Kate Hudson
Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Kate Hudson made her studio film debut in “200 Cigarettes,” co-starring with Ben Affleck, Courtney Love and Paul Rudd and went on to star in films such as “Desert Blue” and “Gossip.” However, it was her career-making performance in Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” that won the hearts of critics and moviegoers around the world. Her portrayal of “band aid” Penny Lane earned her a Golden Globe Award, an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA nomination, amongst numerous other honors and recognition.
She followed with roles in Robert Altman’s “Dr. T and the Women,” “About Adam” and Shekhar Kapur’s period remake of “The Four Feathers,” opposite Heath Ledger and achieved global box office success starring opposite Matthew McConaughey in the hit romantic comedy, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” which earned over $200 million at the box office worldwide. Her films also include “Alex & Emma” for director Rob Reiner; Merchant-Ivory’s contemporary comedy, “Le Divorce” and Garry Marshall’s “Raising Helen” for Disney, as well as the psychological thriller, “Skeleton Key.” She starred in the comedy, “You, Me and Dupree,” opposite Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon and Michael Douglas, which grossed over $100 million worldwide and re-teamed with Matthew McConaughey in Warner Bros.’ “Fool’s Gold,” which was another worldwide box-office hit. She produced and starred opposite Anne Hathaway in “Bride Wars” and dazzled in Rob Marshall’s all-star movie musical, “Nine.” She appeared in Michael Winterbottom’s provocative noir thriller, “The Killer Inside Me,” with Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba, the romantic comedy “Something Borrowed,” as well as the dramatic thriller, “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” which premiered at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. She starred in the thriller “Good People,” opposite James Franco and Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here” and Barry Levinson’s “Rock the Kasbah,” opposite Bill Murray and her voice was heard in DreamWorks Animation’s global hit “Kung Fu Panda 3.”
Her film credits also include “Mother’s Day,” as part of an all-star cast including Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston, reuniting with her with her “Raising Helen” director, Garry Marshall; Peter Berg’s “Deepwater Horizon,” opposite Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell and John Malkovich; “Marshall,” opposite Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown, and she earned a Golden Globe nomination for “Music.” Her upcoming films include Ana Lily Amirpour’s mystery thriller “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon,” the film adaptation of the novel “Shriver” and the highly-anticipated Netflix sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
On television, Kate performed a guest-starring arc as a tough-as-nails dance instructor in the fourth season of the hit FOX series, “Glee” and appeared in Larry David’s HBO Original Movie, “Clear History,” with John Hamm and Michael Keaton. She starred opposite Octavia Spencer in the second season of “Truth Be Told,” streaming on Apple TV+.
In 2007, Kate made her directorial debut with the short film, “Cutlass,” as part of Glamour magazine’s “Reel Moments,” with first-time female directors working from readers’ personal essays. She has appeared in global, multi-year campaigns for Ann Taylor and Almay and launched CH+KH, a unique line of jewelry and accessories created with her longtime friend Laurie Lynn Stark, co-owner of Chrome Hearts. The pair extended the line with their first collection of sunglasses in 2014.
In 2013, Kate co-founded the global active-lifestyle brand Fabletics. She is an ambassador for WW and introduced King St., her own gluten-free, non-GMO vodka in 2019, inspired by memories of her former home on King Street in New York City. Kate continued to expand her wellness empire with her INBLOOM, a line of all-natural holistic nutritional supplements, launched in 2020 and a collaboration with Juice Beauty, inspired by her love of clean beauty, wellness and environmentalism.
Kate became a New York Times bestselling author in 2013, with her first book Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body, which was published by HarperCollins/Dey Street Books and her second book Pretty Fun: Creating & Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition in 2017. She and her brother, Oliver Hudson, host the podcast, “Sibling Revelry.”
Kate’s many charitable and humanitarian affiliations include The Hawn Foundation’s MindUP program, the United Nations World Food Programme, Baby2Baby, Operation Smile, and numerous other organizations dedicated to protecting the rights and well-being of women, children and education around the world.