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== KATE HUDSON'S BIOGRAPHY toc

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__Birth Name__
Kate Garry Hudson

__Nickname__
Katie

__Height__
5' 6" (1.68 m)

__**Mini Biography**__
"Almost everyone who has spent time with Kate Hudson -including directors, family members, co-stars and interviewers - is quick to comment on her ability to light up a room. Through some combination of a winning smile, solid work ethic, and good old-fashioned talent, the young actress has gone from indie beginner to Vanity Fair cover girl in just three years. What's more, she's done it all without capitalizing on the success of legendary mom,[|Goldie Hawn]. By all accounts, Hudson was a born performer - as a child she danced and sang at every opportunity. Her family hoped that she would attend New York University after graduating from high school, but she opted to get her feet wet in the professional acting world first. She made her big-screen [|debut] as an ambitious young starlet stranded in a tiny California town in [|Desert Blue] (1998). Her next two films, while critically panned, made it into wider release: [|200 Cigarettes] (1999) (in which she played an earnest but accident-prone ditz) and [|Gossip] (2000/I) (which cast her as a rich, virginal college student). Perhaps Hudson's biggest break was landing the role of rock groupie (or "Band Aide") Penny Lane in [|Almost Famous] (2000). The part was originally intended for [|Sarah Polley]; when Polley backed out to pursue another project, director [|Cameron Crowe] considered scrapping the film altogether. Hudson, who had been cast in a smaller role (as William's stewardess sister), begged for a chance to read for Penny. Crowe was impressed, Hudson got the part, and the show went on. As much as Tinseltown gossipmongers would like to put them at odds, mother and daughter agree that Hawn is one of Hudson's biggest supporters. Kate has never been particularly close to her birth father, musician [|Bill Hudson]; she considers her true "Pa" to be Hawn's longtime partner, [|Kurt Russell], who has lived with the family since she was three. Her brother, [|Oliver Hudson], is an actor and aspiring writer-director."

//Works Cited:// You can find this biography at [|imdb.com].

__Acting History__
"In 1996, Hudson landed her first few TV appearances; most notably on an episode of “Party of Five” (Fox, 1994-2000), but declined an offer for a feature film debut in “Escape from L.A.” (1996), so as to avoid any accusations of riding the coattails of the film’s star, “Pa” Kurt Russell. The following year, she was accepted to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts but had a change of heart and decided to jump right into the professional arena, where she quickly landed several feature roles. Her first was "Ricochet River" (lensed 1997), a drama set in a Pacific Northwest logging town co-starring Jason James Richter. In "200 Cigarettes" (1998), Hudson was cast as a clumsy young woman on a New Year's Eve date from hell among an ensemble cast including up-and-comers like Christina Ricci and Ben and Casey Affleck. Morgan J. Freeman's charming "Desert Blue" followed, with Hudson as a young actress driving across the California desert with her father (John Heard) and ending up in a small town full of interesting characters. Hudson's screen radiance and palatable talent more than ensured a bright future for the young actress. But Hudson undoubtedly made her biggest impression on Hollywood in 2000. She read the script of Cameron Crowe’s 1970s coming-of-age rock chronicle, “Almost Famous” and was determined to land a role in the film, attracted by the music and fashion of her favorite decade, as well as recognizing that it would be a significant acting challenge that would prove she could take her career to the next level. In this tale of an aspiring music journalist on the road with a rising rock band and its troupe of female “band-aides,” Hudson initially landed the smaller role of the rebellious runaway sister of lead character William (Patrick Fugate). Thankfully for her, Sarah Polley had to drop out of her role as head band-aid Penny Lane and Hudson tirelessly worked to convince Crowe that she could carry the one of the film’s three leads. He relented, and Hudson delivered a pitch-perfect performance, imbuing Penny Lane’s flamboyant, life-of-the-party facade with heart-breaking (and heartbroken) vulnerability and insecurity just beneath the surface. The 20-year-old was floored to receive an Oscar nomination, feeling that she had officially joined the ranks of her show business family. In 2003, Hudson co-starred in the first of a string of very successful romantic comedies, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003). The film centered on an advice columnist (Hudson) and ad exec (Matthew McConaughey) who meet amidst differing romantic quests and experience every rom-com manner of miscommunications. The pair’s playful chemistry won over audiences (though not critics) to the tune of over $100 million in box office haul. Adding to her busy schedule, that spring she appeared in director Garry Marshall's "Raising Helen" (2004), where she ironically appeared as a self-involved career woman who finds herself unprepared to become the adoptive mom of her late sister's children. Though familiar and formulaic, the film allowed Hudson to show off some her most endearing on-screen attributes, as her character unfolded into a more grounded, loving person. Not surprisingly, the film did well with audiences. “You, Me, and Dupree” (2006), however, confirmed that Hudson was still best-loved by audiences for her romantic comedies; this one concerning a houseguest (Owen Wilson) who overstays his welcome in the home of a newly married couple (Hudson and Matt Dillon). She again teamed with McConaughey in “Fool’s Gold,” an adventure about a newly-divorced couple who bury the hatchet and team up to retrieve a sunken treasure."

//Works Cited:// To read more about Hudson's acting career, go to[|Yahoo! Movies].

Table of Awards
|| //** Result **// || //** Award **// || || Nominated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Oscar || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nominated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">American Academy Award || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Won || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Blockbuster Entertainment Award || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Won || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Golden Globe || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nominated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MTV Award || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nominated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teen Choice Award || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nominated || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teen Choice Award ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//** Year **//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2001
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2001
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2001
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2001
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2003
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2004
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2007

//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Works Cited //: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018574/awards
 * Note:** The pictures were obtained through google images.