Editing Gwyneth Paltrow (section)

==Early life and education==
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow was born on September 27, 1972, in [[Los Angeles]], to actress [[Blythe Danner]] and film producer-director [[Bruce Paltrow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/gwyneth-paltrow/|title=Gwyneth Paltrow - Hollywood Star Walk|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 12, 2010|last=Day|first=Patrick Kevin|access-date=February 15, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313044812/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/gwyneth-paltrow/|archive-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref> She has a younger brother, [[Jake Paltrow|Jake]], who is a director and screenwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/38323/|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|title=Dream Role|last=Nussbaum|first=Emily|date=September 27, 2007|access-date=February 15, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215103807/https://nymag.com/movies/features/38323/|url-status=live}}</ref> Paltrow's father was [[Jews|Jewish]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Rathe|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/gwyneth-paltrow-decides-raise-kids-apple-moses-jewish-not-believing-religion-article-1.160057|title=Gwyneth Paltrow decides to raise kids Apple and Moses as Jewish – despite not believing in religion|work=New York Daily News|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714055803/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/gwyneth-paltrow-decides-raise-kids-apple-moses-jewish-not-believing-religion-article-1.160057|url-status=live}}</ref> while her mother is Christian.<ref name="convertJudaism1">{{cite web|first=Stephanie|last=Butnick|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/183909/gwyneth-paltrow-reportedly-converting-to-judaism|title=GWYNETH PALTROW REPORTEDLY CONVERTING TO JUDAISM|work=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]|date=September 5, 2014|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819192057/https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/183909/gwyneth-paltrow-reportedly-converting-to-judaism|url-status=live}}</ref> She was raised celebrating "both Jewish and Christian holidays."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-12-17-paltrow17_CV_N.htm |work=USA Today |first=Claudia |last=Puig |title=Gwyneth Paltrow is staying 'Country Strong' on all fronts |date=December 17, 2010 |access-date=April 26, 2013 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006084234/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-12-17-paltrow17_CV_N.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Her brother had a traditional [[Bar and bat mitzvah|Bar Mitzvah]] when he turned 13.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/blythe-danner-fockers-39682.aspx |title=Blythe Danner Gets Huffy |author=Ileane Rudolph |date=November 11, 2004 |work=TV Guide |access-date=May 20, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016200107/http://www.tvguide.com/news/blythe-danner-fockers-39682.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/old_stories/2377/|title=Gwyneth Paltrow, Movies, Stardom and Judaism – Old Stories |work=Jewish Journal |access-date=May 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001222330/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old_stories/article/gwyneth_paltrow_movies_stardom_and_judaism_19991231 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 }}</ref> Her father's [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi Jewish]] family emigrated from [[Belarus]] and [[Poland]],<ref name="brown">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Johnathan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/second-child-for-chris-and-gwyneth-is-the-baby-moses-357033.html|title=Second child for Chris and Gwyneth is the baby Moses|work=The Independent|date=April 11, 2006|location=London, UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426014616/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article357033.ece |archive-date=April 26, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://landofancestors.com/famous/actors_and_models/105-gwyneth-paltrow.html |title=Land of Ancestors: Gwyneth Paltrow |date=December 15, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106195812/http://landofancestors.com/famous/actors_and_models/105-gwyneth-paltrow.html |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Bernbaum|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blythe-and-bruce-the-family-union/|title=Blythe And Bruce: The Family Union|work=[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]|date=February 17, 2001|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308223203/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blythe-and-bruce-the-family-union/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Ashley|last=Baylen|title=Gwyneth Paltrow's long lineage of rabbis|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4050404,00.html|work=[[Ynetnews]]|date=January 4, 2011|access-date=May 6, 2018|archive-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628044256/https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4050404,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while her mother has [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] (German) as well as some [[Irish people|Irish]] and English ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeffrey|last=Steingarten|title=Gwyneth Paltrow: Beauty and the Feast|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-beauty-and-the-feast|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|date=July 15, 2010|access-date=May 6, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308225015/https://www.vogue.com/article/gwyneth-paltrow-beauty-and-the-feast|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood celebrity finds family links in Barbados |url=http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=lifestyle&NewsID=16711 |newspaper=[[The Barbados Advocate]] |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |quote=The blurb for Friday's episode explains: "Gwyneth Paltrow digs into her family's past and finds a surprising connection to her spiritual roots, a new appreciation for her great-grandmother and ancestors on the island of Barbados."|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119080432/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=lifestyle&NewsID=16711 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gwyneth Paltrow visits Barbados seeking roots |author=Natanga Smith Hurdle |url=http://www.nationnews.com/index.php/articles/view/gwyneth-paltrow-visits-barbados-seeking |newspaper=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|Nation Newspaper]] |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |quote=Her great-grandmother Rosamund Stoute was Barbadian. