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A Hollywood legend in the making, Gwyneth Paltrow has defied the odds by remaining one of today's most prolific and celebrated actors in the ever-changing film industry. A testament to her undeniable talent, her role in Shakespeare in Love catapulted her into awards stardom with Best Actress honors at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Academy Awards. Her career has been studded with both critically acclaimed independents and studio blockbusters that have made her a fixture for this generation's film audience.

Paltrow recently completed production in James Gray's romantic drama Two Lovers with Joaquin Phoenix. She was also seen in her brother Jake Paltrow's directorial debut, The Good Night, as the wife of a former pop star who's been reduced to writing jingles. The film also starred Penelope Cruz and Danny DeVito.

Paltrow's recent film credits include Proof, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which Paltrow recently finished a successful run at London's Donmar Warehouse Theatre. This performance as a harassed young woman struggling to care for her eccentric math genius father reunited her with her Shakespeare in Love director John Madden, who also directed the film costarring Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal and Hope Davis. She received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress for her work in the play, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for her work in the film.

Paltrow was also recently seen in Running with Scissors, the adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' novel directed by Ryan Murphy. She also makes a cameo in Infamous by Emma director Douglas McGrath, as a Peggy Leeesque nightclub chanteuse.

Her other film credits include The World of Tomorrow, an adventure film co-starring Jude Law and Angelina Jolie; Sylvia, the Focus Features film that tells the story of the relationship between Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes; Neil LaBute's Possession, a romance also starring Aaron Eckhart; a cameo appearance in the New Line comedy Austin Powers 3; and the critically acclaimed Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums, in which she starred opposite Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston and Ben Stiller. She also starred in the Peter and Bobby Farrelly-directed Shallow Hal, co-starring Jack Black and Jason Alexander.

Additional credits include roles in Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming's The Anniversary Party opposite Cumming, Leigh, John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline and Parker Posey, as well as Duets, a film directed by her father Bruce Paltrow, and Miramax Films' Bounce opposite Ben Affleck. Paltrow has appeared in director Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley opposite Matt Damon, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett, and the hit film A Perfect Murder opposite Michael Douglas and Viggo Mortensen, as well as the critically acclaimed and international box office hit film Sliding Doors.

Her other film credits include Emma directed by Douglas McGrath, Great Expectations opposite Ethan Hawke, The Pallbearer opposite David Schwimmer, Se7en, A View from the Top, Moonlight and Valentino, Jefferson in Paris, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, Malice, Hook and Shout.

Paltrow's first role was her remarkable performance in the critically acclaimed Flesh and Bone opposite Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. She has also received rave reviews in a sell-out run of the Williamstown Theater Festival's production of As You Like It, in the role of Rosalind.

Paltrow recently made her directorial debut, co-writing and co-directing (with her friend Mary Wigmore) a short film, Dealbreakers.

In 2005, Paltrow entered into a multi-year contract with Estée Lauder.

Since then, she has appeared in global print and television advertising campaigns for Pleasures and Pure White Linen fragrances. In 2006, Estée Lauder introduced a newPleasures by Gwyneth Paltrow limited edition collection, inspired by her favorite pampering rituals. In future seasons, Paltrow will appear in additional Estée Lauder fragrance, makeup and skincare advertising campaigns.

Born in Los Angeles, where she spent the first 11 years of her life, Paltrow comes from a very close-knit family deeply entrenched in the entertainment industry. Her father, Bruce Paltrow, was a highly successful producer (St. Elsewhere, The White Shadow) and her mother is the award-winning actress Blythe Danner. While Paltrow and her younger brother, Jake, lived in Los Angeles, she attended St. Augustine by the Sea (now known as Crossroads). Subsequently, her family moved to New York and she graduated from the Spence School before enrolling in the University of California at Santa Barbara to major in Art History. She quickly learned that college life was not something she felt committed to and withdrew from school despite her father's strong recommendation to remain. It wasn't until he caught her moving performance in the Williamstown Theater Festival production of Picnic, starring opposite her mother and Tony Goldwyn, that he lent his support in her pursuit of an acting career.

Paltrow currently resides in New York City and London.

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