Kate Hudson

Infobox actor


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caption = Hudson, after an appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman", July 2006
birthname = Kate Garry Hudson
birthdate = birth date and age|1979|04|19
birthplace = Los Angeles, California
spouse = Chris Robinson (2000-2007)
goldenglobeawards = Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2000 "Almost Famous"

Kate Garry Hudson ["Kate", not "Katherine", is her birth name, according to the State of California. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in the drama "Almost Famous", and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several films, including "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", "The Skeleton Key", "You, Me and Dupree" and "Fool's Gold."

Biography

Early life

Hudson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, and musician. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Kate-Hudson.html Kate Hudson Biography (1979-) ] ] Hudson's parents divorced eighteen months after her birth; she and her brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Colorado by her mother and her mother's long-time boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell.cite web | title=Washington Post | work=Kate Hudson finds success fun, but hard earned | url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/12/AR2006071200475.html | accessmonthday=July 12 | accessyear=2006] Hudson has stated that her biological father "doesn't know me from a hole in the wall", and that she considers Kurt Russell to be her father.cite web | title=Venus.com | work=goldie's girl | url=http://www.ivenus.com/entertainment/films/features/TE-RW-FullLength4-KateHudson-Wk41.asp | accessmonthday=June 21 | accessyear=2006] Hudson has described her mother as "the woman that I've learned the most from, and who I look up to, who has conducted her life in a way that I can look up to".cite web | title=MTV.com | work=Kate Hudson Relates To Dupree — She Ignores Dirty Dishes, Walks Around Naked | url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1535304/06282006/story.jhtml | accessmonthday=June 28 | accessyear=2006] She has three half-siblings, Emily and Zachary Hudson, from her biological father's subsequent marriage to actress Cindy Williams, and Wyatt, from her mother's relationship with Kurt Russell. Hudson is of English, Hungarian, Italian, and Ashkenazi Jewish descent,cite web | title=Irish Connections| work=Golden Child An Interview with Actress Kate Hudson | url=http://www.irishconnectionsmag.com/archives/v2i2/golden.htm | accessmonthday=June 24 | accessyear=2006] [ [http://landing.ancestry.com/famoustree/Tree.aspx?name=hudson&sourceCode=6865 ancestry.com (accessed September 19, 2008)] ] and was raised in her maternal grandmother's Jewish religion; [ [http://attitude.themercury.news.com.au/cheese_katehudson.htm Attitude - Say Cheese ] ] [ [http://www.tribute.ca/newsletter/90/starchat_01.html Star Chat ] ] her family also practiced Buddhism. Hudson graduated from Crossroads, a performing school in Santa Monica, in 1997. She was accepted to New York University, but chose to pursue an acting career instead of attending.

Career

Hudson's breakthrough role was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" (2000), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had previously appeared in the lesser-known films "Gossip", a teenage drama, and "200 Cigarettes", a New Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors. Regarding her early career and success, Hudson has noted that she is a "hard worker", and did not want to be associated with her well-known parents, wishing to avoid the perception that she "rode on somebody's coattails".

In the 2002 Hudson starred in remake of the historical romance "The Four Feathers", a film which was not well received by critics or audiences. Her next film, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", a romantic comedy, became a big success at the box office, grossing over $100 million after its February 2003 release. Hudson subsequently appeared in several romantic comedies, including "Alex and Emma" and "Raising Helen"; the films met with varying degrees of success.

Hudson headlined a thriller called "The Skeleton Key" in 2005. The film, which had a production budget of $43 million, enjoyed box office success, grossing over $91.9 million worldwide ($47.9 million in North America).cite web | title=Box Office Mojo| work=The Skeleton Key | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=skeletonkey.htm | accessmonthday=July 23 | accessyear=2006] Her later film, a comedy titled "You, Me and Dupree" and co-starring Owen Wilson and Matt Dillon, grossed $21.5 million on its opening weekend of 14 July 2006.cite web | title=Box Office Mojo | work='Pirates' Pilfer More Records | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2115&p=s.htm | accessmonthday=July 23 | accessyear=2006]

In 2007 Hudson directed the short film "Cutlass", one of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays. "Cutlass" co-stars Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Virginia Madsen, Chevy Chase and Kristen Stewart.cite web | title=New Zealand Herald | work=Cutlass | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=200&objectid=10465887 | accessmonthday=September 28 | accessyear=2007]

In 2008, she appeared in "Fool's Gold", a romantic comedy released on February 8th, and her second film to co-star Matthew McConaughey. She had been certified in scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef for the movie's underwater scenes. Her latest film, another romantic comedy, entitled "My Best Friend's Girl," was released in September.

It was recently announced that Hudson will appear in the highly anticipated movie musical "Nine" alongside the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench, among others. The film, directed by Rob Marshall, will be released in the fall of 2009.

Personal life

In 2000, Hudson married Chris Robinson, the frontman for The Black Crowes. They married on New Year's Eve in Arlington, Colorado. Hudson gave birth to their son, Ryder Russell Robinson, on January 7, 2004. The couple lived in a house that was once owned by director James Whale and traveled together during Hudson's film shoots or Robinson's music tours. On August 14, 2006, Hudson's publicist announced that Hudson and Robinson had separated. Rumors swirled that the reason was Hudson's affair with Owen Wilson on the set of "You, Me and Dupree".cite web | title=AP | work=Kate Hudson, Chris Robinson splitting up | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14348059/ | accessdate=August | accessyear=2006] On November 18, 2006, Robinson filed divorce papers, citing "irreconcilable differences".cite web | title=AP, via Yahoo News | work=Chris Robinson to divorce Kate Hudson | url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061118/ap_on_en_mo/people_hudson_robinson | accessmonthday=November 18 | accessyear=2006] The divorce was finalized on October 22, 2007. [ [http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/22/kate-hudsons-marriage-officially-kaput/ TMZ.com: "Kate Hudson's Marriage Kaput," October 22, 2007] ]

After she and Robinson separated, Hudson publicly dated Owen Wilson, her "You, Me and Dupree" co-star. However, the two broke up in May 2007. In May of 2008, she began dating Lance Armstrong - the couple split in July. cite web | title=NYDN | work=Kate Hudson, Lance Armstrong split | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/30/2008-07-30_kate_hudson_lance_armstrong_split.html | accessdate=July | accessyear=2008]

Hudson has also said that she does not enjoy seeing herself on screen, specifying that she "gets cold... shakes and... sweats" when watching her performances for the first time. In July 2006, Hudson sued the British version of "the National Enquirer" after they had stated that she has an eating disorder and described her as "painfully thin." Hudson said that the tabloid's actions were "completely inappropriate" and a "blatant lie," and specified her concern relating the impressions about weight that she feels the tabloid could have on young girls.cite web | title=Contact Music | work=HUDSON SUED TO SAVE IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG GIRLS | url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/hudson%20sued%20to%20save%20impressionable%20young%20girls_1003456 | accessmonthday=July 25 | accessyear=2006]

Filmography

Films

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0005028|name=Kate Hudson
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* [http://www.kate-hudson.org Kate-Hudson.org Fansite]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kate_hudson/ Kate Hudson - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile]
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* [http://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/Video/2007-10-1_Video_Bazaar+TV_Nov+07:+Kate+Hudson+cover+.htm?open&template=domVideo VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of Kate Hudson's Harper's BAZAAR cover shoot]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Hudson, Kate Garry
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= April 19, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH= Los Angeles, California
DATE OF DEATH=
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