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428054113/http://www.nationnews.com/index.php/articles/view/gwyneth-paltrow-visits-barbados-seeking |archive-date=April 28, 2012 }}</ref> Paltrow's paternal great-great-grandfather was a [[Rabbi]] in [[Nowogród]], Poland, and a descendant of the well-known Paltrowicz family of rabbis from [[Kraków]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/second-child-for-chris-and-gwyneth-is-the-baby-moses-8057450.html |title=Second child for Chris and Gwyneth is the baby Moses |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015081242/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/second-child-for-chris-and-gwyneth-is-the-baby-moses-8057450.html |archive-date=October 15, 2012 }}, [[The Independent]], April 2006</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obozylaudera.lauder.lodz.pl/raport_nowogrod_ang.html|title=Lauder Foundation|access-date=June 21, 2012|archive-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729054040/http://www.obozylaudera.lauder.lodz.pl/raport_nowogrod_ang.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Paltrow is a half-cousin of actress [[Katherine Moennig]], through her mother, and a second cousin of former U.S. Congresswoman [[Gabby Giffords]] ([[Arizona's 8th congressional district|AZ-08]]) through her father.<ref name=atyliao>{{cite news |title=Giffords is 1st female Jew elected from Ariz. |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=March 4, 2007 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1180A1D6AD835248&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |access-date=January 9, 2011 |quote=Gabrielle Giffords' [paternal] grandmother and Gwyneth Paltrow's late [paternal] grandfather were brother and sister. |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172150/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1180A1D6AD835248&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live }}</ref> (Giffords' husband is U.S. Senator and retired astronaut [[Mark Kelly]] of [[Arizona]].) Paltrow's [[Godparent|godfather]] is director [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/surprising-celebrity-godparents/13002|title=Surprising celebrity godparents|date=September 5, 2011|work=Stylist|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614221256/https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/surprising-celebrity-godparents/13002|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/21/us/steven-spielberg-fast-facts/index.html|title=Steven Spielberg Fast Facts|work=CNN|access-date=February 23, 2018|archive-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181031210044/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/21/us/steven-spielberg-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her uncle is opera singer and actor [[Harry Danner]], whose daughter, actress Hillary Danner,<ref>[http://www.threedots.com/blog/index.php/tags/hillary-danner/ "Hillary Danner, Stunning in Three Dots Red"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729054258/http://www.threedots.com/blog/index.php/tags/hillary-danner/ |date=July 29, 2017}}, ''Three Dots'', May 23, 2012</ref> is Paltrow's cousin and close friend. Paltrow recalls their family gatherings: "Hillary and I always had this in common, and to this day ... cooking for people we love, eating, hanging out as a family. It's how we were raised. It's what we do."<ref>"The past in 'La Boheme,' the future in a jelly jar," ''Hartford Courant,'' March 15, 2013</ref> Another cousin is [[Rebekah Neumann|Rebekah Paltrow Neumann]], whose spouse is the Israeli-American billionaire [[Adam Neumann]], founder of [[WeWork]].

Paltrow was raised in [[Santa Monica, California]], where she attended [[Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)|Crossroads School]], before enrolling in the [[Spence School]], an all-girls private school in Manhattan.<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |date=January 12, 2011 |title=Gwyneth Paltrow: Why do so many people hate on her? |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/12/gwyneth-paltrow-why-do-they-hate-her/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117013138/https://ew.com/article/2011/01/12/gwyneth-paltrow-why-do-they-hate-her/ |archive-date=November 17, 2018 |access-date=October 2, 2019 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Later, she studied art history at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], before dropping out to act.<ref name="MyPlan">{{cite news |title=Famous alumni directory |access-date=June 29, 2012 |url=http://www.myplan.com/education/colleges/famous_alumni.php |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626200331/https://www.myplan.com/education/colleges/famous_alumni.php |url-status=live }}</ref> She is an "adopted daughter" of [[Talavera de la Reina]] (Spain), where at 15, she spent a year as an [[Student exchange program|exchange student]] and learned to speak Spanish.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|title=Gwyneth Paltrow |url=http://www.people.com/people/gwyneth_paltrow/0,,,00.html |work=People |access-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702094249/http://www.people.com/people/gwyneth_paltrow/0%2C%2C%2C00.html |archive-date=July 2, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Seal, Mark. [http://americanwaymag.com/aw/travel/celebrated.asp?archive_date=6/15/2004 ''Mad for Madrid''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020013511/http://www.americanwaymag.com/aw/travel/celebrated.asp?archive_date=6%2F15%2F2004 |date=October 20, 2006}}, AmericanWaymag.com, June 15, 2004.</ref><ref name="heart">{{cite news |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1695582,00.html |title=Where the heart is |work=The Guardian |date=January 27, 2006 |location=London, UK |first=Emma |last=Brockes |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725160045/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1695582,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She is also conversant in French, as her family frequently traveled to the [[South of France]] throughout her childhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F99QnGCwM0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/_F99QnGCwM0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robert Downey Jr. & Gwyneth Paltrow talk about "Iron Man 3" on French TV Channel M6|author=Le Lepoque|date=April 15, 2013|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>