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Gwyneth Paltrow, SuperStar – MovieActors.com

Paltrow in THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY.
Gwyneth Paltrow Super Star & Award Winner

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (Historical Romance)
Gwyneth Paltrow won her Best Actress award for portraying Viola
De Lesseps, who pretends to be Master Thomas Kent, in order to do the forbidden thing for a woman to do, which was to act on stage. This play happens to be Shakespeare's play, one that he is having trouble writing, until he meets her. William Shakespeare discovers her secret, and they fall in love, despite the fact that she must marry another.
Gwyneth Paltrow was born on September 28, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of film director, Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. She received her early training from her parents, starting at age 11 when the family moved to Massachusetts, where her father began working on summer stock productions in the Berkshires.
After graduating from The Spence School in New York, in 1990, Gwyneth Paltrow attended the University of California at Santa Barbara studying art, but dropped out in 1991 to actively start her acting career. Paltrow's big breaking role was Emma Woodhouse in the film, "Emma." Because of her performance in this film, Gwyneth Paltrow was offered the part of Viola in "Shakespeare in Love," for which she received the Oscar for Best Actress.
Paltrow's defining role was her portrayal of Emma Woodhouse in EMMA.
Gwyneth Paltrow's other films of note include: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, A PERFECT MURDER, SLIDING DOORS, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, SE7EN, IRON MAN, and SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW.
Gwyneth's newest credits include: IRON MAN 3 (2013) and Mortdecai (2015).
Paltrow's other film credits include:
Hook(1991)
Shout(1991)
Malice(1993)
Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle(1994)
Jefferson In Paris(1995)
Se7En(1995)
Moonlight And Valentino(1995)
hard right(1996)
The Pallbearer(1996)
Emma(1996)
Sliding Doors(1998)
Great Expectations(1998)
Hush(1998)
A Perfect Murder(1998)
Shakespeare In Love(1998)
The Talented Mr. Ripley(1999)
Duets(2000)
Bounce(2000)
The Anniversary Party(2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums(2001)
Shallow Hal(2001)
Austin Powers In Goldmember(2002)
Possession(2002)
A View From The Top(2003)
Sylvia(2003)
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow(2004)
Proof(2005)
Infamous(2006)
Love And Other Disasters(2006)
Running With Scissors(2006)
The Good Night(2007)
Iron Man(2008)
Two Lovers(2008)
Iron Man 2(2010)
The Avengers(2012)
Thanks For Sharing(2012)
Iron Man 3(2013)
Mortdecai (2015)
Paltrow's television credits include:
1992Cruel Doubt
1999 – 2011Saturday Night Live
2008Spain... On The Road Again
2010The Marriage Ref
2010 – 2011; 2014Glee
2011Who Do You Think You Are?
2012The New Normal
2014Web Therapy
2016Nightcap
2017Planet of the Apps
