Kate Hudson Trivia
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Birth name: Kate Garry Hudson
Date of birth: 19 April 1979
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nickname: Katie
Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Spouse: Chris Robinson (31 December 2000 – 25 October 2007) (divorced) 1 child
- Daughter of Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn.
- Raised by Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn’s longtime partner.
- Named one of the ’50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ by People Magazine. (2000)
- Turned down the part of Peter Parker’s girlfriend Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002) for the role of Ethne Eustace in The Four Feathers (2002).
- Once said that as children, her brother Oliver used to torment her by nicknaming her “Hammerhead” (as in hammerhead shark).
- Graduated from Crossroads, a Santa Monica performing arts school, in 1997.
- Half-sister of Emily Hudson (born 1982) and Zachary Hudson (born 1986).
- Started production company Cosmic Entertainment in 2003 with Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and her brother.
- 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.
- Gave birth to her first child with Chris, Ryder Russell Robinson, on January 7, 2004. He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz.
- Enjoys playing guitar, writing music, and arts & crafts
- Has a brother; Oliver Hudson, and a step-brother Wyatt Russell.
- She is also the niece of Brett Hudson and Mark Hudson who, along with her father, Bill Hudson, were part of the rock group, the Hudson Brothers.
- Her son Ryder’s middle name, Russell, is an homage to her mother Goldie Hawn’s longtime partner Kurt Russell, whom Kate always considered to be her father.
- 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.
- 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.”
- She can play guitar and piano.
- Favorite musicians are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.
- Admires Bette kDavis
- Does yoga.
- Dislikes wearing make-up and washes her face with Cetaphil
- Her wedding ring is white gold.
- 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”.
- Good friends with Liv Tyler.
- Has 3 dogs: Clara (a Pomeranian), Doctor (an English bulldog), and Bella (a Neapolitan mastiff)
- Speaks French.
- Buys her clothes from vintage clothing shops and makes her own jewelry.
- Was at the 2004 Jammy Awards in Madison Square Garden. She is a big fan of the hippy/jam scene.
- Rank #38 on VH1′s 100 Hottest Hotties
- Cousin of singer Sarah Hudson.
- Shares a birthday with Ashley Judd.
- Ranked #51 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World” (2002).
- Is friends with The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
- 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.
- Went to high school with two time NBA All-Star and current Golden State Warrior Baron Davis.
- Graduated High School with NBA Super Star Baron Davis (Crossroads School, 1997)
- She lost 60 pounds in the three months after giving birth to her son, Ryder, for her role in The Skeleton Key (2005).
- 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).
- Her husband, Chris Robinson, is the lead singer of The Black Crowes.
- Named #47 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)
- After the National Enquirer reported that she had an eating disorder, she successfully won a libel suit against them. As a result of the suit, she has become one of the only people who successfully forced the Enquirer to admit they fabricated a story (rather than claiming it was a mistake).
- Sister-in-law of Rich Robinson.
- On November 18, 2006, Robinson filed divorce papers, citing “irreconcilable differences”. The divorce was finalized on October 22, 2007.
- She starred in the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s The Killer Inside Me. The film premiered on January 24, 2010 at the Sundance Film Festival.
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