09/27/1972
Los Angeles, California, USA:
Paltrow made her acting debut on stage in 1990 and started appearing in films in 1991. She gained early notice for her work in films such as Se7en (1995), Emma (1996), in which she played the title role, and Sliding Doors (1998). She garnered worldwide recognition through her performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, for Outstanding Lead Actress and as a member of the Outstanding Cast. Since then, Paltrow has portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in films such as The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Shallow Hal (2001) and Proof (2005), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama. In 2008, she appeared in the highest grossing movie of her career, the superhero film Iron Man, and then reprised her role as Pepper Potts in its sequel, Iron Man 2 (2010). Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume since 2005.
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Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Pepper Potts |
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Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (2018) as herself |
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I Am Iron Man (2018) as Pepper Potts (archive footage) |
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Avengers: Infinity War (2018) as Virginia 'Pepper' Potts |
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Man in Red Bandana (2017) as Narrator |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) as Pepper Potts |
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Mortdecai (2015) as Johanna Mortdecai |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) as Herself |
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Iron Man 3 Unmasked (2013) as Herself |
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Iron Man 3 (2013) as Pepper Potts |
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Thanks for Sharing (2012) as Phoebe |
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The Avengers (2012) as Virginia "Pepper" Potts |
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Contagion (2011) as Beth Emhoff |
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Glee: The Concert Movie (2011) as Holly Holliday |
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Country Strong (2010) as Kelly Canter |
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Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of Iron Man 2 (2010) as Herself |
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Iron Man 2 (2010) as Pepper Potts |
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Two Lovers (2008) as Michelle |
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I Am Iron Man (2008) as Herself |
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Iron Man (2008) as Pepper Potts |
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Pashmy Dreams (2008) as Gwyneth Paltrow |
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The Good Night (2007) as Dora Shaller |
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Jay Z: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2006) as Herself |
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Running with Scissors (2006) as Hope Finch |
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Infamous (2006) as Kitty Dean |
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Love and Other Disasters (2006) as Jacks |
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Proof (2005) as Catherine Llewellyn |
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) as Polly Perkins |
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Sylvia (2003) as Sylvia Plath |
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View from the Top (2003) as Donna |
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Possession (2002) as Maud Bailey |
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Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Dixie Normous |
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Shallow Hal (2001) as Rosemary Shanahan |
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The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as Margot Tenenbaum |
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Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001) as |
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The Anniversary Party (2001) as Skye Davidson |
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Bounce (2000) as Abby Janello |
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Duets (2000) as Liv |
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Intern (2000) as Herself |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as Marge Sherwood |
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Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Viola De Lesseps |
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Out of the Past (1998) as Sarah Orne Jewett (voice) |
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A Perfect Murder (1998) as Emily Taylor |
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Sliding Doors (1998) as Helen Quilley |
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Hush (1998) as Helen Baring |
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Great Expectations (1998) as Estella |
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Emma (1996) as Emma Woodhouse |
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The Pallbearer (1996) as Julie DeMarco |
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Hard Eight (1996) as Clementine |
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Moonlight and Valentino (1995) as Lucy Trager |
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Se7en (1995) as Tracy Mills |
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Jefferson in Paris (1995) as Patsy Jefferson |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) as Paula Hunt |
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Flesh and Bone (1993) as Ginnie |
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Malice (1993) as Paula Bell |
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Deadly Relations (1993) as Carol Ann Fagot Applegarth Holland |
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Hook (1991) as Young Wendy |
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Shout (1991) as Rebecca |
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One Hit Wonders () Producer |