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Gwyneth Kate Paltrow ( PAL-troh; born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and businesswoman. The daughter of filmmaker Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner, she established herself as a leading lady appearing in mainly mid-budget and period films during the 1990s and early 2000s, before transitioning to blockbusters and franchises. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such as Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect Murder (1998). She garnered wider acclaim for her role as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance Shakespeare in Love (1998) which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress. This was followed by roles in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and Shallow Hal (2001). She made her West End debut in the David Auburn play Proof (2003) earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination, and reprised the role in the 2005 film of the same name. After becoming a parent in 2004, Paltrow reduced her acting workload making intermittent appearances in films such as Two Lovers (2008), Country Strong (2010), and Contagion (2011). Paltrow's career revived through her portrayal of Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). On television, she had a recurring guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical television series Glee (2010–2011) for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. After starring in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020), she took a break from acting. In 2005 Paltrow became a "face" of Estée Lauder Companies; she was previously the face of the American fashion brand Coach. She is the founder and CEO of the lifestyle company Goop, which has been criticized for promoting pseudoscience, and has written several cookbooks. She received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the Brown Bear and Friends (2009). She hosted the documentary series The Goop Lab for Netflix in 2020. Early life Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972, in Los Angeles, to actress Blythe Danner and film producer-director Bruce Paltrow. She has a younger brother, Jake, who is a director and screenwriter. Paltrow's father was Jewish, while her mother is Christian. She was raised celebrating "both Jewish and Christian holidays." Her brother had a traditional Bar Mitzvah when he turned 13. Her father's Ashkenazi Jewish family emigrated from Belarus and Poland, while her mother has Pennsylvania Dutch (German) as well as some Irish and English ancestry. 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. Paltrow 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. Through Giffords, she is a second-cousin-in-law of U.S. Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg. Her uncle is opera singer and actor Harry Danner, whose daughter, actress Hillary Danner, is Paltrow's cousin and close friend. Paltrow recalls their family gatherings: "Hillary and I always had this in common, and 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." Another cousin is Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, whose spouse is the Israeli-American billionaire Adam Neumann, founder of WeWork. Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, California, where she attended Crossroads School, before enrolling in the Spence School, an all-girls private school in Manhattan. Later, she studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where at 15, she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak Spanish. She is also conversant in French, as her family frequently traveled to the South of France throughout her childhood. Career 1989–1995: Early work Her career beginnings can be credited to her acting family, as her acting debut was in High (1989), a TV film her father directed, and after spending several summers watching her mother perform at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, Paltrow made her professional stage debut there in 1990. Her film debut followed with the musical romance film Shout (1991), starring John Travolta, and she was cast by her godfather Steven Spielberg in the commercially successful adventure feature Hook (1991) as the young Wendy Darling. Paltrow's next roles were in the made-for-television movies Cruel Doubt (1992) and Deadly Relations (1993). Her first plum feature film role was in the noir drama Flesh and Bone (1993) as the much-younger girlfriend of James Caan. Janet Maslin of The New York Times described Paltrow as a scene-stealer "who is Blythe Danner's daughter and has her mother's way of making a camera fall in love with her." In 1995, she starred in the thriller Se7en, as the wife of a young detective (Brad Pitt), who is partnered with the retiring William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and then tasked with tracking down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as tropes in his murders. The seventh highest grossing film of the year, Se7en (also known as Seven) earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Moonlight and Valentino, as a grieving chain-smoker, and in Jefferson in Paris, portraying Martha Jefferson Randolph. 1996–2001: Breakthrough and film stardom In 1996, Paltrow played the title character in the period film adaptation Emma, based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Director Douglas McGrath decided to bring in Paltrow to audition for the part of Emma Woodhouse, after a suggestion from his agent and after seeing her performance in Flesh and Bone. On his decision to cast the actress, McGrath revealed: "The thing that actually sold me on her playing a young English girl was that she did a perfect Texas accent. I know that wouldn't recommend her to most people ... I knew she had theater training, so she could carry herself. We had many actresses, big and small, who wanted to play this part. The minute she started the read-through, the very first line, I thought, 'Everything is going to be fine; she's going to be brilliant.'" While she recovered from wisdom-tooth surgery, Paltrow had a month to herself to do her own research for the part; she studied horsemanship, dancing, singing, archery and the "highly stylized" manners and dialect during a 3-week rehearsal period. The film was released to critical acclaim and commercial success through arthouse cinemas. Variety proclaimed: "Gwyneth Paltrow shines brightly as Jane Austen's most endearing character, the disastrously sel.... Discover the Gwyneth Paltrow popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Gwyneth Paltrow books.
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The Life Brief
Bonnie Wan“If you want to be happier, you should write a Life Brief.” Fast Company“A brilliant companion on the road to more aliveness. This book is a wonderful invitation. Take it.” Dave Ev...
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How To Stop Smoking And Stay Stopped
Martin RawHow to Stop Smoking and Stay Stopped is published to support a panBBC campaign, Kick the Habit, launching in March 2000 on the subject of addiction. The author takes the line that ...
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Pippa
Pippa O'Connor OrmondPippa O'Connor's easy style and approachability have won her a huge and loyal following. Now Pippa shares her top tips and insights for how to live well, look good and feel great.'...
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Conscious Uncoupling
Katherine Woodward ThomasAnd Then They Lived Happily… We enter our romantic relationships with great love, hope, and excitementwe've found the 'one', so we plan and forge our futures together. B...
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King of Diamonds
Ronald Winston & William StadiemThis authoritative and intimate biography, written by his only living son, Ronald Winston, marries the Gilded Age glamour and romance of Edith Wharton with the ruthless family dyna...
