Gwyneth Kate Paltrow[1] (/ˈpæltroʊ/; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress, singer, author, and businesswoman. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed $3.3 billion at the U.S. box office and $8.8 billion worldwide.[2]
Since 2005, Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume. She is also the face of American fashion brand Coach,[3] owner of a lifestyle company, Goop, and author of several cookbooks.
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and film producer-director Bruce Paltrow.[5] Paltrow's father was Jewish,[7] Her father's Ashkenazi Jewish family emigrated from Belarus and Poland,[12][13][14][15][16] while her mother has Pennsylvania Dutch (German), Irish, and some English ancestry.[17][18][19] Paltrow's paternal great-great-grandfather was a rabbi in Nowogród, Poland, and a descendant of the well-known Paltrowicz family of rabbis from Kraków.[20][21]
She is a half-cousin of actress Katherine Moennig, through her mother, and a second cousin of former U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (AZ-08), through her father.[22] Her uncle is opera singer and actor Harry Danner, whose daughter, actress Hillary Danner,[23] is Paltrow's cousin and close friend. Paltrow recalls their family gatherings: "Hillary and I always had this in common, and do to this day [...] cooking for people we love, eating, hanging out as a family. It's how we were raised. It's what we do."[24] Another cousin is Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, whose spouse is the Israeli-American millionaire Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork.
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