Editing Gwyneth Paltrow (section)

===1989–1995: Early work===
Her career beginnings can be credited to her acting family, as her acting debut was in ''High'' (1989), a TV film her father directed, and after spending several summers watching her mother perform at the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] in [[Massachusetts]], Paltrow made her professional stage debut there in 1990.<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|title=Gwyneth Paltrow Biography |work=Yahoo! |access-date=April 28, 2011 |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018601/bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623064651/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018601/bio |archive-date=June 23, 2011 }}</ref> Her film debut followed with the musical romance film ''[[Shout (film)|Shout]]'' (1991), starring [[John Travolta]], and she was cast by her godfather [[Steven Spielberg]] in the commercially successful adventure feature ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'' (1991) as the young [[Wendy Darling]].<ref name="Yahoo" /> Paltrow's next roles were in the made-for-television movies ''[[Cruel Doubt]]'' (1992) and ''[[Deadly Relations]]'' (1993).

Her first plum feature film role was in the noir drama ''[[Flesh and Bone (film)|Flesh and Bone]]'' (1993) as the much younger girlfriend of [[James Caan]]. [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Paltrow as a scene-stealer "who is [[Blythe Danner]]'s daughter and has her mother's way of making a camera fall in love with her."<ref>{{cite news|author-link=Janet Maslin|author=Maslin, Janet|title=Building a Future on a Shaky Past|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE5DB113DF936A35752C1A965958260|access-date=April 19, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 5, 1993|archive-date=September 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915003240/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/05/movies/review-film-building-a-future-on-a-shaky-past.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1995, she starred in the thriller ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]'', as the wife of a young detective ([[Brad Pitt]]), who is partnered with the retiring William Somerset ([[Morgan Freeman]]) and then tasked with tracking down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as tropes in his murders. The seventh highest grossing film of the year,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm|title=1995 Yearly Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115010552/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Seven'' earned her a nomination for the [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She appeared in ''[[Moonlight and Valentino]]'', as a grieving [[chain smoking|chain-smoker]], and in ''[[Jefferson in Paris]]'', portraying [[Martha Jefferson Randolph]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |title=Moonlight and Valentino |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/m/moonlight.html |work=reelviews.net |date=September 29, 1995 |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224122722/https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/m/moonlight.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jefferson in Paris (1995) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v134832 |work=www.allmovie.com |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927075745/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/v134832 |url-status=live }}</ref>