Gwyneth Paltrow was
born in Los Angeles on 28th September 1973. Her father Bruce Paltrow
is a television producer, her mother is the award-winning actress
Blythe Danner.
When she was 11 years
old her family moved to New York. She attended to the prestigious
Spense School before moving back to the west coast with intention of
studying Art History at the University of California. Then she left
university to pursue the acting career and performed in the
Williamstown Theatre production of Picnic where she starred alongside
her mother. her career started with the audition for Flesh & Bone.
Her lucky actress career began when she and Brad Pitt met on the set
of Seven. The love story with him gave her an enormous publicity all
around the world. Then Gwyneth got out fast from her boyfriend's
shadow.
Her best success has
been Shakespeare in Love directed by John Madden with John Fiennes.
She won with this film the Oscar Prize as best actress and the day
after Brad Pitt spent over $330 to send flowers to her.