Kate Hudson

Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after winning a Golden Globe and receiving several nominations, including a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Almost Famous. She then starred in the hit film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) which gained her wider fame. She has since established herself in Hollywood after starring in several productions including Raising Helen (2004), The Skeleton Key (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), Fool's Gold (2008) and Bride Wars (2009).

Hudson married Chris Robinson, the frontman for The Black Crowes, on December 31, 2000 in Aspen, Colorado. The couple lived in a house that was once owned by director James Whale and traveled together during Hudson's film shoots or Robinson's music tours. In 2004, Hudson gave birth to son Ryder Russell Robinson. On August 14, 2006, Hudson's publicist announced that Hudson and Robinson had separated. On November 18, 2006, Robinson filed divorce papers, citing "irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized on October 22, 2007. In May 2009, Hudson began dating New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. She was seen many times during the 2009 World Series in the crowd. The two had split by December 14, 2009.

In spring 2010 Hudson began dating Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy.In January 2011, it was announced Hudson and Bellamy were expecting a child.In February, 2011, Hudson bought a house in London, England. A Daily Mail source reported that she plans to live in London with her partner six months a year.On April 27, 2011 on The Today Show she said that she and Matthew Bellamy got engaged the prior week.

Hudson has also said that she does not enjoy seeing herself on screen, specifying that she "gets cold... shakes and... sweats" when watching her performances for the first time.

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 eighteen months after her birth; she and her brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Colorado by her mother and her mother's long-time boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell.

Hudson has stated that her biological father "doesn't know me from a hole in the wall", and that she considers Russell to be her father. Her biological father has indicated that he has made several efforts to connect with Kate and Oliver, but neither has reciprocated.

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 subsequent marriage to actress Cindy Williams; Lalania Hudson, from his relationship with another woman; and Wyatt, from her mother's relationship with Kurt Russell.

Hudson's breakthrough was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. She had previously appeared in the lesser-known films Gossip, a teenage drama, and 200 Cigarettes, a New Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors. Regarding her early career and success, Hudson has noted that she is a "hard worker", and did not want to be associated with her well-known parents, wishing to avoid the perception that she "rode on somebody's coattails.

In 2002, she starred in the remake of the historical romance The Four Feathers, a film which was not well-received by critics or audiences. Her next film, the romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, was a box office success, grossing over $100 million after its February 2003 release. Hudson subsequently appeared in several romantic comedies, including Alex and Emma and Raising Helen; the films met with varying degrees of success.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes

1996 Party of Five Cory episode: "Spring Breaks: Part 1" (2.21)

1997 EZ Streets Larraine Cahill episode: "Neither Have I Wings to Fly"

1998 Desert Blue Skye Davidson

Ricochet River Lorna

1999 200 Cigarettes Cindy

2000 Dr. T & the Women Dee Dee Travis

Almost Famous Penny Lane Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female – Newcomer

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Artist

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated–American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress

Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Dressed

Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

Nominated–Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Gossip Naomi Preston

About Adam Lucy Owens limited release

2001 The Cutting Room Chrissy Campbell Uncredited

2002 The Four Feathers Ethne

2003 Le Divorce Isabel Walker

Alex & Emma Emma Dinsmore

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Andie Anderson Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

2004 Raising Helen Helen Harris

2005 The Skeleton Key Caroline Ellis

2006 You, Me and Dupree Molly Peterson

2008 Fool's Gold Tess Finnegan

My Best Friend's Girl Alexis

2009 Bride Wars Olivia "Liv" Lerner Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

Nine Stephanie Necrophuros Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture

Nominated–Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

Nominated–Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominated– Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble

2010 The Killer Inside Me Amy Stanton

A Little Bit of Heaven Marley Corbett Post-production

2011 Something Borrowed Darcy Filming