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Gwyneth Paltrow won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Viola de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love (1998). The film grossed $289 million at the box office and also earned her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Goop is a lifestyle company Paltrow founded in September 2008, beginning as a weekly newsletter encouraging readers to "nourish the inner aspect." It has faced criticism for promoting products and treatments deemed pseudoscientific, including vaginal steaming, jade eggs, a coffee enema device, and wearable stickers falsely claimed to be made from a NASA-developed material. Goop settled a lawsuit over health claims made about the jade eggs, and a consumer watchdog filed a complaint in January 2020 alleging continued deceptive marketing.
Gwyneth Paltrow's mother is actress Blythe Danner and her father was film producer-director Bruce Paltrow. Her father was Jewish with Ashkenazi roots tracing back to Belarus and Poland, while her mother has Pennsylvania Dutch, Irish, and English ancestry. Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg.
Gwyneth Paltrow played Pepper Potts across six Marvel Cinematic Universe films: Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Iron Man 3 (2013), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The Avengers (2012), in which she also reprised the role, grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide and set the record for the biggest North American opening weekend at the time of its release.
In January 2019, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson sued Paltrow, claiming she collided with him at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah and caused permanent traumatic brain injury. Paltrow counter-sued and sought one dollar in nominal damages. At trial in March 2023, after Sanderson sought $300,000, the jury found Sanderson at fault and awarded Paltrow her requested one dollar.
Paltrow won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her recurring role as substitute teacher Holly Holliday on Fox's Glee (2010-2011). The role was created by co-creator Ryan Murphy, a personal friend, who designed it to showcase her vocal and dancing abilities. In her debut episode she performed songs including CeeLo Green's "Forget You" and a mash-up of "Singin' in the Rain" and Rihanna's "Umbrella."