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Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for an Academy Award. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's musical drama Almost Famous (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and received an Oscar nomination in the same category. Throughout the 2000s, Hudson starred in a succession of romantic comedies, most notably in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), You, Me and Dupree (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Bride Wars (2009). On television, she had a recurring role in the musical series Glee (2012–2013) and a starring role in the second season of Truth Be Told (2022). Her other film credits include The Skeleton Key (2005), Nine (2009), Rock the Kasbah (2015), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Mother's Day (2016), Music (2021), and Glass Onion (2022). Hudson is a co-founder of the fitness brand and membership program Fabletics, operated by TechStyle Fashion Group. She is also the author of the non-fiction books Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body (2016) and Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition (2017). Hudson released her debut studio album, Glorious in 2024. Early life Hudson was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, and musician. Her parents divorced when she was 18 months old and she and her older brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Snowmass, Colorado, and Pacific Palisades, California, by her mother and her mother's longtime boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell. Hudson's ancestry is Italian (from her paternal grandmother), Hungarian Jewish (from her maternal grandmother), and the remainder a mix of English and some German. She was raised Jewish; like her mother, she also practices Buddhism. Hudson has stated that her biological father "doesn't know me from a hole in the wall", and she considers Russell her father. 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". She has four half-siblings: Emily and Zachary Hudson, from her biological father's later marriage to actress Cindy Williams; Lalania Hudson, from his relationship with another woman; and Wyatt Russell, from her mother's relationship with Kurt Russell. In 1997, she graduated from Crossroads, a college preparatory school in Santa Monica. She was accepted to New York University, but chose to pursue an acting career instead of an undergraduate degree. Career 1996–2001: Beginnings and Almost Famous At age 11, Hudson performed on stage at the Santa Monica Playhouse. She made her film debut in the dramedy Desert Blue (1998), and subsequently appeared in the romantic comedy 200 Cigarettes (1999). She took on the roles of a college student in the psychological thriller Gossip, the lesbian daughter of the titular character in the dramedy Dr. T & the Women and one of the leading roles in the romantic comedy About Adam, all of which were released during 2000. Her breakthrough came with the role of a veteran groupie in Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical dramedy Almost Famous (2000). She "hung in and had turned down leads in other movies just to play the part" and soon obtained it "because of her loyalty", according to Crowe. For her performance, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 73rd Academy Awards. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "This power ballad of a movie also happens to be Crowe's greatest (and most personal) film thanks to the golden gods of Stillwater and their biggest fan, Kate Hudson's incomparable Penny Lane." She worked hard in avoiding association with her well-known parents, as she did not want to be perceived as someone who "rode on somebody's coattails". 2002–2009: Romantic comedies In 2002, Hudson appeared in the remake of the historical romance The Four Feathers, as the fiancée of a young British officer (played by Heath Ledger). The film was panned by critics and had a lukewarm box office response. In her next film, the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Hudson starred with Matthew McConaughey, as a writer for a women's magazine who, for an article, starts dating a guy and trying to drive him away using only the "classic mistakes women make" in relationships. The film was a box office success, grossing over US$100 million upon its release. She also starred opposite Naomi Watts in the Merchant-Ivory film Le Divorce (2003), portraying a woman who, with her sister, dispute the ownership of a painting by Georges de La Tour with the family of her former brother-in-law. Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "C" rating and wrote: "I'm disappointed to report that Hudson and Watts have no chemistry as sisters". Her next romantic comedies, Alex & Emma (2003), in which she played a stubborn stenographer, and Raising Helen (2004), taking on the role of a young woman who becomes the guardian of her deceased sister's children, were released to varying degrees of success. In 2005, Hudson starred in the supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key, as a young hospice nurse who acquires a job at a New Orleans plantation home, and becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery involving the house. In its review, The Washington Post, describing her, wrote: "Hudson, who dials back her native, Goldie-given charm here to give Caroline a no-nonsense brusqueness, manages to convincingly convey a fearless bullheadedness rather than less sympathetic naivete". The film was a box office hit, grossing over US$91.9 million worldwide ($47.9 million in North America). Her next film, the comedy You, Me and Dupree, in which she appeared with Owen Wilson and Matt Dillon as one half of a couple who allows an unemployed friend to move in, grossed US$21.5 million on its opening weekend of July 14, 2006. It eventually made US$130.4 million worldwide. In 2007, Hudson directed the short film Cutlass, one of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays, which starred Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Virginia Madsen, Chevy Chase and Kristen Stewart. In the romantic comedy Fool's Gold (2008), her second film with Matthew McConaughey, Hudson took on the role a divorced woman who returns with her former husband while searching for a lost treasure. She was certified in scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef for the underwater scenes. The film made US$111.2 million worldwide. In My Best Friend's Girl, another romantic comedy released in 2008, Hudson played the coll.... Discover the Kate Golden popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kate Golden books.
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A Reign of Rose
Kate GoldenFrom Kate Golden, author of viral phenomenon A Dawn of Onyx, comes the unforgettable, epic conclusion to her pulsepounding Sacred Stones trilogy. They must save the worldbut can ...
