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Background:
California native Kate Hudson attracted the attention of the public when she was
cast as naïve Cindy, opposite popular actors Jay Mohr, Ben Affleck, Paul Rudd,
and Courtney Love, in the comedy film 200 Cigarettes (1999). In 2000, Kate was
launched to stardom after her portrayal as rock groupie Penny Lane in Cameron
Crowe's autobiographical film Almost Famous (2000). Because of her bravura
performance, she was highly praised with the Phoenix Film Critics Society,
Broadcast Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, the Golden
Satellite, Las Vegas Film Critics and the Online Film Critics Society in 2000.
Moreover, Kate won a Golden Globe and a Blockbuster Entertainment award in 2001
as well as received an Oscar nomination for her role.
Kate is also well remembered for playing roles in the movies Dr. T and the Women
(2000, directed by Robert Altman), starring Richard Gere Helen Hunt, Farrah
Fawcett and Liv Tyler, The Four Feathers (2002) with Wes Bentley and Heath
Ledger, the box office hit How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) opposite Matthew
McConaughey, Le Divorce (2003), together with Naomi Watts, Stockard Channing and
Bebe Neuworth, and the family comedy Raising Helen (2004), opposite John Cusack,
John Corbett and Helen Mirren. Fans will soon see Kate in the horror flick The
Skeleton Key (2005), Can You Keep a Secret? (2005) and I Dream of Jeannie
(2006).
Off screen, 5' 6" inches tall Kate was listed as one of People Magazine's 50
Most Beautiful People in 2000, the 51st of Stuff Magazine's 102 Sexiest Women In
The World in 2002, the 99th of Premiere's Power 100 List in 2003 and once voted
as the 38th of VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties. As for her romantic life, Kate, who
has three dogs named Clara (a Pomeranian), Doctor (an English bulldog), and
Bella (a Neapolitan mastiff), reportedly dated actor Eli Craig, musician Lenny
Kravitz and hockey player Eric Lindros. She is currently the wife of musician
Chris Robinson (married December 31, 2000) and the mother of son Ryder Russell
Robinson (born January 7, 2004).
Katie
Childhood and Family:
Daughter to musician and comedian Bill Hudson (born on October 17, 1949) and
Oscar winning actress Goldie Hawn (born on November 21, 1945), Kate Garry Hudson
was born on April 19, 1979, in Los Angeles, California. When she was a baby,
Kate's father divorced her mother to marry actress Cindy Williams. Along with
three brothers, actor Oliver Hudson (born 1976, father Bill), Boston Russell
(born 1980; son of Kurt Russell from his previous marriage) and actor Wyatt
Russell (born July 10, 1986; father Russell), Kate grew up under the guidance of
her mother and Goldie's longtime partner, actor Kurt Russell. As a result, Kate
considers Russell her true 'Pa.'
Intent on following in her mother's footsteps, Kate Hudson, whose nickname is
Katie, was interested in acting as a young girl. When she was seven, Kate got
her first taste of the camera as Goldie's daughter in Wildcats (1986). As a
child, Kate also developed her love for singing and dancing.
Kate, who shared the same high school with NBA Super Star Baron Davis, attended
the Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences. Upon graduation in 1997, she opted
to try her hand in acting rather than furthering her studies at NYU's Tisch
School of Drama. Instead of using her family as a vehicle to gain popularity,
Kate found herself an agent and started going through the required auditions. In
1996, she eventually made her debut on television. A year later, Kate added
modeling to her endeavors and once modeled for Tommy Jeans.
As for her private life, Kate became engaged to Black Crowes' lead singer
Christopher Mark Robinson (born in 1966) in August 2000. The couple decided to
tie the knot on New Year's Eve on December 31, 2000, in Aspen, Colorado. Kate is
the mother of son Ryder Russell Robinson (born January 7, 2004). During her off
time, the big fan of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Grateful
Dead, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan enjoys playing guitar, piano, writing music,
arts & crafts and practicing yoga.
The Skeleton Key
Career:
First appearing with her mother (Goldie Hawn) in 1986's Wildcats when she was
seven, Kate Hudson, who once modeled for a Tommy Jeans ad campaign, eventually
debuted on TV when she landed a role in the Fox hit series Party of Five (1996).
Her character was written out of the show after only one episode.
