Gwyneth Paltrow

Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow initially gained fame for her real-life role as Brad Pitt's girlfriend. She went on to build a solid reputation as one of the leading actresses of her generation after gaining 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.

She was born on September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Blythe Danner, an actress, and Bruce Paltrow, a film and television director and producer. Paltrow's father was of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent and her mother is a Quaker of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Paltrow's paternal great-grandfather, whose surname was "Paltrowicz", was a rabbi in little Nowogród, Poland. Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, where she attended Crossroads School before moving and enrolling in The Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later she briefly studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. Paltrow has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow, and is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak Spanish. Paltrow is a childhood friend of Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph.

Paltrow made her professional stage debut in 1990. Her film debut followed next year with Shout (1991), starring John Travolta; later that year, she appeared in Hook (1991), as Young Wendy. Paltrow then had minor roles in Malice (1993) and Flesh and Bone (1993). She was next cast in a supporting role in Se7en (1995) alongside Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination. The film was successful commercially and critically. In 1996, she played the title character in Emma to critical acclaim, particularly in the United Kingdom, where her perfection of the English accent was appreciated.

In 1998, Paltrow starred in Shakespeare in Love, portraying the fictional love of William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes. The film earned more than US$100 million in box office receipts in the United States and Paltrow gained critical acclaim for her portrayal. Entertainment Weekly commented, "Best of all is Gwyneth Paltrow, who, at long last, has a movie to star in that's as radiant as she is." The New York Times summed up her turn as Viola as such: "Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first great, fully realized starring performance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that she seems utterly plausible as the playwright's guiding light." The award-winning Shakespeare in Love earned Paltrow the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role from the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy Award for Best Actress, among other honors.

In 1999, Paltrow co-starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley, which earned $80 million domestically and received positive reviews. She showcased her singing ability in 2000's Duets, which was directed by her father and co-starred singer Huey Lewis. The same year, Paltrow co-starred with Ben Affleck in the romantic drama Bounce as Abby Janello. She was then part of an ensemble cast, as Margot Tenenbaum, in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Also in 2001, she starred with Jack Black in the comedy Shallow Hal, where she played both roles, slim and fat Rosemary, and had to wear a specially designed 25 pound fatsuit and heavy make-up.

Since the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film success has been less noteworthy. She said she was unequipped for the pressure, leading to several bad movie choices, agreeing with peers who believe the win is, in some ways, a curse. In The Guardian, she said she divided her career into movies for love and films for money: The Royal Tenenbaums, Proof, and Sylvia fell into the former category, while she did View from the Top and Shallow Hal for the latter.

As a new mother, Paltrow did not work much from 2004 to 2007. She appeared in the 2005 film Proof as a young protagonist, mathematician and daughter Catherine. The movie is based on the play of the same name, in which Paltrow also played the same character at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2002. In 2006, she had small roles in Running With Scissors and Infamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?".

In 2008, she appeared in Iron Man as Pepper Potts, Stark's closest friend, budding love interest, and business partner after Pepper replaced Obadiah Stane as CEO of Stark Industries. The film is her largest grossing movie ever, earning more than US$ 585 million at the worldwide box office. Paltrow said she was hesitant to appear in a big-budget project but she was won over by Robert Downey Jr., the film's lead, and director Jon Favreau. Paltrow recalled a conversation with Downey, saying:

"Robert called me and he said, 'This is gonna be fun, and this is gonna be good.' And then he said to me, 'Don't you want to be in a movie that people see?' And I was like, 'Whoa! What would that feel like?' And he's right. Moviemaking is not supposed to be a masturbatory exercise; it's supposed to be shared by other people."

In 2010, she reprised her role in the sequel to Iron Man, Iron Man 2. Later in 2010, she will appear in the country musical, Country Strong, where she also recorded the song Country Strong for the films' soundtrack. The song was released to country radio in August 2010. Paltrow will next shoot for Steven Soderbergh's Virus thriller Contagion, in which she is part of an ensemble cast. She is also set to appear in Fox's Glee, as a substitute teacher who fills in for Matthew Morrison's character Will when he falls ill. She will be singing Cee Lo Green's "Forget You", plus a mash-up of "Singin' In the Rain" and Rihanna's "Umbrella" with Morrison, Mark Salling and Chris Colfer in the episode.

