She’s an Oscar winner with a string of A-list exes and a very famous lifestyle brand.
And on Monday, the 52-year-old actress shared a baby-faced throwback photo of herself celebrating a friend’s birthday.
Dressed in a simple pink sweater and white shirt, she looked worlds away from her usual red carpet glamour.
This blonde beauty has two children with a famous musician and has dated high-profile exes, including the former husbands of Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez.
This star – who was also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – has a famous mother, who has won numerous awards for her work in both film and television.
Can you guess who she is?
She’s an Oscar winner, has a slew of A-list exes and is a very famous lifestyle brand. Can you guess who she is from this childhood photo?
That’s right, it’s Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow!
Gwyneth – whose mother is famed actress Blythe Danner, 81 – celebrated her friend Mary Wigmore’s birthday and posted a throwback to them as children.
‘Congratulations to my dearest @mary_wigmore who wouldn’t let me post the photo of lunch so here is our coffee and us at about 10 years old in what would become the lifelong and most important friendship. ILYSM, as your goddaughter would say,” she wrote.
Gwyneth delighted fans in August when she announced she was returning to the big screen after a five-year hiatus, to appear opposite Timothee Chalamet in sports drama Marty Supreme.
She previously won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.
The Los Angeles native also famously played Pepper Potts in Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010).
She received widespread praise for her performances in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and David Fincher’s dark crime thriller Se7en (1995), on the set of which she met her now ex-boyfriend, and Angelina’s former boyfriend. husband, Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt, 60.
Her other famous exes include Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband Ben Affleck, 52, and Coldplay singer Chris Martin, 47, with whom she shares two children: daughter Apple, 20, and son Moses, 18.
That’s right, it’s Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow, 52; Paltrow is pictured in Paris, France in September
The star celebrated her friend Mary Wigmore’s birthday and posted a throwback photo of them when she was around 10 years old
Gwyneth delighted fans in August when she announced her return to the big screen after a five-year hiatus, to appear opposite Timothee Chalamet in the sports drama Marty Supreme; seen in September
The actress had last appeared in a film in 2019, when she took time away from acting to focus on her lifestyle brand Goop; pictured in 2019 in London, England at a Goop event
The star previously won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love (pictured accepting her award)
She was married to Chris from 2003 until their ‘conscious uncoupling’ in 2016.
Gwyneth married 53-year-old television producer Brad Falchuk in 2018.
Gwyneth last appeared in a film in 2019 – starring in Avengers: Endgame – when she took time away from acting to focus on her Goop business and raising her children.
But now she returns. In October, the actress was photographed sharing a passionate kiss with Timothee while filming in New York.
The pair locked lips during a steamy street scene as they starred in the upcoming film, inspired by Marty Reisman and the world of professional ping pong players.
In recent years, she has become increasingly known for her lifestyle brand Goop.
From vagina candles to vampire repellents, Paltrow’s Goop wellness empire has been causing intrigue and outrage for more than a decade.
But the A-lister’s multi-million dollar company appears to be facing setbacks after fashion trade magazine WWD reported last month that Goop would cut 18 percent of its 216-person workforce in a major restructuring of the company.
It comes after the brand’s London store was forced to close last year after suffering a loss of sales due to the global pandemic.
Meanwhile, Gwyneth’s Goop Beauty cosmetics line has seen slow growth, with sales up 20% so far this year, compared to 2023’s 42 percent increase.
Gwyneth has dated some of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs, including Brad Pitt, 60, who she met on the set of David Fincher’s crime thriller Se7en (1995); the couple seen in 1996
Her other famous exes include Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband, Ben Affleck, 52
She shares two children – Apple, 20, and Moses, 18 – with her ex-husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, 47. They were married from 2003 until their ‘conscious uncoupling’ in 2016.
The Iron Man star married television producer Brad Falchuk, 53, in 2018; the pair appeared at the Los Angeles premiere of The Brothers Sun in January
The wellness empire famous for unusual products like sex fabric and libido-boosting supplements was originally launched by Gwyneth in 2008 as a weekly newsletter.
The actress had a $75 candle, cheekily “This Smells Like My Vagina,” listed for sale on her online Goop store and revealed that the geranium, citrus bergamot and cedarwood scented candle originally started as a joke.
In 2021, Business Insider reported that Goop had lost at least 140 employees over the past two years, with multiple executives, including a Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Risk Officer, leaving.
While the pandemic caused some staff cuts, sources told the network that Goop’s high turnover problem predated COVID-19 layoffs, and that the company’s meager pay, a “tax culture” and the habit of Academy Award winner to pick favorites and then seemingly change their minds. were the causes.