Kate Hudson

Name: Kate Hudson
Birth Name: Kate Garry Hudson
Height: 5' 6"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 19, 1979 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: actress
Education: High School
Husband/Wife: Christopher Mark Robinson (Black Crowes lead singer; born in 1966; dating as of late spring 2000; engaged in August 2000; married on December 31, 2000)
Relationship: Lenny Kravitz (musician; born in 1964), Elijah Craig (actor; son of actress Sally Field; dated 18 months)
Father: William Louis Hudson (aka Bill Hudson; born on October 17, 1949; married in 1976; divorced in 1980)
Mother: Goldie Hawn (actress; born on November 21, 1945)
Brother: Oliver Hudson (actor; born on September 7, 1976)
Half Sister: Emily Hudson (born in 1982; mother: Cindy Williams)
Half Brother: Wyatt Russell (actor; born on July 10, 1986; father: Kurt Russell), Zachary Hudson (born in 1986; mother: Cindy Williams), Boston Russell (born in 1980; father: Kurt Russell)
Grand Father: Edward Rutledge Hawn (one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence)
Grand Mother: Laura Hawn
Step Father: Kurt Russell (actor; born on March 17; 1951)
Step Mother: Cindy Williams (actress; born on August 22, 1947)
Son: Ryder Russell Robinson (born on January 7, 2004)
Claim to fame: as Penny Lane in Almost Famous (2000)
   
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KATE HUDSON NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • If she's ever forced to decide between her career and her home life, she is ready to quit Hollywood and concentrate on being a wife and mother.
  • Says she's ready to go for baby number two just four months after becoming a first time mom because she loved the pregnancy experience. (May 5, 2004)
  • Her decision to name her newborn Ryder Russell Robinson has left her estranged father heartbroken. (January 12, 2004)
  • Hudson made the most of her mother Goldie Hawn's time away from California by throwing a party in her empty house - She flung open the doors to her mother's stunning Pacific Palisades country house on Tuesday to party with some celebrity pals and raise money for two children's charities. (September 26, 2003)
  • Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry were named women who always dress stylishly on big promotional nights out by America's People magazine. (September 15, 2003)
  • Much like her character in the film LE DIVORCE, Hudson had to learn to do things the French way. (August 9, 2003)
  • Craves sour food during her pregnancy. (July 29, 2003)
  • Hudson loves to shop, so naturally she's looking forward to buying maternity clothes now that she's pregnant -- I can't wait until it's time to find fun and stylish maternity wear. I'm actually more excited about dressing as a pregnant woman. You get to present something so completely female, she said. (July 22, 2003)
  • Bosses of Hudson's upcoming movie, SKELETON KEY, are planning to push its production back by up to seven months, following her pregnancy announcement. (June 25, 2003)
  • Hudson doesn't smile a lot as Emma in her latest movie ALEX AND EMMA, but that's fine by her because Hudson says she doesn't like having to smile a lot on screen -- She compares it to someone asking you to smile in photo after photo and says eventually you want to hit the person. (June 23, 2003)
  • Hudson has taken to fining Garry Marshall, the director of her latest movie RAISING HELEN, because he constantly mistakes her for her mother Goldie Hawn.
  • Hudson has about the same amount of time to prepare for hosting duties at the upcoming sci-tech Oscar ceremony -- The actress has agreed to oversee the March 1 presentation of the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards, which honor behind-the-scenes advancements in motion picture arts. (February 20, 2003)
  • It was love at first touch for Kate Hudson and her rock star husband Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes -- Hudson said there was little chance for love two years earlier when the two met briefly, and each thought the other was a jerk, but she admitted, When I met him, I was definitely shocked that I was so in love with him. (February 8, 2003)
  • Hudson shares a production company, Cosmic Entertainment, with three family members: brother Oliver, her mother Goldie Hawn, and Hawn's longtime companion Kurt Russell, but she says she has no plans to work on screen with her family. (February 6, 2003)
  • Is a regular on the best-dressed lists.
  • She was raised by stepfather Kurt Russell.
  • She was named one of the '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by People Magazine. (2000)
  • Turned down the part of Peter Parker's girlfriend Mary Jane Watson in SPIDER-MAN (2002) for the role of Ethne Eustace in the romantic comedy FOUR FEATHERS (2001).
  • Once said that as children, her brother Oliver used to torment her by nicknaming her Hammerhead (as in hammerhead shark).
  • Is so famous she's forgotten all about her acting past - as Jennifer Love Hewitt discovered.
  • Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (2003)
  • Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Best Dressed at MTV Movie Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)

Quotes
  • "Honesty will never break you. So, I try to always be honest."
  • "I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious."
  • "I have a big, flamboyant, open personality, which I think is why people may be saying these nice things about me."
  • Explaining how she really feels about her American fans when being treated poorly in France: "Sometimes I'll be walking down the street and I'll hear some American and I'll just go... Of course they hate us, of course they can't stand us. We're the most annoying, boisterous creatures in the world. I mean we come in and we eat mounds of food, and we're like, where's the ketchup for our French fries? I'm like, Shut up."

Awards
  • Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Female - Newcomer, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Breakthrough Artist, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Newcomer of the Year, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actress, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actress, ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Golden Apple Awards: Female Discovery of the Year (2000)
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Supporting Actress, ALMOST FAMOUS (2000)
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  • Kate Hudson at Biggeststars.com
    http://www.biggeststars.com/DisplayStar.do?id=778
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  • Kate Hudson Corner
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  • Kate Hudson Heaven
    http://www.broken-tears.org/kate/
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