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No Judgment
Lauren OylerA Most Anticipated Book of 2024: Elle, The Millions, LitHub, Nylon, BookPage, PureWow, and moreFrom the national bestselling novelist and essayist, a groundbreaking collection of b...
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American Dreamer
John KenneyMAD MEN meets Nick HornbyFinbar Dolan ist Ende dreißig, Angestellter in einer renommierten New Yorker Werbeagentur und erfindet Tag für Tag die ideale Wirklichkeit – nicht nur für ...
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Impatient Foodie
Elettra WiedemannSustainable and conscious eating made simple, fun, and deliciousthe founder of Impatient Foodie shows how the “slow food” movement doesn’t have to be slow with these inspired meals...
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At Home With Amy Willcock
Amy WillcockMost of us love entertaining, but it's often difficult to find imaginative and original dishes for your guests. In this stunning new collection, Amy Willcock brings you 150 easy an...
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Lass uns in Frieden auseinandergehen
Katherine Woodward ThomasVon Trennungsschmerz zu neuem LebensmutWas mit tiefer Verbundenheit und Liebe beginnt, endet bei einer Trennung oft in bitterem Streit. Das muss nicht sein! Katherine Woodward Thom...
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When Women Lead
Julia BoorstinThis groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reveals the key characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navi...
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Hollywood Ending
Ken AulettaA vivid biography of Harvey Weinsteinhow he rose to become a dominant figure in the film world, how he used that position to feed his monstrous sexual appetites, and how it all cam...
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Happy at Home
Clea Shearer & Joanna TeplinMit dieser SchrittfürSchrittAnleitung bringen Sie dauerhaft Ordnung in jeden Raum Ihres Zuhauses – übersichtlich, ordentlich und schön!Werden auch Sie »Happy at Home«! Ihr Zuhause ...
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The New Health Rules
Frank Lipman & Danielle ClaroNew York Times Bestsellernow available in paperback!“One of the easiest to understand books on health.”CNN“A manual for living well, with clear and easy rules that anyone can put i...
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Three Women
Lisa TaddeoSOON TO BE A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY BETTY GILPIN DeWANDA WISE GABRIELLE CREEVY with BLAIR UNDERWOOD “Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking.” Entertainment W...
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The 8Greens Cookbook
Dawn RussellDawn Russell had a family that did not want to eat its greens (sound familiar?). So she developed 8GREENS: a blend of spinach, kale, spirulina, bluegreen algae, barley grass, wheat...
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101 Uses for a Celebrity Chef
Andy WattHave you ever felt that celebrity chefs just aren’t as useful as they could be?Well, this is the book for you. Whether you're on holiday, at home or at play, this fully illustrated...
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Your Day, Your Way
Timothy CaulfieldPart popscience, part selfhelp, Your Day. Your Way. is a friendly, funny, factbased guide to changing how you make decisions in order to live a better maybe even your best life. ...
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Spirit Hacking
Shaman Durek“This guy does next level stuff. I have worked with him and I have no idea how or why he is able to do some of the things I have witnessed. Science is just catching up with biohack...
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia HighsmithAn American classic and the inspiration for the motion picture starring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow.It’s here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith’s fivebook Ripley series...
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Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions
Ed ZwickA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends o...
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Radiant Human
Christina LonsdaleA revolutionary exploration of the relationship between human energy and color, visualized through more than 200 photographs from the “the Annie Leibovitz of aura photography” (New...
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ROAR
Bruce WagnerA new novel by Hollywood’s "master of satire."The myth of an epic, public lifeits triumphs and tragediesis a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of...
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Plenish
Kara RosenYou are what you eat, and consuming fresh, raw juices is a delicious way to flood your body with nutrients, cleanse your system and cure your ills. Plenish shows you how to make ov...
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Paleo Monday to Friday
Daniel GreenPaleo: Monday to Friday provides you with the perfect diet. The book is full of delicious, nutritious recipes, using only the fruits, veg, meat, seafood and nuts that our Paleolith...
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Down and Dirty Pictures
Peter BiskindIn this “dishy…superbly reported” (Entertainment Weekly) New York Times bestseller, Peter Biskind chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers who reinvented Hollywoodmost notably...
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Emma
Jane Austen“She was one of those who, having once begun, would be always in love.”Bestselling Victorian author Jane Austen has created many memorable female characters, with intriguing Emma W...
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Raising the Skirt
Catherine Blackledge'A meticulous guide not only to the vagina but to changing perceptions of womanhood' OBSERVER'An empowering and enlightening book' IRISH TIMESThe vagina is the ultimate symbol of f...
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Awakening
Rachel B. Vogelstein & Meighan StoneForeword by Tarana Burke. Awakening chronicles the remarkable global impact of the #MeToo movement. Since 2017, millions have joined the global movement known as #MeToo,&...
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The Wellfulness Project
Ali Roff FarrarMindfulness isn't just meditation it can be used everywhere and at any time. When we begin to apply mindfulness to our lifestyle as a whole, we begin to build a more conscious rel...
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CLEAN 7
Alejandro JungerThe definitive program on detoxification just got easier, thanks to multiple New York Times bestselling author Dr. Alejandro Junger’s detailed, personalized, and medically proven s...
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Mediterranean
Susie Theodorou'This book is a love letter to the Mediterranean full of flavours and the kind of wisdom that only a woman who travels with her own set of knives can impart. It is cooking with lo...
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Pure Romance Between the Sheets
Patty BrisbenTired of feeling like your sex life has become boring? Frustrated that your sex drive isn't what it used to be? Do you really understand what your body needs to be sexually satisf...
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Foodwise
Mia Rigden“[Foodwise] is all about helping you discover the best foods and routines for your body, establishing healthy new habits you love, and restoring your ability to eat intuitively for...