PERSONAL LIFE

In her early 20s, Paltrow was engaged for six months to Brad Pitt, whom she dated from December 1994 to May 1997. The engagement was called off, according to Paltrow, because she wasn't ready for marriage and later felt responsible for hurting Pitt since she was "such a mess" during that time in her life. Paltrow has since said that as this was her first high-profile relationship with another celebrity, it taught her the need for public discretion about her romantic life; she told Biography magazine, "I said things about being in a relationship [with Brad Pitt] that felt wrong to me even as I was saying them."

Paltrow had an on-off three year relationship with Ben Affleck from 1997 to late 2000. They first dated from November 1997 to January 1999. Soon after their breakup, Paltrow convinced Affleck to work in the film Bounce with her; during the making of the film, which was shot in mid 1999, the couple started dating again and eventually broke up in October 2000. Paltrow has said that she stopped reading celebrity magazines in 1999. She was friends with Winona Ryder until her first breakup with Affleck in 1999.

In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay backstage at a gig just three weeks after the death of her father Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003 in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. On 14 May 2004, the couple had their first child, a girl named Apple Blythe Alison Martin. Paltrow explained the unusual first name on Oprah, saying: "It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical – and I just thought it sounded so lovely and … clean! And I just thought, 'Perfect!'" The child's godfathers are Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate, Jonny Buckland.

Her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born on 8 April 2006, in New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital. Her son's first name was explained as the song, entitled "Moses", that her husband wrote for her before their wedding. Paltrow has stated that she cut down on work after becoming a mother. She has also said that she suffered from depression after the death of her father and after the birth of her second child.

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גווינת' קייט פאלטרו

''''''(באנגלית: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow; נולדה ב-27 בספטמבר 1972) היא שחקנית קולנוע ותיאטרון, וזמרת אמריקאית ממוצא יהודי. זוכת פרס אוסקר לשחקנית הטובה ביותר לשנת 1998, פרס אמי לשנת 2011, פרס גלובוס הזהב, פרס גילדת שחקני המסך ופרסים רבים נוספים. ב-2013 נבחרה על ידי המגזין האמריקאי "פיפל" כאישה היפה ביותר בעולם.

תוכן עניינים 1 ביוגרפיה 2 קריירה 3 חיים אישיים 4 פילמוגרפיה נבחרת 4.1 טלוויזיה 5 קישורים חיצוניים 6 הערות שוליים ביוגרפיה פאלטרו נולדה בלוס אנג'לס, קליפורניה, בתם של המפיק והבמאי ברוס פאלטרו והשחקנית בליית' דאנר. אמהּ ממשפחה נוצרית ואילו אביה יהודי ממוצא אשכנזי, צאצא למשפחת הרבנים פאלטרוביץ' מקרקוב.[1] פאלטרו גדלה בבית שבו חגגו חגים נוצרים ויהודים ביחד, ואחיה אף חגג בר מצווה. כשהייתה צעירה התגוררה עם משפחתה בסנטה מוניקה ולמדה בבית ספר יוקרתי לנערות בניו יורק.

החלה את לימודיה באוניברסיטת קליפורניה בסנטה ברברה, אך זנחה אותם לטובת קריירת משחק.

גווינת' פאלטרו, 2008 קריירה הופעת הבכורה שלה בקולנוע הייתה ב-1991 בתפקיד משנה בסרט "בקצב החופש" ("Shout") בכיכובו של ג'ון טרבולטה. בהמשך אותה שנה קבלה תפקיד משנה בסרטו של סטיבן ספילברג "הוק". לאחר מכן הופיעה בתפקידים קטנים ב"זיכרון בדם קר" ו"גברת פארקר והחוג המרושע". פריצת הדרך הקולנועית שלה הייתה ב-1995 כשכיכבה ב"שבעה חטאים" ("Se7en") לצדו של בראד פיט איתו היה לה רומן מתוקשר.

