Gwyneth Paltrow Net Worth

#Fact1Mother Blythe Danner mentioned in her Emmy Award acceptance speech in 2015, that Kiefer Sutherland babysat her daughter as a child.2She was offered the role of Emma Peel in The Avengers (1998), which she turned down. Coincidentally, she later played Pepper Potts in an unrelated film of the same The Avengers (2012).3Is one of 14 actresses to have won both the Best Actress Academy Award and the Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe for the same performance; hers being for Shakespeare in Love (1998). The others, in chronological order, are: Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday (1950), Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins (1964), Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl (1968), Liza Minnelli for Cabaret (1972), Glenda Jackson for A Touch of Class (1973), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Cher for Moonstruck (1987), Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Helen Hunt for As Good as It Gets (1997), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007), and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).4Is one of 26 actresses who have received an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Shakespeare in Love (1998). The others in chronological order, are: Claudette Colbert (It Happened One Night (1934)), Loretta Young (The Farmer's Daughter (1947)), Josephine Hull (Harvey (1950)), Judy Holliday (Born Yesterday (1950)), Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday (1953)), Goldie Hawn (Cactus Flower (1969)), Glenda Jackson (A Touch of Class (1973)), Lee Grant (Shampoo (1975)), Diane Keaton (Annie Hall (1977)), Maggie Smith (California Suite (1978)), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard (1980)), Jessica Lange (Tootsie (1982)), Anjelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor (1985)), Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck (1987)), Cher (Moonstruck (1987)), Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy (1989)), Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King (1991)), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny (1992)), Dianne Wiest (Bullets Over Broadway (1994)), Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite (1995)), Frances McDormand (Fargo (1996)), Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets (1997)), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)), and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook (2012)).5As a teenage model she appeared in a 1991 ad urging high school kids to use condoms.6Greatly admires Johnny Depp. She worked with him on Mortdecai (2015).7Was supposed to star in She's Out of My League (2010) but due to production delays, she backed out and Alice Eve replaced her.8Is one of 11 actresses who won the Best Actress Oscar for a move that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for Shakespeare in Love (1998)). The others are Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind (1939), Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver (1942), Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Diane Keaton for Annie Hall (1977), Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment (1983), Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby (2004).9Was offered a chance to be a roaster for "The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe", but declined.10Is one of 15 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of California. The others are Fay Bainter, Gloria Grahame, Jo Van Fleet, Liza Minnelli, Tatum O'Neal, Diane Keaton, Sally Field, Anjelica Huston, Cher, Jodie Foster, Helen Hunt, Angelina Jolie, Marcia Gay Harden and Brie Larson.11Delivered her daughter Apple naturally after a 70-hour long labor but delivered her son Moses via Caesarean section out of fear of having another long labor.12Was the 115th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1998) at The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) on March 21, 1999.13(March 25, 2014) Separated from her husband of 10 years Chris Martin.14(March 17, 2013) Admitted that she had miscarried her future third child with her now estranged husband Chris Martin and almost died.15Revealed that she named her daughter Apple, because apples are whole, sweet and crisp. The baby's middle name honors her grandmothers, Blythe Danner and Alison Martin.16Gave birth to her first child at age 31, a daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin (aka Apple Martin) on May 14, 2004 and her second child at age 33, a son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (aka Moses Martin) on April 8, 2006. Their father is her now ex-husband, Chris Martin.17Resides in the same apartment building, in TriBeCa, as Meryl Streep (2012).18Good friends with Mario Batali.19Is lifelong friends with Norman Lloyd, who knew her mother, Blythe Danner, for exactly 40 years, right around the same time she was born.20Auditioned for the role of Susannah Fincannon in Legends of the Fall (1994). She lost the role to Julia Ormond, but Brad Pitt was so impressed with Gwyneth that he later hand-picked her to play his wife in Se7en (1995).21Auditioned for the role of Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), which went to Jennie Garth.22(March 26, 2011) Was in attendance at the wedding of Reese Witherspoon to Jim Toth.23Second cousin of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured in the 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting. Their fathers are first cousins.24She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6931 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 13, 2010. She was accompanied by Tim McGraw, her Country Strong (2010) co-star Faith Hill, and Glee (2009) co-star Matthew Morrison.25Replaced Charlize Theron in the role of Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl (2015), but after dropping out of the project herself she was replaced by Alicia Vikander.26Two of her ex-boyfriends have been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine: Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck.27Was six months pregnant with her son Moses Martin when she completed filming The Good Night (2007) and returned to work eleven months after giving birth, in order to begin filming Iron Man (2008).28Her friendship with Winona Ryder ended in the late 1990s.29Returned to work ten months after giving birth to her daughter, Apple