Kate Hudson’s parents, American actress Kate Garry Hudson, were born on April 19, 1979, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Hudson and her brother were raised in Snowmass, Colorado and Pacific Palisades, California, by their mother and her mother’s longtime boyfriend, actor Kurt Russell.
Hudson is of Italian descent on his father’s side, Hungarian Jewish on his mother’s side and the rest is a mixture of English and German.
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She has four half-siblings, including Wyatt Russell from her mother’s relationship with Kurt Russell, and Emily and Zachary Hudson from her biological father’s second marriage to Cindy Williams, an actress.
Hudson made her stage debut at the Santa Monica Playhouse at the age of 11. She made her film debut in the comedy-drama “Desert Blue” in 1998, and then appeared in the romantic comedy “200 Cigarettes” (1999).
In films released in 2000, she played a student in the psychological thriller “Gossip”, the lesbian daughter of the main character in the comedy-drama “Dr. T & the Women” and one of the main characters in the romantic comedy ” About Adam.
In Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical comedy-drama Almost Famous, she played an experienced groupie, which was her breakthrough (2000). For her performance, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Hudson plays the fiancée of a young British officer in the 2002 version of the historical novel The Four Feathers (played by Heath Ledger). The film received negative reviews from critics and meager success at the box office.
As a writer for a women’s magazine who dates a man and tries to throw him out using only the “typical mistakes women make in relationships” in a story, Hudson starred alongside Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy “How to Lose a Man in 10 Years”. Days”. (2003).
Upon its release, the film grossed over $100 million at the box office. As a young hospice nurse who accepts a job on a New Orleans plantation and becomes embroiled in a paranormal mystery surrounding the house, Hudson starred in the chilling 2005 thriller “The Skeleton Key.”
One of this year’s Glamor magazine “Reel Moments,” Cutlass was directed by Hudson and starred Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Virginia Madsen, Chevy Chase and Kristen Stewart.
Hudson played a divorcee who visits her old home with her ex-husband in the romantic comedy Fool’s Gold (2008), her second film alongside Matthew McConaughey. She held a diving certificate for underwater photography in the Great Barrier Reef.
The film grossed approximately $111.2 million worldwide. In another 2008 romantic comedy, My Best Friend’s Girl, Hudson was the boyfriend of a nice gentleman (Jason Biggs).
“The Killer Inside Me,” a 2010 Sundance Film Festival entry, stars Hudson as the wife of a West Texas serial killer, alongside Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba. “A Little Bit of Heaven” and “Something Borrowed,” two romantic comedies based on the novel of the same name by Emily Giffin, starred Hudson as a quick-witted and happy-go-lucky advertising executive.
In 2012, Hudson played the recurring role of Cassandra July, a dance instructor at the fictional New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, on the Fox teen comedy series Glee.
She played the wife of a failed actress in the comedy “Wish I Was Here” and one half of a couple who fell into heavy debt while renovating their family home in the 2014 thriller “Good People” .
The DreamWorks animated film Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), which grossed $521.1 million worldwide and became Hudson’s highest-profile film, featured Hudson as the voice of a crazy dancing panda the ribbon. The film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.
She then appeared in the drama Deepwater Horizon, based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion, as the wife of a senior electronics technician (Mark Wahlberg). Despite positive reviews, the film barely broke even, grossing $121.8 million on a budget of approximately $110 million.
Hudson played an employer who accused his black driver of rape in the 2017 film Marshall. Although it received positive reviews from critics, the film only attracted a small audience to theaters. She will appear in the 2019 fantasy adventure film Blood Moon, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour.
Hudson starred alongside Sia in the 2021 musical film Music, which she also co-wrote and directed, as Kazu Gamble. She was nominated for a second Golden Globe for her contribution to the film. She will also star alongside Michael Shannon in the film Shriver directed by Michael Maren.
Who are Kate Hudson’s parents?
Hudson was born to Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson. Her mother was a famous Academy Award-winning actress and her father, Bill Hudson, was an actor, comedian and musician.