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Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress and singer. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress
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, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama ''
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'', which was followed by supporting roles in several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of
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in
Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American filmmaker and journalist. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Grammy Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. Crowe started his career a ...
's musical drama '' Almost Famous'' (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and received an Oscar nomination in the same category. Throughout the 2000s, Hudson starred in the romantic comedies, '' How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003), '' You, Me and Dupree'' (2006), ''
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'' (2008), and '' Bride Wars'' (2009). On television, she had a recurring role in the musical series ''
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'' (2012–2013) and starring roles in the thriller series '' Truth Be Told'' (2022) and comedy series '' Running Point'' (2025–present). Her other film credits include ''
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'' (2005), ''
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'' (2009), '' Rock the Kasbah'' (2015), ''
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'' (2016), ''
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'' (2016), ''
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'' (2021), and ''
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'' (2022). Hudson is a co-founder of the fitness brand and membership program Fabletics, operated by TechStyle Fashion Group. She is also the author of the non-fiction books ''Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body'' (2016) and ''Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition'' (2017). Hudson released her debut
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music album, '' Glorious'' in 2024.


Early life

Hudson was born in
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,
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, the daughter of
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-winning actress
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and Bill Hudson, an actor, comedian, and musician. Her parents divorced when she was 18 months old and she and her older brother, actor Oliver Hudson, were raised in Snowmass,
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, and Pacific Palisades, California, by her mother and her mother's longtime boyfriend, actor
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. Hudson's ancestry is
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(from her paternal grandmother), Hungarian Jewish (from her maternal grandmother), and the remainder a mix of English and some
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. She was raised
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; like her mother, she also practices
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. Hudson has stated that her biological father "doesn't know me from a hole in the wall", and she considers Russell her father. Hudson has described her mother as "the woman that I've learned the most from, and who I look up to, who has conducted her life in a way that I can look up to". She has four half-siblings: Emily and Zachary Hudson, from her biological father's later marriage to actress
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; Lalania Hudson, from his relationship with another woman; and Wyatt Russell, from her mother's relationship with Kurt Russell. In 1997, she graduated from Crossroads, a college preparatory school in
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. She was accepted to
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, but chose to pursue an acting career instead of an undergraduate degree.


Career


1996–2001: Beginnings and ''Almost Famous''

At age 11, Hudson performed on stage at the
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. She made her film debut in the dramedy ''
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'' (1998), and subsequently appeared in the romantic comedy ''
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'' (1999). She took on the roles of a college student in the psychological thriller ''
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'', the lesbian daughter of the titular character in the dramedy '' Dr. T & the Women'' and one of the leading roles in the romantic comedy '' About Adam'', all of which were released during 2000. Her breakthrough came with the role of a veteran
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in
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's semi-autobiographical dramedy '' Almost Famous'' (2000). She "hung in and had turned down leads in other movies just to play the part" and soon obtained it "because of her loyalty", according to Crowe. For her performance, she won the
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at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for an
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at the
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. ''
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'' put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "This power ballad of a movie also happens to be Crowe's greatest (and most personal) film thanks to the golden gods of Stillwater and their biggest fan, Kate Hudson's incomparable Penny Lane." She worked hard in avoiding association with her well-known parents, as she did not want to be perceived as someone who "rode on somebody's coattails".


