She garnered wider acclaim for her performance as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance film Shakespeare in Love (1998) which won her several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. This performance was followed by roles in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).

After becoming a mother, Paltrow significantly reduced her film workload. She made occasional appearances in films, such as Proof (2005), for which she earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the children's audiobook Brown Bear and Friends. She won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee in 2011. From 2008 to 2019, Paltrow portrayed Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Beginning in 1995, Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume. She is also the face of American fashion brand Coach,^[2] owner of a lifestyle company, Goop, and author of several cookbooks. Paltrow has received backlash from the scientific community and medical professionals for promoting unproven treatments based on pseudoscience through her company Goop.^[3][4]