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Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner and television producer Bruce Paltrow, Paltrow grew up no stranger to the world of Hollywood. After living in Los Angeles, Paltrow moved with her family to New York at age 11. The precocious young blonde made her...

The decision paid off—Paltrow won a string of roles in films like Malice (1993), co-starring Nicole Kidman and Alec Baldwin, Flesh and Bone (1993) and Jefferson in Paris (1995), co-starring Nick Nolte. In 1995, Paltrow appeared in the controversial film Se7en,with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.

A romance with the latter helped propel Paltrow into the headlines, just as she began to win starring roles in The Pallbearer (1996), Emma (1996), Great Expectations (1998), Sliding Doors (1998) and A Perfect Murder (1998). Paltrow confirmed her superstar status with an inspired performance in 1998's Shakespeare in Love, as the immortal Bard's purp...

In 1999, Paltrow starred with Matt Damon in director Anthony Minghella's lush production of The Talented Mr. Ripley, an adaptation of the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel. In 2000, she starred in the karaoke comedy-drama Duets, directed by her father, Bruce Paltrow, and the romance Bounce, opposite Affleck.

In late 2001, Paltrow donned an unflattering fat suit for some of her scenes in the crude comedy Shallow Hal, co-starring Jack Black and directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. She also joined an all-star cast, including Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Danny Glover and Luke and Owen Wilson, in The Royal Tenenbaums, directed b...

In 2003, Paltrow headlined the biopic Sylvia, the story of the talented poet and author Sylvia Plath. The film failed to live up to the hype and flopped at the box office. A string of less popular films followed, including Running with Scissors (2003), Proof (2005) and Infamous (2006). She even tried her hand at directing in 2005 with the short fil...

In 2008, Paltrow joined the ranks of A-listers making the leap to movies based on comic books, appearing in Iron Man as Pepper Potts, opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark. The film earned rave reviews and garnered the highest box office numbers of any film involving the actress to date. Paltrow reprised her roles in the second and third Iron Man...

While committed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paltrow also appeared in films like the drama Country Strong (2010) and the comedy Mortdecai (2015), alongside Johnny Depp. She also began surfacing on the small screen, landing the recurring role of Holly Holliday on the musical series Glee. In 2019, she joined the cast of the Netflix comedy drama ...

In 2008, Paltrow launched her lifestyle brand GOOP with a weekly newsletter. She soon developed a website, providing an expanded forum to discuss wellness topics and establish an e-commerce branch of the business. Paltrow has occasionally come under fire for promoting products on her site that purportedly offer health benefits but lack sound scient...