Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19,
1979) is a well-known Oscar-nominated American film
actress.
Early life
Hudson was born in Los Angeles to William Louis Hudson
(a singer, comedian and member of the Hudson Brothers)
and Goldie Hawn (a well-known film actress). Her paternal
grandparents were Italian immigrants from Salerno,
and her mother is of Hungarian Jewish descent; Hudson
was raised in the Jewish religion, and also practices
Buddhism, describing herself as a "Jew-Bu".
Hudson's parents divorced shortly
after her birth, and she and her brother, actor Oliver
Hudson, were raised by her mother and her mother's
long-time boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell. She has three
half-siblings, Emily and Zachary Hudson (from her
father's subsequent marriage to actress Cindy Williams)
and Wyatt (from her mother's relationship with Russell).
Her cousin is singer Sarah Hudson.Hudson graduated
from Crossroads, a performing school in Santa Monica,
in 1997.
Career
Hudson's breakthrough role was as Penny Lane in Cameron
Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She had previously appeared in the lesser-known films
Gossip, a teenage drama, and 200 Cigarettes, a New
Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors.
Hudson turned down the part of Mary
Jane Watson in the 2002 film version of Spider-Man,
and instead starred in remake of the historical romance
The Four Feathers, a film which was not well received
by critics or audiences. Her next film, How to Lose
a Guy in 10 Days, a romantic comedy, became a big
success at the box office, grossing over $100 million
after its February 2003 release Hudson subsequently
appeared in several romantic comedies, including Alex
and Emma and Raising Helen; the films were met with
varying degries of success.
Her latest film is the 2005 thriller,
The Skeleton Key, which was a mild box office success
in August 2005, grossing over $45 million
Private life
Hudson is married to Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson.
On January 7, 2004, she gave birth to their son, Ryder
Russell Robinson. The couple lives in a house that
was once owned by director James Whale.
Hudson is left-handed.
Selected filmography
2006 You, Me and Dupree Molly Petersen
2005 The Skeleton Key Caroline Ellis
2004 Raising Helen Helen Harris
2003 Le Divorce Isabel Walker
2003 Alex and Emma Emma Dinsmore
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Andie Anderson
2002 The Four Feathers Ethne
2000 Dr. T & the Women Dee Dee
2000 Almost Famous Penny Lane
2000 Gossip Naomi Preston
1999 200 Cigarettes Cindy
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