Martin, in order to begin filming Running with Scissors (2006).30Friends with Cameron Diaz, Stella McCartney, Liv Tyler, Reese Witherspoon and Tracy Anderson.31Born at 5:25 PM (PDT).32Gwyneth's brother, Jake Paltrow's birthday is a day before hers (9/26 and 9/27, respectively).33Ambassador for the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF)'s Women's Cancer Research Fund (2008).34Attended the 55th Tony Awards. She can be seen dancing with the revival cast of "The Rocky Horror Show" during "The Time Warp".35Attended the Spence School in Manhattan, an elite private girls' school that was also attended by Emmy Rossum and Kerry Washington.36Had suffered post-partum depression following the birth of her son, Moses Martin on April 15, 2008.37When she played Sharon Stone on Saturday Night Live (1975), Stone felt offended and criticized her performance (1999).38Practices yoga.39Attended Brown Ledge Summer Camp in Vermont.40Was hospitalized and then released on January 14, 2008.41She earns $3 million per year endorsing Estée Lauder on television and in print advertisements.42Auditioned for the role of Vickie Miner in Reality Bites (1994), which went to Janeane Garofalo.43Was originally signed on for the role of Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004), but dropped out. The role went to Kate Beckinsale.44Godparents of her daughter, Apple Martin, are Simon Pegg, Mary Wigmore, and Chris Martin's Coldplay bandmate, Jon Buckland.45Her godfather Steven Spielberg is also the godfather of Drew Barrymore.46Was the Maid of Honor at Madonna's wedding to Guy Ritchie.47Longtime close friends with actress Mary Wigmore, who also appeared (albeit briefly) in Paltrow's films The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Shallow Hal (2001).48Is good friends with Helena Christensen, who was one of the first people to visit Gwyneth in the hospital, after she gave birth to her son, Moses Martin (Moses Bruce Anthony Martin).49She speaks French quite well, having spent a summer in Paris when in her early twenties.50Her son, Moses Martin, is named after a song Chris Martin wrote for her and appears on Coldplay's album "Live 2003". Moses is also her father's Hebrew name.51Signed a contact with Estée Lauder for $10 million to promote its new line of fragrance, "Pleasures".52She does not employ a nanny to take care of her daughter, a rarity among actors in the film business.53Met husband Chris Martin when she attended his band's (Coldplay's) concert. [October 2002]54Attended St. Augustine by the Sea (where she met Maya Rudolph) in Los Angeles and the Spence School in New York City.55Is best friends with Madonna.56Turned down the role of Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002), which went to Naomi Watts.57Her name can be heard over the P.A. system in many episodes of the medical drama St. Elsewhere (1982). Gwyneth's father, Bruce Paltrow, was the producer of the series.58Her mother, Blythe Danner, was about five months pregnant with the future actress when she appeared in Columbo: Étude in Black (1972). The episode also starred John Cassavetes, and aired during the series' first season.59Is the daughter of Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner. Gwyneth's paternal grandparents, Arnold P. Paltrow and Dorothy Weigert, were both from Jewish families from Eastern and Central Europe (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania), and Gwyneth's father had many generations of rabbis in the family tree. Gwyneth's maternal grandparents were Harry Earl Danner and Katherine M. Kile, and Gwyneth's mother is of German, with smaller amounts of English and Irish, descent. Some of her mother's ancestors lived in Barbados.60She and her husband Chris Martin purchased Kate Winslet's North London home in Belsize Park.61Nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Proof", performed at the Donmar Warehouse in London, England (2002).62Has played Thomas Jefferson's daughter in Jefferson in Paris (1995). Her mother, Blythe Danner, played Jefferson's wife, Martha, in 1776 (1972), just before Gwyneth was conceived. In the Ken Burns miniseries, Thomas Jefferson (1997), she played his granddaughter.63(April 13, 2003) Attended the ceremony in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, in which she was named "adopted daughter". She first visited the town as a young schoolgirl and has since frequently returned there, enamored - she says - of the people, the food and the countryside.64Attended Crossroads High School in Santa Monica, California for one year.65Did her own singing in the comedy-drama movie Duets (2000).66TV commercials and print ads for Spain's department store chain El Corte Inglés' spring line (2002).67Older sister of Jake Paltrow; first cousin of actress Katherine Moennig, whose roles include Jacqueline 'Jake' Pratt on Young Americans (2000) and Shane McCutcheon on The L Word (2004), and Hillary Danner; niece of Harry Danner.68Owned a flat in London, England.69Sticks to a macrobiotic diet.70Has been friends with Maya Rudolph (of Saturday Night Live (1975) fame) since she was seven.71As part of research for her role as an obese woman in Shallow Hal (2001), wore the 200-pound latex "fat" suit she used for the film to a bar where people refused to make eye contact with her and treated her rudely. She said that this experience made her saddened by the injustice faced by overweight people in society.72Spends Thanksgiving every year with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons.73A couple sued Gwyneth for an undisclosed amount claiming that the actress injured them during an April 1999 car accident.74Met with James Cameron for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997), which went to Kate Winslet.75Turned down the role of Emma Peel in the movie The Avengers (1998).76After spending a time in her early teens in Talavera De la Reina, Toledo, Spain, she can speak fairly good Spanish.77Attended the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) for one year as an Art History major.78Confirmed as the next Calvin Klein model (1996).79Engaged to actor Brad Pitt on December 20, 1996.80Named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1998).81(August 15, 1998) Gave $21,000 watch to boyfriend Ben Affleck as a birthday present.82Voted "Most Stuck-up" in Movieline magazine's 100 Most. [October 1998]83Attended and graduated from the Spence School in New York City (1990).