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Kate Hudson

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Date of birth: 19 April 1979,
Birth place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson--including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers--is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from indie beginner to _Vanity Fair_ cover girl in just three years.

What's more, she's done it all without capitalizing on the success of legendary mom, Goldie Hawn. By all accounts, Hudson was a born performer--as a child she danced and sang at every opportunity. Her family hoped that she would attend New York University after graduating from high school, but she opted to get her feet wet in the professional acting world first. She made her big-screen debut as an ambitious young starlet stranded in a tiny California town in Desert Blue (1998).

Her next two films, while critically panned, made it into wider release: 200 Cigarettes (1999) (in which she played an earnest but accident-prone ditz) and Gossip (2000) (which cast her as a rich, virginal college student). Perhaps Hudson's biggest break was landing the role of rock groupie (or "Band Aide") Penny Lane in Almost Famous (2000). The part was originally intended for Sarah Polley; when Polley backed out to pursue another project, director Cameron Crowe considered scrapping the film altogether. Hudson, who had been cast in a smaller role (as William's stewardess sister), begged for a chance to read for Penny. Crowe was impressed, Hudson got the part, and the show went on.

As much as Tinseltown gossipmongers would like to put them at odds, mother and daughter agree that Hawn is one of Hudson's biggest supporters. Kate has never been particularly close to her birth father, musician Bill Hudson (I); she considers her true "Pa" to be Hawn's longtime partner, Kurt Russell, who has lived with the family since she was three. Her brother, Oliver Hudson, is an actor and aspiring writer-director. When she's not spending time in New York with her boyfriend (Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson), Hudson still lives at her family's home in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Divorce, Le (2003) .... Isabel Walker
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Loosely Based On a True Love Story (2003)
Four Feathers, The (2002) .... Ethne Eustace
Behind the Scenes: Almost Famous - Postcards from the Edge (2001) (V) .... Herself
Cutting Room, The (2001) .... Chrissy Campbell
73rd Annual Academy Awards, The (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter of Best Make-Up
MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Beatles Revolution, The (2000) (TV) .... Herself
VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Dr. T & the Women (2000) .... Dee Dee Travis
Almost Famous (2000) .... Penny Lane
... aka Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (2001) (USA: director's cut) (DVD title)
Gossip (2000/I) .... Naomi Preston
About Adam (2000) .... Lucy

200 Cigarettes (1999) .... Cindy
Ricochet River (1998) .... Lorna
Desert Blue (1998) .... Skye

Links

Entwagon.com : Kate Hudson
TeraBabes: Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson Celeb Photos

Contact

Contact Kate
1901 Ave. of the Stars # 680 Los Angeles, CA 90067-6008.