Gwyneth Katherine Paltrow is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. Paltrow made her professional stage debut in 1990. Her most recent stage appearance was in “Proof” at London’s Donmar Warehouse. Her debut film was 1991’s “Shout”. She later starred in “Se7en”, “Emma”, and “Shakespeare in Love”, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Since then, she has had a relatively low-profile, yet steady, film career with a few critically acclaimed film roles, including “Proof” and “The Royal Tenenbaums”. Audiences got their first taste of Paltrow’s singing ability with the 2000 release of “Duets”. Other notable films include “The Talented Mr. Ripley”, “Sliding Doors”, “Great Expectations”, “A Perfect Murder”, “Shallow Hal”, and “Infamous”.
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