Kate Hudson

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Kate Hudson
Image:Kate Hudson3 2006.jpg Kate Hudson signing autographs after an appearance on The David Letterman Show promoting You, Me and Dupree, July 17, 2006, photo by Katie Kiehn
Born	April 19 1979 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, USA
Height	5'6" (1.68 m)
Notable roles	Penny Lane in Almost Famous (2000) Andie Anderson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Caroline Ellis in The Skeleton Key (2005)
Spouse(s)	Chris Robinson On August 14, 2006, after nearly six years of marriage, Hudson's publicist announced their separation.

This article is about the actress. For the British campaigner, see Kate Hudson (activist).

Kate Garry Hudson<ref>"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</ref> (born April 19, 1979) is an American film actress. She came to fame in 2000, after an Oscar-nominated role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several successful films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and The Skeleton Key.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Hudson was born in Los Angeles to Bill Hudson (a singer, comedian and member of the Hudson Brothers) and Goldie Hawn (a well-known film actress). Her mother has Hungarian Jewish ancestry while her paternal grandmother was of Italian descent<ref name="irish">Irish Connections. Golden Child An Interview with Actress Kate Hudson. Retrieved on June 24, 2006.</ref> and her paternal grandfather's ancestry traces to 15th-century England.<ref name="roots">RootsWeb.com. Dowling Family Tree. Retrieved on July 15, 2006.</ref> Hudson was raised in the Jewish religion,<ref name="religion">MQ7.net. Only in Hollywood : Kate Hudson and voodoo. Retrieved on June 21, 2006.</ref> though her family also practiced Buddhism.

Hudson's parents divorced eighteen months after her birth, and she and her brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Colorado by her mother and her mother's long-time boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell.<ref name="wpost">Washington Post. Kate Hudson finds success fun, but hard earned. Retrieved on July 12, 2006.</ref> Because Hudson's biological father was absent during most of her childhood, the two are estranged from each other. Hudson has stated that her biological father "doesn't know me from a hole in the wall", and that she considers her mother's partner, Kurt Russell, to be her father.<ref name="venus">Venus.com. goldie's girl. Retrieved on June 21, 2006.</ref> 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".<ref name="mtv">MTV.com. Kate Hudson Relates To Dupree — She Ignores Dirty Dishes, Walks Around Naked. Retrieved on June 28, 2006.</ref> 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. Her cousin is singer Sarah Hudson.

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.<ref name="wpost" />

[edit] Career

Hudson's breakthrough role was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.<ref name="wpost" /> 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 succees, 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".<ref name="wpost" />

Hudson turned down the part of Mary Jane Watson in the 2002 film version of Spider-Man, and instead 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 moderate box office success, grossing over $91.9 million worldwide ($47.9 million in the US alone).<ref name="key">Box Office Mojo. The Skeleton Key. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.</ref> Her latest 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, within industry expectations.<ref name="opening">Box Office Mojo. 'Pirates' Pilfer More Records. Retrieved on July 23, 2006.</ref> Image:Kate Hudson 2006.jpg Hudson has long expressed an interest in producing films,<ref name="mtv" /> and is currently finalizing a deal to produce and star in the film A Dream of Red Mansions, opposite Ken Watanabe, in which she will play Diana Mellors, a real-life photojournalist who moved to China and became a Communist; filming will begin in the fall of 2006.<ref name="mtv2">MTV.com. Movie File: Rosario Dawson, Lindsay Lohan, 'Harold & Kumar Go to Amsterdam' & More. Retrieved on July 13, 2006.</ref> Two projects in which Hudson was previously scheduled to star in, the comedy Can You Keep a Secret? and the drama Sleight of Mind, are still in development.<ref name="mtv" />

[edit] Personal life

In 2000, Hudson married Chris Robinson, a frontman for The Black Crowes. She 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.<ref name="wpost" /> On August 14, 2006, Hudson's publicist announced that Hudson and Robinson had separated.<ref name="separate">AP. Kate Hudson, Chris Robinson splitting up. Retrieved on August, 2006.</ref>. On November 18, 2006, Robinson filed divorce papers, citing irreconcilable differences. <ref name="divorce">AP, via Yahoo News. Chris Robinson to divorce Kate Hudson. Retrieved on November 18, 2006.</ref>

Hudson has noted that she is "not very religious,"<ref name="contactmusic">ContactMusic. HUDSON PREFERS SON'S LONG HAIR. Retrieved on July 14, 2006.</ref> although she still describes herself as Jewish.<ref name="tribute">Tribute.ca. Tribute's Bonnie Laufer chats with the lovely Kate Hudson about her new romantic comedy, Alex and Emma. Retrieved on July 14, 2006.</ref> She has also said that she does not enjoy watching herself on screen, specifying that she "get[s] cold... shake[s] and... sweat[s]" when watching her performances for the first time.<ref name="mtv" />

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.<ref name="contactmusic2">Contact Music. HUDSON SUED TO SAVE IMPRESSIONABLE YOUNG GIRLS. Retrieved on July 25, 2006.</ref>

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Fool's Gold		Pre-production
2007	Bride Wars		Pre-production
2006	You, Me and Dupree	Molly Peterson
2005	The Skeleton Key	Caroline Ellis
2004	Raising Helen	Helen Harris
2003	Le Divorce	Isabel Walker
	Alex and Emma	Emma Dinsmore
	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Andie Anderson
2002	The Four Feathers	Ethne
2001	About Adam	Lucy Owens	limited release
2000	Dr. T & the Women	Dee Dee
	Almost Famous	Penny Lane	Oscar nomination
	Gossip	Naomi Preston
1999	200 Cigarettes	Cindy
1998	Desert Blue	Skye Davidson