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Portrait of Gwyneth Paltrow

Acting

Gwyneth Paltrow

Career

Active from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 1998 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
32
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love
GoodWatch score80/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

    2011 · Won · 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

    Glee

    Source: Wikidata

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards · MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

    1999 · Won

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    1999 · Won

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    1999 · Won · 56th Golden Globe Awards

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

    1999 · Won · 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1999 · Won · 71st Academy Awards

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

    1999 · Won

    Shakespeare in Love

    Source: Wikidata

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

    2006 · Nominated · 63rd Golden Globe Awards

    Proof

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

15

The characters Gwyneth Paltrow played, best-known titles first.

Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff
Gwyneth Paltrow as Young Wendy
Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps
Gwyneth Paltrow as Dixie Normous
Gwyneth Paltrow as Helen Quilley
Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna
Gwyneth Paltrow as Georgina Hobart
Gwyneth Paltrow as Liv
Gwyneth Paltrow as Maya Ganesh
Gwyneth Paltrow as Lucy Trager

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gwyneth Paltrow Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.7, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Romantic Comedy 4
  • Witty Dialogue 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Coming-of-Age Story 3
  • Family Secrets 3
  • Intense Performances 3
  • Charismatic Lead Performance 3
  • Nostalgic Tone 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2
  • Complex Relationships 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

67
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Strangers
Strangers

as Belle Burden

2020s

5 titles · average score 64
Marty Supreme
Marty Supreme (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Kay Stone

Skategoat
Skategoat (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

An SNL Thanksgiving
An SNL Thanksgiving (2024)

as (archive footage)

American Horror Stories
American Horror Stories (2021)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Daphne (Voice)

The Drew Barrymore Show
The Drew Barrymore Show (2020)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Self

2010s

14 titles · average score 64
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

as Pepper Potts

The Politician
The Politician (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Georgina Hobart

Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
GoodWatch score 75

as Pepper Potts

Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

as Pepper Potts

Man in Red Bandana
Man in Red Bandana (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

as Narrator

Mortdecai
Mortdecai (2015)
GoodWatch score 33

as Johanna Mortdecai

Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Pepper Potts

Thanks for Sharing
Thanks for Sharing (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

as Phoebe

The Avengers
The Avengers (2012)
GoodWatch score 74

as Pepper Potts

Contagion
Contagion (2011)
GoodWatch score 68

as Beth Emhoff

Iron Man 2
Iron Man 2 (2010)
GoodWatch score 61

as Pepper Potts

Country Strong
Country Strong (2010)
GoodWatch score 46

as Kelly Canter

2000s

24 titles · average score 57
Iron Man
Iron Man (2008)
GoodWatch score 78

as Pepper Potts

Two Lovers
Two Lovers (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Michelle Rausch

Spain... on the Road Again
Spain... on the Road Again (2008)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

The Good Night
The Good Night (2007)
GoodWatch score 52

as Dora Epstein

Proof
Proof (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

as Catherine Llewellyn

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

as Polly Perkins

View from the Top
View from the Top (2003)
GoodWatch score 35

as Donna

Sylvia
Sylvia (2003)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sylvia Plath

Possession
Possession (2002)
GoodWatch score 59

as Maud Bailey

Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal (2001)
GoodWatch score 52

as Rosemary Shanahan

The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
GoodWatch score 79

as Margot Tenenbaum

Bounce
Bounce (2000)
GoodWatch score 52

as Abby Janello

1990s

22 titles · average score 58
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

as Marge Sherwood

Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
GoodWatch score 80

as Viola De Lesseps

A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

as Emily Bradford Taylor

Sliding Doors
Sliding Doors (1998)
GoodWatch score 64

as Helen Quilley

Great Expectations
Great Expectations (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Estella

Hush
Hush (1998)
GoodWatch score 34

as Helen Baring

Hard Eight
Hard Eight (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

as Clementine

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Jefferson's grandaughter (voice)

Emma
Emma (1996)
GoodWatch score 72

as Emma Woodhouse

The Pallbearer
The Pallbearer (1996)
GoodWatch score 45

as Julie DeMarco

Se7en
Se7en (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Tracy

Moonlight and Valentino
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
GoodWatch score 34

as Lucy Trager

1980s

1 title · average score 50
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show