ב-1996 זכתה פאלטרו לשבחים כשגילמה את התפקיד הראשי בסרט "אמה" על פי ספרה של ג'יין אוסטן. הסרט זכה להצלחה קופתית ולשבחי הביקורת וסלל את דרכה לתפקידים ראשיים נוספים; היא הופיעה בסרטו של פול תומאס אנדרסון "שמונה בטוח", בסרט "תקוות גדולות" עיבוד מודרני על פי רומן של דיקנס ובסרט "דלתות מסתובבות" לצדו של ג'ון האנה שצולם באנגליה.

ב-1998 כיכבה בחמישה סרטים ששיאם היה זכייה בפרס האוסקר על תפקידה כוויולה דה לספס בקומדיה הרומנטית "שייקספיר מאוהב". בסרט כיכב גם בן אפלק שהיה בן-זוגה באותה תקופה. ב-1999 הופיעה בסרטו של אנתוני מינגלה "הכישרון של מר ריפלי" (1999) לצד מאט דיימון וקייט בלאנשט. בשנת 2001 שיחקה עם בן סטילר וג'ין הקמן ב"משפחת טננבאום".

פאלטרו כיכבה בקומדיה "דיילת בעננים", שנחל כישלון, דבר שלא פגע בפופולריות שלה. לאחר מכן שיחקה דמות שונה בתכלית בסרט "סילביה", שבו הופיעה לצד אמה השחקנית בליית' דיינר - דמותה של סילביה פלאת'. ב-2004 יצא לאקרנים הסרט "סקיי קפטן" בו שיחקה לצדו של ג'וד לאו, ובשנת 2005 שיחקה בסרט "הוכחה". בשנת 2008 שיחקה בשובר הקופות "איירון מן" לצד רוברט דאוני ג'וניור, ובשנת 2010 שיחקה בתור תפקיד אורח בסדרה "glee" בתור מורה מחליפה, שם שרה את הלהיט של סי לו גרין "Forget You", וגם דואט עם מת'יו מוריסון, מאש אפ של "Singin' In The Rain" והשיר "Umbrella" של ריהאנה. ב-2011 זכתה פאלטרו על הופעתה בסדרה בפרס אמי על הופעת האורח הטובה ביותר בסדרה קומית.

בשנת 2014 התארחה למספר פרקים בסדרה הקומית "טיפול אונליין" ברשת שואוטיים בכיכובה של ליסה קודרו.

ב-2017 השתתפה בסרט "ספיידרמן: השיבה הביתה" בתור פפר פוטס. ב-2018 וב-2019 גילמה את אותה דמות בסרטים "הנוקמים: מלחמת האינסוף" ו"הנוקמים: סוף המשחק".

בשנת 2020 החלה להגיש סדרה תיעודית בנטפליקס בשם "The Goop Lab", אודות חברת הלייפ-סטייל "Goop" אותה ייסדה פאלטרו.

חיים אישיים ניהלה מערכת יחסים רומנטית עם שחקן הקולנוע האמריקאי בראד פיט. השניים התארסו בדצמבר 1996, אך נפרדו לבסוף ביוני 1997. הקשר ביניהם זכה לכיסוי נרחב בעיתונות הצהובה, והופצו אף צילומי עירום של השניים, כפי שנלכדו בעדשתם של צלמי פפראצי כאשר היו בחופשה.

ב-5 בדצמבר 2003 נישאה למוזיקאי האנגלי כריס מרטין, סולן להקת הרוק קולדפליי. ב-14 במאי 2004 נולדה בתם אפל בלונדון, וב-8 באפריל 2006 נולד בנם מוזס בניו יורק. במרץ 2014 הם הודיעו על פרידה, וב-2016 התגרשו.

