Full Name: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow Profession: American actress, author, and wellness and lifestyle entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Goop, Academy Award–winning film star, and businesswoman Nationality: American Born: September 27, 1972 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States Generation: Generation X (post-baby-boomer cohort typically defined as births between 1965 and 1980) Chinese Zodiac: Water Rat (1972 Year of the Rat, water element) Zodiac Sign: Libra Age in 2026: 54 years old on September 27, 2026 (2026 minus 1972) Marital Status: Married to television writer and producer Brad Falchuk since their wedding in the Hamptons on September 29, 2018; previously married to musician Chris Martin of Coldplay from 2003 until their conscious uncoupling and subsequent divorce finalized in 2016. Children: Two children with Chris Martin—daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin, born May 14, 2004, in London, and son Moses Bruce Paltrow Martin, born April 8, 2006, in New York City—whom she co-parents in a blended family with Falchuk and his two children from a prior marriage Description: American film and television star celebrated for portraying intelligent and emotionally complex characters in movies such as “Se7en,” “Emma,” “Sliding Doors,” and “Shakespeare in Love,” the last of which earned her the 1999 Academy Award for Best Actress and cemented her status as a leading lady in Hollywood, later becoming widely recognized to global mainstream audiences through her long-running role as Pepper Potts in Marvel Cinematic Universe films while simultaneously reinventing herself as a lifestyle innovator by founding Goop in 2008 and growing it from a small email newsletter into a high-profile, sometimes controversial wellness brand encompassing editorial content, beauty and fashion lines, supplements, live events, and a Netflix docuseries, all alongside authoring multiple New York Times–bestselling cookbooks and cultivating a public persona that blends Hollywood lineage (daughter of director-producer Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner) with entrepreneurial risk-taking in areas such as alternative health, clean beauty, and women’s empowerment, making her one of the most discussed and influential contemporary celebrities born on September 27. Cause of Death: Alive as of 2026; no cause of death applicable