Real Name: Kate Garry Hudson
Was Born: April 19, 1979. Los Angeles, California
Bio: Hudson's breakthrough role was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.She had previously appeared in the lesser-known films Gossip, a teenage drama, and 200 Cigarettes, a New Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors. Regarding her early career and success, Hudson has noted that she is a "hard worker", and did not want to be associated with her well-known parents, wishing to avoid the perception that she "rode on somebody's coattails"...