Gwyneth Paltrow Biography and Profile

Biography

Nama : Gwyneth Paltrow
Birth Name : Gwyneth Kate Paltrow
Birth Date : 09/27/1972
Birth Place : Los Angeles, California, USA
Height : 5' 9�"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress
Father : Bruce Paltrow (d. 3-Oct-02)
Mother : Blythe Danner
Spouse : Chris Martin (Coldplay lead singer, since 5-Dec-03)
Relation : Brad Pitt (engaged, 1996-1997), Ben Affleck, Luke Wilson, Chris Heinz (2000-2001), Robert Sean Leonard (2001), Bryan Adams (2002), Prince Albert II (2002), Aaron Eckhart (actor, 2002), James Purefoy (actor, 2002), Walter Salles (2002), Scott Speedman
Claim Fame : As Tracy Mills in "Se7en" (1995)

Gwyneth Paltrow (born September 28, 1972) is an American actress.

Although several of her most acclaimed performances were roles as English women (Emma, Sylvia and Shakespeare in Love) and she has a WASPy appearance, Paltrow is actually Scottish-Irish on her mother's side and Russian Jewish on her father's side. She is the daughter of the late television producer and director Bruce Paltrow and the actress Blythe Danner. She studied Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara before committing herself to acting. Paltrow has a younger brother named Jake and is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig.

Born in Los Angeles, her debut film was Shout (1991) and she played in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) before starring in Se7en (1995) and dating her co-star Brad Pitt. Their relationship was much publicized, just like their break-up two years later. Her performance in Emma (1996) received its share of praise.

She was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress two years later for her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998). Much attention was drawn to her at this event as a consequence of her bursting into tears during her acceptance speech.

Paltrow gave birth to her first child, Apple Blythe Alison Martin, on May 13, 2004 with husband Chris Martin of the group Coldplay, whom she married in secret on 5 December 2003. She was previously engaged to Brad Pitt and dated Ben Affleck while both she and Affleck worked on Shakespeare in Love.