מאז אוגוסט 2014 פאלטרו במערכת יחסים עם הבמאי האמריקאי-יהודי בראד פלצ'וק. ב-2017 הם התארסו,[1] וב-2018 הם נישאו.[2]

החל משנת 2015 החלה פאלטרו לדגול באורח חיים בריא הכולל ניקוי רעלים דרך הזנה עיקרית משייקים ותזונה טבעית.[2]

פילמוגרפיה נבחרת

פאלטרו בפסטיבל הסרטים הבינלאומי בטורונטו, 2000 בקצב החופש (1991) Shout - בתפקיד: רבקה. הוק (1991) Hook - בתפקיד: ונדי הצעירה. בכוונת זדון (1993) Malice - בתפקיד: אנג'לה פריצ'רד. זיכרון בדם קר (1993) Flesh And Bone - בתפקיד: ג'יני. גברת פארקר והחוג המרושע (1994) Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle - בתפקיד: פאולה האנט. שבעה חטאים (1995) Se7en - בתפקיד: טרייסי. ולנטינו לאור ירח (1995) - בתפקיד: לוסי טרייגר. אמה (1996) Emma - בתפקיד: אמה וודהאוס. שמונה בטוח (1996) Hard Eight aka Sydney - בתפקיד: קלמנטיין. על חברים ולוויה אחת (1996) The Pallbearer - בתפקיד: ג'ולי דה מארקו. דלתות מסתובבות (1998) - בתפקיד: הלן. תקוות גדולות (1998) Great Expectations - בתפקיד: אסטלה. הש (1998) Hush - בתפקיד: הלן ברינג. רצח מושלם (1998) A Perfect Murder - בתפקיד: אמילי בראדפורד טיילור. שייקספיר מאוהב (1998) Shakespeare In Love - בתפקיד: ויולה דה לאספס. הכישרון של מר ריפלי (1999) The Talented Mr. Ripley - בתפקיד: מארג' שארווד. דואט (2000) Duets - בתפקיד: ליב. סוד של אהבה (2000) Bounce - בתפקיד: אייבי ג'אנלו. מסיבת יום נישואים (2001) The Anniversary Party - בתפקיד: סקאיי דייוידסון. משפחת טננבאום (2001) The Royal Tenenbaums - בתפקיד: מארגוט טננבאום. הפנטזיה של הל (2001) Shallow Hal - בתפקיד: רוזמארי. מכתבי אהבה (2002) Possession - בתפקיד: מאוד באיילי. דיילת בעננים (2003) View From The Top - בתפקיד: דונה ג'אנסן. סילביה (2003) Sylvia - בתפקיד: סילביה פלאת'. סקיי קפטן (2004) Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow - בתפקיד: פולי פארקינס. הוכחה (2005) Proof - בתפקיד: קאת'רין. אהבה וצרות אחרות (2006) Love And Other Disasters - בתפקיד: הוליווד ג'אקס. ידוע לשמצה (2006) Infamous - בתפקיד: קייטי דין. לרוץ עם מספריים (2006) Running With Scissors - בתפקיד: הופ פינץ'. הלילה הטוב (2007) The Good Night - בתפקיד: דורה שאלר. איירון מן (2008) Iron Man - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. שתי אהבות (2008) Two Lovers - בתפקיד: מישל ראוש. איירון מן 2 (2010) Iron Man 2 - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. התפשטות (2011) Contagion - בתפקיד: באת' אמהוף. הנוקמים (2012) The Avengers - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. איירון מן 3 (2013) Iron Man 3 - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. תודה ששיתפתם (2013) - בתפקיד: פואבה. צ'ארלי מורדכי (2015) - בתפקיד: ג'והאנה. ספיידרמן: השיבה הביתה (2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. הנוקמים: מלחמת האינסוף (2018) - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. הנוקמים: סוף המשחק (2019) - בתפקיד: פפר פוטס. טלוויזיה הפוליטיקאי (2019) - בתפקיד: ג'ורג'ינה הוברט. גלי (עונה 2) - בתפקיד: הולי הולידיי. קישורים חיצוניים ויקישיתוף מדיה וקבצים בנושא גווינת' פאלטרו בוויקישיתוף F icon.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , ברשת החברתית פייסבוק Twitter logo initial.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , ברשת החברתית טוויטר Instagram logo 2016.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , ברשת החברתית אינסטגרם Linkedin.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , ברשת החברתית LinkedIn IMDB Logo 2016.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית) גווינת' פאלטרו , באתר "אידיבי", מאגר הידע העברי לקולנוע ישראלי ועולמי Allmovie Logo.png גווינת' פאלטרו , באתר AllMovie (באנגלית) Rotten Tomatoes logo.svg גווינת' פאלטרו , באתר Rotten Tomatoes (באנגלית) גווינת' פאלטרו , באתר Box Office Mojo (באנגלית) גווינת' פאלטרו , באתר TV.com (באנגלית) אתר על גווינת' פאלטרו (הקישור אינו פעיל, 22 באוגוסט 2017) בוב מוריס, ניו יורק טיימס, עכבר העיר אונליין, גווינת פאלטרו בישלה דייסה , באתר הארץ, 26 בפברואר 2009 אמיר קמינר, גווינית' פאלטרו אוהבת להיות מכוערת על המסך , באתר Xnet‏, 27 באוקטובר 2011 יובל אברמוביץ', ‏האישה הכי יפה בעולם? , באתר ישראל היום, 3 במאי 2013 פלורה צפובסקי, למה כל העולם שונא פתאום את גווינת פלטרו? , באתר nrg‏, 20 במאי 2013 נטלי כהן, ‏איך הפכה גווינת' פאלטרו למושמצת בהוליווד? , באתר onlife,‏ 16 בפברואר 2014 נועה יחיאלי, ‏היידישע גווינית , באתר ‏מאקו‏‏, ‏7 באוקטובר 2014‏ רות פרל בהריר, למה כולם שונאים את גווינת פלטרו , באתר הארץ, 26 באפריל 2016 טאפי ברודסר־אקנר, ניו יורק טיימס, הייתם קונים שייק קמבוצ'ה משומש מגווינת פלטרו? , באתר הארץ, 15 באוגוסט 2018 אמיר קמינר, ‏"אני בת תמותה כמו כל אחד אחר" , באתר "ידיעות אחרונות", 25 בפברואר 2019 https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA%...