2002–2009: Romantic comedies

In 2002, Hudson appeared in the remake of the historical romance '' The Four Feathers'', as the fiancée of a young British officer (played by
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). The film was panned by critics and had a lukewarm box office response. In her next film, the romantic comedy '' How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' (2003), Hudson starred with
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, as a writer for a women's magazine who, for an article, starts dating a guy and trying to drive him away using only the "classic mistakes women make" in relationships. The film was a box office success, grossing over US$100 million upon its release. She also starred opposite Naomi Watts in the Merchant-Ivory film '' Le Divorce'' (2003), portraying a woman who, with her sister, dispute the ownership of a painting by Georges de La Tour with the family of her former brother-in-law. ''
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'' gave the film a "C" rating and wrote: "I'm disappointed to report that Hudson and Watts have no chemistry as sisters".Her next romantic comedies, '' Alex & Emma'' (2003), in which she played a stubborn stenographer, and '' Raising Helen'' (2004), taking on the role of a young woman who becomes the guardian of her deceased sister's children, were released to varying degrees of success. In 2005, Hudson starred in the supernatural thriller ''
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'', as a young hospice nurse who acquires a job at a
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plantation home, and becomes entangled in a supernatural mystery involving the house. In its review, ''The Washington Post'', describing her, wrote: "Hudson, who dials back her native, Goldie-given charm here to give Caroline a no-nonsense brusqueness, manages to convincingly convey a fearless bullheadedness rather than less sympathetic naivete". The film was a box office hit, grossing over US$91.9 million worldwide ($47.9 million in North America). Her next film, the comedy '' You, Me and Dupree'', in which she appeared with
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and
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as one half of a couple who allows an unemployed friend to move in, grossed US$21.5million on its opening weekend of July 14, 2006. It eventually made US$130.4 million worldwide. In 2007, Hudson directed the short film ''
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'', one of '' Glamour'' magazine's " Reel Moments" based on readers' personal essays, which starred
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,
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, Virginia Madsen,
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and
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. In the romantic comedy ''
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'' (2008), her second film with Matthew McConaughey, Hudson took on the role a divorced woman who returns with her former husband while searching for a lost treasure. She was certified in
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in the
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for the underwater scenes. The film made US$111.2 million worldwide. In '' My Best Friend's Girl'', another romantic comedy released in 2008, Hudson played the colleague of an amiable guy (
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). Despite negative reviews, it was a moderate commercial success. Hudson starred in '' Bride Wars'' (2009), alongside
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, playing two best friends who become rivals after their weddings are scheduled on the same day. The film was named among the 10 worst chick flicks of all time by ''
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'' in 2010, but was successful financially, grossing US$114.6 million globally. Her next film was the musical ''
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'', directed by
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, in which she played a '' Vogue'' fashion journalist, alongside
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. The film was acclaimed by critics and Hudson garnered praise for her dancing skills, showcased in a 1960s-inspired original piece called "Cinema Italiano", which was written specifically for her character.


2010–2020: Career fluctuations

Hudson starred with
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and
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, as the wife of a
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serial killer, in the film adaptation '' The Killer Inside Me'', which premiered at the
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. In 2011, Hudson played a quickwitted, carefree ad executive in the romantic comedy film '' A Little Bit of Heaven'', and a party girl in another romantic comedy, '' Something Borrowed'', based on Emily Giffin's novel of the same name. In is review for the latter, ''
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'' remarked: "Kate Hudson looks exhausted, as if she is as tired of wading through another one of her feckless duds as we are of watching them". While ''A Little Bit of Heaven'' found a limited release in theaters, ''Something Borrowed'' was a moderate commercial success. In 2012, Hudson was cast on the Fox teen comedy series ''
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'', in the recurring role of Cassandra July, a dance teacher at the fictitious New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts. In 2013, Hudson appeared in the political thriller ''
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'', as a photographer and the girlfriend of a professor at the University of Lahore. In 2014, she starred in the comedy '' Wish I Was Here'', as the wife of a struggling actor, and the thriller '' Good People'', as one half of a couple who fall into severe debt while renovating their family's home. The aforementioned films received a limited release and mixed reviews from critics. In '' Rock the Kasbah'' (2015), Hudson played a top-hatted
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who befriends a has-been actor manager (
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) in
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. Despite a US$15-million budget, the film made just US$3 million at the North American box office. Hudson voiced a crazy ribbon-dancing panda in the
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film '' Kung Fu Panda 3'' (2016), which grossed US$521.1 million globally, and became her most widely seen film. She starred as a woman married to an Indian man and the sister of a lesbian woman, both of whom had not told their conservative parents, in the romantic comedy ''
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'' (2016), directed by
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and opposite
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, Timothy Olyphant, and
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. The film was panned by critics and a moderate commercial success. She next played the wife of a chief electronics technician (
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) in the drama ''
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'', based on the
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. While critical response was positive, the film was only slightly profitable, making US$121.8 million on a budget of around US$110 million. In the 2017 film ''
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'', Hudson portrayed an employer accusing her black chauffeur of rape. It received positive reviews from critics but found a limited audience in theaters.


