Kate Hudson
American actress
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- Ranked #99 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. It is her first appearance on the list and she was the youngest person on it that year at the age of 24.
- She turned down what could have been her big break, a role in Escape from L.A. (1996), because it starred Kurt Russell and "I didn't want to be professionally associated with my dad. I just wanted to see if I could do the audition."
- Her step-mom is actress Cindy Williams. She was married to Bill Hudson, her father, and they had two children together named Zachary and Emily. The two are now divorced.
- Ranked #27 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Auditioned for the role of Lady Jocelyn in A Knight's Tale (2001), but lost out to Shannyn Sossamon.
- Graduated from high school (Crossroads School, 1997) with two time NBA All-Star and current Golden State Warrior Baron Davis.
- Plays a young rock-star groupie in Almost Famous (2000). Her mother, Goldie Hawn, played a middle-aged former groupie in The Banger Sisters (2002).
- Announced separation from her husband of almost six years, Chris Robinson (July 2006).
- Favorite musicians are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
- Rank #38 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties
- Met one-time boyfriend Owen Wilson on the set of You, Me and Dupree (2006).
- Met former husband, singer Chris Robinson, after actor/comedian, Dave Foley convinced Chris to hit on her.
- Father Bill Hudson is the son of Sicilian immigrants (who Anglicized their surname); mother Goldie Hawn is half Anglo-Saxon and half Jewish. Kate was raised Jewish and Buddhist - as she describes it - "Jew-Bu".
- Ranked #51 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002).
- Named #47 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
- Named #66 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
- When she was 11, her mother relented and got her an audition for a lead role in a never-produced television show with Howie Mandel. Hudson won the part - but Hawn didn't tell her, turned it down, and kept the secret until she admitted it a year later.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Rich Robinson.
- Her ex-husband, Chris Robinson, is the lead singer of The Black Crowes.
- Was at the 2004 Jammy Awards in Madison Square Garden. She is a big fan of the hippy/jam scene.
- Buys her clothes from vintage clothing shops and makes her own jewelry
- Has 3 dogs: Clara (a Pomeranian), Doctor (an English bulldog), and Bella (a Neapolitan mastiff)
- Enjoys playing guitar, writing music, and arts & crafts
- Sister of Oliver Hudson (born 1976), and a half-sister of Emily Hudson (born 1982) and Wyatt Russell and Zachary Hudson (both born 1986).