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Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow initially gained fame for her real-life role as Brad Pitt's girlfriend. She went on to build a solid reputation as one of the leading actresses of her generation after gaining 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.

She was born on September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Blythe Danner, an actress, and Bruce Paltrow, a film and television director and producer. Paltrow's father was of Ashkenazi Russian Jewish descent and her mother is a Quaker of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. Paltrow's paternal great-grandfather, whose surname was "Paltrowicz", was a rabbi in little Nowogród, Poland. Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, where she attended Crossroads School before moving and enrolling in The Spence School, a private girls' school in New York City. Later she briefly studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. Paltrow has a younger brother, Jake Paltrow, and is a cousin of actress Katherine Moennig and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak Spanish. Paltrow is a childhood friend of Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph.

Paltrow made her professional stage debut in 1990. Her film debut followed next year with Shout (1991), starring John Travolta; later that year, she appeared in Hook (1991), as Young Wendy. Paltrow then had minor roles in Malice (1993) and Flesh and Bone (1993). She was next cast in a supporting role in Se7en (1995) alongside Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, which earned her a Satellite Award nomination. The film was successful commercially and critically. In 1996, she played the title character in Emma to critical acclaim, particularly in the United Kingdom, where her perfection of the English accent was appreciated.

In 1998, Paltrow starred in Shakespeare in Love, portraying the fictional love of William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes. The film earned more than US$100 million in box office receipts in the United States and Paltrow gained critical acclaim for her portrayal. Entertainment Weekly commented, "Best of all is Gwyneth Paltrow, who, at long last, has a movie to star in that's as radiant as she is." The New York Times summed up her turn as Viola as such: "Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first great, fully realized starring performance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that she seems utterly plausible as the playwright's guiding light." The award-winning Shakespeare in Love earned Paltrow the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role from the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy Award for Best Actress, among other honors.