2021–2024: Debut studio album

In 2021, Hudson co-starred as Kazu Gamble in musical film ''
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'', co-written and directed by Sia. She received her second overall Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her work on the film at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. In 2021, she starred in '' Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon'', a fantasy-adventure film by writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour. In 2022, she starred alongside
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in '' A Little White Lie'' directed by
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. Also in 2022, Hudson co-starred in '' Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'', playing the role of Birdie Jay, a
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turned
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involved in a murder mystery. Hudson signed a record deal with Virgin Music Group, and released her debut single, "Talk About Love" in January 2024. She wrote the song alongside her fiancée Danny Fujikawa and Linda Perry. She released the single "Live Forever" on March 28, 2024; the song was hailed by ''
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'' as "a love letter to parents". Hudson followed with "Gonna Find Out", which was released on April 17, 2024. Hudson released her debut studio album, '' Glorious'', on May 17, 2024. On August 28, 2024, Hudson released a cover of the 1985 'Til Tuesday single " Voices Carry".


Other ventures

In 2013, Hudson, in a partnership with online fashion retailer TechStyle Fashion Group, launched her own line of workout clothes and active wear, Fabletics, which currently operates 25 stores in the United States. The venture became her focus, and in a 2018 interview, Hudson remarked: "I work more on Fabletics now than I do on movies." In 2016, Hudson released her first book, ''Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body''. In 2017, she released her second book, ''Pretty Fun: Creating and Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition''. In August 2018, Hudson and New York & Company announced their partnership, a multi-year deal to represent the ambassador for the company's US$200-million Soho Jeans collection, and to develop her own fashion line. In 2018, Hudson collaborated with her mother Goldie to create a capsule collection, with 50 percent of net proceeds will benefit MindUP, a program within the Goldie Hawn Foundation. In November 2019, Hudson launched King St. Vodka, a vodka from California. A
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, ''Sibling Revelry'', by Kate and her brother Oliver, resulted in "playfully bickering" while promoting it on ''
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'' in 2022.


Personal life

Hudson's only marriage has been to Chris Robinson, lead singer for the Black Crowes. They married on December 31, 2000, in
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. Their son was born in January 2004. The couple announced their separation in August 2006; Robinson filed for divorce that November, citing
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. The divorce was finalized on October 22, 2007. Before her marriage, Hudson dated actor
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for at least one year beginning in 1995. In 2010, Hudson began dating
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lead vocalist and guitarist
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. They became engaged in April 2011, three months before the birth of their son. They broke up in 2014. They remain on good terms. In December 2016, Hudson began dating Danny Fujikawa, a musician, actor, and co-owner of a record company. They met through her best friends, Sara and Erin Foster, who are his stepsisters. Their daughter was born in October 2018. They announced their engagement in September 2021. While attending different high schools, Hudson has been friends with American musician,
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, since they were teenagers. Hudson sued the British version of ''
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'' in 2006 after it reported she had an
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, describing her as "painfully thin". Hudson said the tabloid's statements were "a blatant lie" and she was concerned about the impact the false report could have on impressionable young women. The newspaper apologized and compensated her. In 2016, Hudson said: "Meditation has been the most helpful and life-changing thing for me. You can feel the difference when you meditate on a regular basis. At least I can... I started practicing transcendental meditation a year and a half ago so I meditate 20 minutes in the morning and I try to do another 20 minutes in the afternoon."


Filmography


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Other credits


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


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