Happy Birthday: Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Born: September 27, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA

I worked so much in my 20s and I really burnt the candle at both ends. I wasn’t too picky about what I did and I was lucky that I did some really good films, but I also did some really rubbish films, I think part of the downside about being so successful and winning the Oscar at the age of 26 is that I sort of became insouciant about the things that I chose. I thought, “Oh, I’ll just try this, it’ll be fun or I’ll do that for the money”. Things like that now I would absolutely never do.

Se7en 1995 dir. David Fincher starring Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman

Sliding Doors 1998 dir. Peter Howitt starring Paltrow John Hannah

The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 dir. Wes Anderson starring Gene Hackman Ben Stiller Paltrow

THE AVENGERS 2012 dir. Joss…