Kate Hudson is born on April 19, 1979 in Los Angeles, The golden-locked dimpled beauty is the daughter of Oscar winning nd lovable actress Goldie Hawn, and singer comedian Bill Hudson, of The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show fame. A couple of months after Kate's birth, Bill and Goldie divorced, and the estranged father has been out of his two children' lives ever since.

She decided to join the business and secured an agent on her own, landing an audition for the Kurt Russell actioner "Escape from L.A." (1996) and a 1996 guest spot on TV's "Party of Five" (Fox).

After she was a featured role in "200 Cigarettes", playing a clumsy young woman on a New Year's Eve date from hell among an ensemble cast featuring a veritable who's who of young actors.

It was her role as Band-Aid Penny Lane, with which Kate captured the hearts and attention of both critics and audiences alike. If critical recognition had eluded her in the past, it certainly caught-up with her at the 2000 Golden Globe Awards, where she took home the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous

Kate Hudson played the role of Mary Jane Watson in the 2002 film version of Spider-Man, and instead starred in remake of the historical romance The Four Feathers.

In "Le Divorce" (2003), an adaptation of Diane Johnson's bestselling novel. Returning to more naturalistic acting, Hudson excelled in her portrayal of a naive American girl visiting her depressed, divorcing sister (Naomi Watts) in Paris who becomes swept up in an affair with a charming but older and married man.

Kate Hudson and her husband (Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson) have announced (June 2003) they're expecting their first child. The couple, who have been married since December 2000, will welcome their offspring into the world early next year - and the child could be the first of many, as Hudson has long expressed a desire to have many.