Graduated
from The Spence
School in New York, New York. [1990]
Voted "Most
Stuck-up" in Movieline's 100 Most. [October 1998]
Gave $21,000
watch to boyfriend Ben Affleck as a birthday present. [15 August 1998]
One of
People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. [1998]
Engaged to actor
Brad Pitt. [20 December 1996]
Confirmed as
the next Calvin Klein model. [1996]
Attended
the University of California
at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for one year as an Art
History
major.
After spending
a time in her early teens in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, she can speak fairly good Spanish.
Turned down the
role of Emma Peel in the movie The Avengers (1998).
Met with James
Cameron for the role of Rose in Titanic (1997).
A couple
sued Gwyneth for an undisclosed amount claiming that the actress injured them during an April 1999 car accident.
Attended Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie in Scotland.
Spends Thanksgiving
every year with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons.
As part
of research for her role as an obese woman in _Shallow Hal (2001)_ , Gwyneth wore the 200 pound latex "fat" suit she used
for the film to a bar where people refused to make eye contact with her and treated her rudely. She then said that this experience
made her saddened by the injustice faced by overweight people in society.
Has been friends
with Maya Rudolph (of "Saturday Night
Live" (1975) fame) since she was seven.
Sticks
to a macrobiotic diet.
Owned a
flat in London, England, UK.
Sister of Jake Paltrow; first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig; and Hillary Danner; niece of Harry Danner.
In 2002,
shot TV commercials and print ads for Spain's
department store chain, El Corte Inglés' spring line.
Did her own singing
in the movie Duets (2000).
Measurements:
33 1/2B-25-35. Called "a designer's dream". (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Went to
Crossroads High School in Santa Monica for one year.
April 13,
2003, attended the ceremony in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, in which she was named "adopted daughter". Gwyneth first visited the town
as a young school-girl and has since frequently returned to visit the small town, enamored - she says - of the people, the
food and the countryside.
Played Thomas
Jefferson's daughter in Jefferson in Paris (1995). Her mother, Blythe Danner, played Jefferson's wife, Martha, in 1776 (1972), just before Gwyneth was conceived.
Wears a
size 9 shoe.
She was
nominated for a 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Proof", performed at the
Donmar Warehouse in London, England.
Daughter, with
Chris Martin, 'Apple Blythe Alison Martin' , born on 14 May, 2004, in London,
England, UK.
She and her husband,
Chris Martin, purchased Kate Winslet's North London home in Belsize
Park.
Her mother, Blythe Danner, is of Anglo-Saxon descent and her father, Bruce Paltrow, being Polish-Jewish, had many generations of rabbis in the family tree.
Her natural
hair color is brown.
Her mother, Blythe Danner, was about five months pregnant with the future actress when she appeared in Columbo:
Étude in Black (1972) (TV). The episode also starred John Cassavetes, and aired during the show's first season.
Her name can
be heard over the P.A. system in many episodes of the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" (1982). Gwyneth's dad, Bruce Paltrow, was the producer of the series.
Turned down the
role of Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002).
Was a sister
of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority.
Her friendship
with best friend Madonna ended, because she couldn't get along with Madonna's extravagant lifestyle.
Spent 70
hours in labor awaiting the birth of her first child.
Revealed that
she named her daughter Apple, because apples are whole, sweet and crisp. The baby's middle name honors her grandmothers, Blythe Danner and Alison Martin.
Attended
St. Augustine By The Sea in Los Angeles and the Spence School in New
York City.
Met husband,
Chris Martin, in October 2002 when she attended his band's (Coldplay's) concert.
She does
not employ a nanny to take care of her daughter, a rarity among actors in the film business.
She is expecting
her second child with her husband Chris Martin. [October 2005]
Signed a contact
with Estée Lauder for 10 million dollars to promote their new line of fragrance "Pleasures".
Gave birth
to her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, on April 8 2006 in New
York City at 9 am, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz.
Her son, Moses,
is named after a song Chris Martin wrote for her and appears on Coldplay's "Live 2003" album. Moses is also her father's Hebrew name.
She speaks
French quite well, having spent a summer in Paris when in
her early twenties.
Is good friends
with Helena Christensen, who was one of the first people to visit Gwyneth in hospital after she gave birth
to her son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin.
Long-time close
friendship with actress Mary Wigmore, who also appeared (albeit briefly) in Paltrow's films The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Shallow Hal (2001).
Friends with
Stella McCartney.
Was Maid of Honor
at Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie.
Her godfather
is Steven Spielberg.
Her godfather
Steven Spielberg is also the godfather of Drew Barrymore.
Godparents of
her daughter Apple are Simon Pegg Mary Wigmore and Chris Martin's Coldplay band-mate Jon Buckland.
Besides Simon Pegg, Chris Martin's Coldplay band-mate Jon Buckland is also godfather of her daughter Apple.
Was originally
signed on to play Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004) but dropped out.