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Marked
Sue TingeyLucky's got a demon assassin on her tail and two protectors, an angel and a demon, to keep her safe. But who will keep her safe from them? Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Elise...
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Leave Me
Amelia CadanImmobiliendynastieErbe versus Bad Boy aus dem HockeyteamSeit Summer denken kann, ist sie in ihren besten Freund Jayden verliebt. Allerdings ist für Jay alles, was über einen OneNig...
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Shelter Me
Amelia CadanDie ImmobiliendynastieErbin und der HockeyprofiBadBoy – was kann da schon schiefgehen?Rosalie steht vor ihrem ersten großen Auftritt im Vorstand des kanadischen Familienunternehmen...
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Ghosts from the Library
Tony MedawarA brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age – thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween.I...
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Silver Wattle
Belinda AlexandraA dazzling novel about two exceptional sisters set in the Australian film world of the 1920s, from the author of WHITE GARDENIA and TUSCAN ROSE.A dazzling novel about two exception...
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Agatha Christie
Laura Thompson'Laura Thompson's outstanding biography . . . is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' Kate MosseIt has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created...
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The Golden Maid
Evie GraceTHE SECOND NOVEL IN THE GRIPPING SMUGGLER'S DAUGHTERS TRILOGY! Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Poldark.Deal, Kent, 1812Eighteenyearold Winnie Lennicker yearns for a peaceful li...
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A Snapshot of Murder
Frances BrodyCritically acclaimed author Frances Brody is back with the tenth installment in her Kate Shackleton series, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Nicola Upson.Seven keen amat...
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Currently Between Husbands
Cathrine MahoneyTrust me, there is life and love (and plenty of laughter) after divorce, even when your ex is one of Australia’s highest profile sport stars. Actually, I Don’t Like Cricket Or Blow...
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Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty & Sylvia StrasserErika hatte eine schwere Kindheit und fand in der Familie ihrer Freundin Clementine stets Halt und Geborgenheit. Auch heute ist Clementine ihr Zufluchtsort und hofft in einem delik...
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Golden Girls
Elvi RhodesPerfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, this is a heartfelt novel of one woman's will to find her way in life by multimillion copy seller Elvi Rhodes. Perfe...
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A Promise of Peridot
Kate GoldenThe next seductive, sweeping, actionpacked installment in the addictive Sacred Stones trilogy. A prophecy of death. A weapon of hope. A sacrifice of love. Arwen Valondale is sailin...
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White Gardenia
Belinda AlexandraFrom internationally bestselling author Belinda Alexandra comes a sweeping, emotional journey that “depicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughters” (Paull...
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The Remarkable Mrs Reibey
Grantlee KiezaThe extraordinary story of Mary Reibey immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia's first female entrepreneur and the most powerful woman in colonial historySHORTLISTED FO...
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The Chateau
Jaclyn GoldisA dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and lies in this “twisty, wellpaced murder mystery that never fully lets go” (Sarah Pen...
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The Mango Orchard
Robin BayleyAs a child, Robin Bayley was enchanted by his grandmother's stories of Mexican adventures: of bandits, wild jungle journeys, hidden bags of silver and a narrow escape from the bloo...
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The Main Character
Jaclyn GoldisA bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in this electrifying modern homage to Agatha Christie from the author of the “tense and...
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Golden Earrings
Belinda AlexandraFor fans of Colleen McCullough, Kate Morton, and Lucinda Riley, a powerful saga of family, love, honor, and betrayal set in historical Barcelona and romantic Paris, from the author...
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Kate and the Beanstalk
Mary Pope OsborneFee, Fi, Fo, Fum'un, I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread. Mary Pope Osborne's funny, magical retelling of t...
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Great Short Novels of Henry James
Henry James & Philip RahvHenry James was one of the greatest and most prolific American authors ever to have lived.Henry James believed that the short novel was the perfect literary form, and his achieveme...
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Appetite for Power
Bahar LeventogluAn Official Billions Guide to More than One Hundred Iconic New York City Dining Institutions From holeinthewalls to cozy neighborhood gems to Michelinstarred restaurants, the ...
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Sapphire Skies
Belinda AlexandraA love greater than war. A beautiful woman lost. A mystery unsolved ... until now. The epic new saga from one of Australia's best loved storytellers.2000: the wreckage of a downed ...
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Mrs. Fletcher
Tom PerrottaNow an HBO series starring Kathryn Hahn!“Light, zingy, and laughoutloud funny” (People), the New York Times bestselling novel about sex, love, and identity as seen through the eyes...
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Labrador
Ben FogleSunday Times Bestseller‘Passionate and wellresearched’ Tatler‘A mustread’ IndependentA social history of Labradors, and how they have become the world’s most beloved dogs, by write...
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Wicked Spirits
Tony MedawarA brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age – thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween.I...
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The Sailor from Casablanca
Charline MalavalA spellbinding story of love and betrayal for fans of Santa Montefiore, Fiona Valpy's The Beekeeper's Promise and Dinah Jefferies. Perfect for book clubs! Shortlisted for the Filig...
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The Last Cruise
Kate ChristensenThe 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyagea retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and backbefore heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a cha...