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Kate Hudson
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth: April 19th, 1979
Famous for: Almost Famous, 200 Cigarettes.
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Welcome to The Kate Hudson Picture Pages!
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; 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. Kate recently
married her boyfriend of one year -- Black Crowes
frontman, Chris Robinson.
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