Kate Garry Hudson (born April 19, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor.
She is the daughter of Goldie Hawn, stepdaughter of Kurt Russell, and sister of Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell.
She has three children from her past and current partners.
Her roles include:
- Dr. T & the Women (2000) as Dee Dee Travis
- Almost Famous (2000) as Penny Lane
- Gossip (2000) as Naomi Preston
- The Four Feathers (2002) as Ethne Eustace
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) as Andie Anderson
- Raising Helen (2003) as Helen Harris
- The Skeleton Key (2005) as Caroline Ellis
- You, Me and Dupree (2006) as Molly Peterson
- Fool's Gold (2008) as Tess Finnegan
- My Best Friend's Girl (2008) as Alexis
- Bride Wars (2009) as Lily Lerner
- Nine (2009) as Stephanie Necrophuros
- The Killer Inside Me (2010) as Amy Stanton
- Something Borrowed (2011) as Darcy Rhone
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) as Erica
- Glee (2013 — 2014) as Cassandra July
- Rock the Kasbah (2015) as Merci
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) as Mei Mei (voice)
- Deepwater Horizon (2016) as Felicia Williams
- Marshall (2017) as Eleanor Strubing
- Music (2021) as Zu
- Glass Onion (2022) as Birdie Jay
Tropes associated with her work:
- Dyeing for Your Art: She shaved her signature long blonde hair off into a buzz cut for Music (2021). Due to the three-year editing process, it had all grown back by the time the film was actually released.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Much like her mom. In fact, she is one of the triumphant cases during the Turn of the Millennium.
- Ms. Fanservice: Most of her roles.
- Those Two Actors: Glass Onion reunites her with both Kathryn Hahn, her co-star in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and Leslie Odom Jr., her co-star in Music (2021).
- Typecasting: She plays a non-maternal woman who suddenly finds herself as a caregiver for a teenage family member, and has to learn and grow because of it, in both Raising Helen and Music (2021).
