Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for an Academy Award.
Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which was followed by supporting roles in several films. She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe'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 a succession of romantic comedies, most notably in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), You, Me and Dupree (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), and Bride Wars (2009). On television, she had a recurring role in the musical series Glee (2012–2013) and a starring role in the second season of Truth Be Told (2022). Her other film credits include The Skeleton Key (2005), Nine (2009), Rock the Kasbah (2015), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Mother's Day (2016), Music (2021), and Glass Onion (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).
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Popularity45
Credits6.1
Rating65.5M
Budget218M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Song Sung Blue
2025 Shell as Zoe Shannon
2025 Stoner Executive Producer
2024 Little Big Town's Christmas at the Opry
2024 American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special as Self
2023 A Little White Lie as Simone Cleary
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Birdie Jay
2022 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon as Bonnie Belle
2021 Music as Zu
2020 The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
2017 Marshall as Eleanor Strubing
2016 Deepwater Horizon as Felicia Williams
2016 Panda Paws as Mei Mei (voice)
2016 Mother's Day as Jesse
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 as Mei Mei (voice)
2015 Rock the Kasbah as Merci
2014 Good People as Anna Reed
2014 Wish I Was Here as Sarah Bloom
2014 Clear History as Rhonda
2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Erica
2011 Something Borrowed as Darcy
2011 A Little Bit of Heaven as Marley Corbett
2010 The Killer Inside Me as Amy Stanton
2009 Nine as Stephanie
2009 Bride Wars as Liv Producer
2008 My Best Friend's Girl as Alexis
2008 Fool's Gold as Tess Finnegan
2007 Cutlass Director, Writer
2006 You, Me and Dupree as Molly
2005 The Skeleton Key as Caroline Ellis
2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust as Eva Ginz (voice)
2004 Raising Helen as Helen Harris
2003 Le Divorce as Isabel Walker
2003 Alex & Emma as Emma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
2003 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as Andie Anderson
2002 The Four Feathers as Ethne Eustace
2001 Ricochet River as Lorna
2000 The Beatles Revolution as Self
2000 Almost Famous as Penny Lane
2000 Dr. T & the Women as Dee Dee Travis
2000 Gossip as Naomi Preston
2000 About Adam as Lucy Owens
1999 Desert Blue as Skye Davidson
1999 200 Cigarettes as Cindy
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Choir Singer (uncredited)