Who is Gwyneth Paltrow?
A: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress.
She is the recipient of various accolades, including
what?
A: An Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such
as what?
A: Seven (1995), Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), and A Perfect
Murder
(1998).
She garnered wider acclaim for her performance as Viola
de Lesseps in what romantic historical fiction film?
A: Shakespeare in Love (1998) which won her several awards, including the
Academy Award for Best Actress.
This performance was followed by roles in what?
A: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow Hal
(2001), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
When did Paltrow become a mother?
A: In 2004.
She made occasional appearances in films, such as Proof
(2005), for which she earned a nomination for what?
A: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
In 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy Award nomination for
what?
A: Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the children's audiobook Brown
Bear and Friends.
In addition, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for what?
A: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest role as Holly
Holliday on the Fox musical comedy drama television series Glee in
2011.
From 2008 to 2019, Paltrow portrayed who?
A: Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Beginning in 1995, Paltrow has been the face of what?
A: Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume.
She was previously the face of what American
fashion
brand?
A: Coach.
She is the founder and CEO of what lifestyle company?
A: Goop, which has been criticized for promoting pseudoscience.
She has authored several what?
A: Cookbooks.
When was Gwyneth Kate Paltrow born?
A: On September 27, 1972.
Where was she born?
A: In Los Angeles.
Who are her parents?
A: Actress Blythe Danner and film producer-director Bruce Paltrow.
She has a younger brother, Jake, who is a what?
A: A director and screenwriter.
Paltrow's father was Jewish, while her mother is from
what?
A: A Christian background.
She was raised celebrating what?
A: "Both Jewish and Christian holidays."
Her brother had a traditional when he turned 13?
A: Bar Mitzvah.
Her father's Ashkenazi Jewish family emigrated from
where?
A: Belarus and Poland.
Her mother has what ancestry?
A: Pennsylvania Dutch (German) as well as some Irish and English.
Paltrow's paternal great-great-grandfather was a what?
A: A Rabbi in Nowogród, Poland.
She is a half-cousin of what actress?
A: Katherine Moennig, through her mother.
She is a second cousin of what former U.S.
Congresswoman?
A: Gabby Giffords (AZ-08) through her father.
Through Giffords, she is a second cousin-in-law of
whom?
A: U.S. Senator Mark Kelly of
Arizona.
Who is her godfather?
A: Director Steven Spielberg.