In 1999, Paltrow co-starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley, which earned $80 million domestically and received positive reviews. She showcased her singing ability in 2000's Duets, which was directed by her father and co-starred singer Huey Lewis. The same year, Paltrow co-starred with Ben Affleck in the romantic drama Bounce as Abby Janello. She was then part of an ensemble cast, as Margot Tenenbaum, in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Also in 2001, she starred with Jack Black in the comedy Shallow Hal, where she played both roles, slim and fat Rosemary, and had to wear a specially designed 25 pound fatsuit and heavy make-up.

Since the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film success has been less noteworthy. She said she was unequipped for the pressure, leading to several bad movie choices, agreeing with peers who believe the win is, in some ways, a curse. In The Guardian, she said she divided her career into movies for love and films for money: The Royal Tenenbaums, Proof, and Sylvia fell into the former category, while she did View from the Top and Shallow Hal for the latter.

As a new mother, Paltrow did not work much from 2004 to 2007. She appeared in the 2005 film Proof as a young protagonist, mathematician and daughter Catherine. The movie is based on the play of the same name, in which Paltrow also played the same character at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2002. In 2006, she had small roles in Running With Scissors and Infamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love?".

In 2008, she appeared in Iron Man as Pepper Potts, Stark's closest friend, budding love interest, and business partner after Pepper replaced Obadiah Stane as CEO of Stark Industries. The film is her largest grossing movie ever, earning more than US$ 585 million at the worldwide box office. Paltrow said she was hesitant to appear in a big-budget project but she was won over by Robert Downey Jr., the film's lead, and director Jon Favreau. Paltrow recalled a conversation with Downey, saying:

"Robert called me and he said, 'This is gonna be fun, and this is gonna be good.' And then he said to me, 'Don't you want to be in a movie that people see?' And I was like, 'Whoa! What would that feel like?' And he's right. Moviemaking is not supposed to be a masturbatory exercise; it's supposed to be shared by other people."

In 2010, she reprised her role in the sequel to Iron Man, Iron Man 2. Later in 2010, she will appear in the country musical, Country Strong, where she also recorded the song Country Strong for the films' soundtrack. The song was released to country radio in August 2010. Paltrow will next shoot for Steven Soderbergh's Virus thriller Contagion, in which she is part of an ensemble cast. She is also set to appear in Fox's Glee, as a substitute teacher who fills in for Matthew Morrison's character Will when he falls ill. She will be singing Cee Lo Green's "Forget You", plus a mash-up of "Singin' In the Rain" and Rihanna's "Umbrella" with Morrison, Mark Salling and Chris Colfer in the episode.

PERSONAL LIFE

In her early 20s, Paltrow was engaged for six months to Brad Pitt, whom she dated from December 1994 to May 1997. The engagement was called off, according to Paltrow, because she wasn't ready for marriage and later felt responsible for hurting Pitt since she was "such a mess" during that time in her life. Paltrow has since said that as this was her first high-profile relationship with another celebrity, it taught her the need for public discretion about her romantic life; she told Biography magazine, "I said things about being in a relationship [with Brad Pitt] that felt wrong to me even as I was saying them."

Paltrow had an on-off three year relationship with Ben Affleck from 1997 to late 2000. They first dated from November 1997 to January 1999. Soon after their breakup, Paltrow convinced Affleck to work in the film Bounce with her; during the making of the film, which was shot in mid 1999, the couple started dating again and eventually broke up in October 2000. Paltrow has said that she stopped reading celebrity magazines in 1999. She was friends with Winona Ryder until her first breakup with Affleck in 1999.

In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay backstage at a gig just three weeks after the death of her father Bruce Paltrow. They married on December 5, 2003 in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern California. On 14 May 2004, the couple had their first child, a girl named Apple Blythe Alison Martin. Paltrow explained the unusual first name on Oprah, saying: "It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical – and I just thought it sounded so lovely and … clean! And I just thought, 'Perfect!'" The child's godfathers are Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate, Jonny Buckland.

Her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born on 8 April 2006, in New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital. Her son's first name was explained as the song, entitled "Moses", that her husband wrote for her before their wedding. Paltrow has stated that she cut down on work after becoming a mother. She has also said that she suffered from depression after the death of her father and after the birth of her second child.

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