After another guest role, this time in EZ Streets (1997), Hudson made her move
to the big screen by playing character Lorna in the movie Ricochet River (1998)
and was seen as an ambitious young girl named Skye Davidson, who is trapped in a
tiny California town, in Desert Blue (1998), opposite fellow rising young actors
Christina Ricci, Casey Affleck, and Brendan Sexton III.
In 1999, the young actress began to draw people's attention when she was cast as
spoiled Cindy in the comedy film 200 Cigarettes (1999). Despite the cast of Ben
Affleck, Paul Rudd, and Courtney Love, the film gained mixed reviews from
critics, but Kate's performance received phrase.
Entering the new millennium, Kate starred in the independent film, opposite
Stuart Townsend, the Irish comedy About Adam (2000) before landing a starring
role as affluent, virginal college student Naomi Preston, alongside fellow
up-and-coming actor Joshua Jackson and James Marsden, in the psychological
thriller Gossip (2000/I).
Kate's breakthrough finally came when she won a supporting role as Penny Lane, a
rock groupie, in the Cameron Crowe autobiographical film Almost Famous (2000).
Formerly cast in a smaller role as William's sister, Kate received the part pf
Penny after another young actress, Sarah Polley, backed out to pursue another
project. Her outstanding performance in the film captured the attention of both
audiences and critics alike. As a result, Kate won many awards, including an
award from the Phoenix Film Critics Society, a Broadcast Film Critics
Association for Breakthrough Performance, Florida's Film Critics Circle for Best
Newcomer, a Golden Satellite for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
(Musical or Comedy), a Las Vegas Film Critics for Best Supporting Actress as
well as an Online Film Critics Society award for Best Supporting Actress in
2000. Additionally, she was garnered with a Golden Globe for Best Supporting
Actress, a Blockbuster Entertainment for Favorite Female - Newcomer in 2001 and
received a nomination at the Oscars. Through her large success, Kate was
launched toward stardom.
Kate next teamed up with Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett and good
friend Liv Tyler in Robert Altman's Dr. T and the Women (2000) before playing an
unaccredited part in The Cutting Room (2001). After a break to get married, Kate
returned to star as Ethne in the wartime drama The Four Feathers (2002)
alongside Wes Bentley and Heath Ledger.
Kate followed it up with her first big budget film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(2003), playing the lead role of Andie Anderson opposite eccentric heartthrob
Matthew McConaughey. As soon as the film was released in theatres, it became an
instant blockbuster hit and Kate gained legions of fans. She then took a role
opposite Luke Wilson in the Rob Reiner romantic comedy Alex and Emma (2003), a
film based on the adaptation of Dostoevsky's short story. In the adaptation of
Diane Johnson's popular novel Le Divorce, Kate joined the ensemble cast of Naomi
Watts, Stockard Channing and Bebe Neuworth in 2003's Le Divorce
In 2004, Kate starred as character Helen Harris in the family comedy Raising
Helen (2004, also starring John Cusack, John Corbett and Helen Mirren). With
Garry Marshall directing, she portrayed a successful single woman suddenly
forced to raise her sister's three young orphaned children.
"This movie's based on things that I believe really exist. Those to me are the
scariest movies. That's why I loved this movie when I read it. It can stretch
your imagination or it can heighten what you think can be reality. It's based on
voodoo." Kate Hudson on The Skeleton Key
In 2005, the rising star will be seen as a young hospice worker in the horror
flick The Skeleton Key (also starring Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard and John
Hurt). Kate is also scheduled to play roles in the forth coming Can You Keep a
Secret? (2005, portrays Emma Corrigan) and I Dream of Jeannie (2006, as
Jeannie).
Awards:
- Blockbuster Entertainment: Favorite Female - Newcomer, Almost Famous,
2001
- Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actress, Almost Famous, 2001
- Online Film Critics Society: Best Supporting Actress, Almost Famous,
2000
- Las Vegas Film Critics: Best Supporting Actress, Almost Famous, 2000
- Golden Satellite: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical
or Comedy), Almost Famous, 2000
- Florida Film Critics Circle: Best Newcomer, Almost Famous, 2000
- Broadcast Film Critics Association: Breakthrough Performance, Almost
Famous, 2000
- Phoenix Film Critics Society: 2000
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