Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow: Biography in Details

Who is Gwyneth Paltrow?

Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress, singer, comedian and food writer. Gwyneth Paltrow is best known for her roles as Tracy Mills in the 1995 film Seven and as Emma Woodhouse in the 1996 hit drama Emma.

She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1998 film Shakespeare In Love.  Paltrow also won a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for the same film.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Birth Facts, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Paltrow was born on 27 September 1972, in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an American by nationality and she is of Ashkenazi Jewish, German, English, and Irish ethnicity.

Her birth name is Gwyneth Kate Paltrow. She is the daughter of actress Blythe Danner(mother) and film producer/director Bruce Paltrow(father). Her mother is a Tony Award-winning actress. Her father was Jewish, while her mother is from a Christian background.

She has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow who is a director and screenwriter. Paltrow along with her family moved to New York when she was 11 years old. Paltrow’s half-cousin is actress Katherine Moennig.

Gwyneth Paltrow is a second cousin of former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her uncle is the opera singer and actor Harry Danner.

Education History

Gwyneth Paltrow went to Crossroads School, in Santa Monica. After that, she was enrolled in the Spence School, a private girls’ school in New York City.

She later studied anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, but dropped out to pursue her acting career.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Professional Life, Career, Awards

Gwyneth Paltrow made her acting debut in the film High (1989), a TV film her father directed. She made her professional stage debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in 1990. After that, she had roles in television movies Cruel Doubt (1992) and Deadly Relations (1993).

Her first feature film role was in the noir drama Flesh and Bone (1993) as the much-younger girlfriend of James Caan. She gained early notice for her work in films such as the thriller Seven (1995) and the period drama Emma (1996).

For her role in Shakespeare in Love (1998), she won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She also had roles in the films The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow Hal (2001), and Proof (2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination.

Gwyneth Paltrow has portrayed Pepper Potts, the female lead of the Iron Man franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2008. She has appeared in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), and Iron Man 3 (2013).

Gwyneth Paltrow won a “Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy” Series in 2011 for her role as Holly Holliday on the Fox television series Glee. In 2015, she appeared as Johanna Mortdecai in Mortdecai (2015).

Gwyneth Paltrow: Salary, Net Worth

There is no information about her salary but she has a net worth of 150 million dollars as of 2022.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Rumors and Controversy

There were rumors that she slept with the singer, Jay-Z. He is a married man and when asked about it to her she said that the news was completely absurd.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Gwyneth Paltrow has a good height of 5 Feet 9 Inches (1.75 m) with a bodyweight of 60kg. Gwyneth Paltrow has a well-shaped body of 34-25-35 inches.

She has a blue eye color and her hair color is blonde. Her shoe size is 9 (US) and her dress size is 4 (US).

Social Media Profile

Gwyneth Paltrow is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has around  1.8 million followers on Facebook. She has more than 7.2 million followers on Instagram and has more than 2.8 million followers on Twitter.

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