Kate Bosworth



Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth[1]  (born January 2, 1983) is an American actress, model and singer. Bosworth starred in the television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks. She became known with a leading role in 2002's Blue Crush. The following year, Bosworth played the teenage girlfriend of porn star John Holmes in Wonderland opposite Val Kilmer. In 2004, she portrayed Sandra Dee in Kevin Spacey's Beyond the Sea. Bosworth since appeared in several notable films, including Superman Returns (2006), where she played Lois Lane, and 2008's blackjack drama film 21. In 2008, she became both Calvin Klein Jeans newest model and spokeswoman for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_Inc. Coach] newest luxury bags.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Bosworth was born on January 2, 1983, in Los Angeles, California.[2]  She is the only child of Patricia (née Potter), a homemaker, and Harold Bosworth, a former executive for Talbots.[3] [4]  At the age of six, Bosworth's family relocated from San Francisco to various parts of the country due to her father's job.[3]  She was raised mainly on the East Coast, spending the rest of her youth in Massachusetts and Connecticut.[3]
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 Early work
 * 2.2 Critical success
 * 2.3 Worldwide recognition
 * 2.4 2010 to present
 * 3 Personal life
 * 4 Filmography
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

Bosworth has always been interested in a professional career as a competitive horse racer and, by the age of fourteen, she was a champion equestrian.[3] [5]  She graduated from Cohasset High School, in Cohasset, Massachusetts, in 2001.[6] [7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth, born with heterochromia iridum, has a hazel right eye and a blue left eye.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] ==Career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == ===Early work<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth's first film role came after an open casting call in New York for the supporting part of Judith in the 1998 film, The Horse Whisperer. The film's producers needed someone who was already an experienced horse rider, leading to Bosworth's successful audition for the role.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-contactmusic2_5-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  The film received positive reception from film critics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  In 2000, she starred in the television series drama Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-filmography_10-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  The series, however, was canceled.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  That same year, she had a small part in the film Remember the Titans.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-filmography_10-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  In 2001, Bosworth moved to Los Angeles in hopes of obtaining easier access to auditions and better film parts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hello_-_Profile_3-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] ===Critical success<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Bosworth in May 2006.<p style="line-height:1.5em;">The breakthrough role in Bosworth's career came in the 2002 surfing movie Blue Crush, which she prepared for by working out with two separate trainers seven hours a day for months in order to add fifteen pounds of muscle to her frame.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  In his review of the film, Rolling Stone's Peter Travers wrote: "Bosworth is a star in the making, but even she can't outshine the surfing footage, which is flat-out spectacular."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  The film received positive reviews<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-crush_13-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  and grossed $40 million at the United States box office.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-crush2_15-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Following the success of Blue Crush, Bosworth took on roles in the indie films The Rules of Attraction (2002), and a darker turn in Wonderland (2003) opposite Val Kilmer, where she played the teenage girlfriend of porn star John Holmes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-filmography_10-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2004, she played the lead role in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win_a_Date_with_Tad_Hamilton! Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!], opposite Topher Grace.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  Also in 2004, Bosworth depicted actress Sandra Dee in Beyond the Sea.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  The movie received mixed reception,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  and was a box office disappointment.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  The following year, Bosworth portrayed Chali, a Hare Krishna, in the film adaptation of Myla Goldberg's novel Bee Season (2005), about a dysfunctional Jewish family.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  She has appeared in several Revlon ads and ranked as number 60 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" list.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]  For two years running, she has placed on the Maxim'' Hot 100 List – number 38 in 2005 and number 8 in 2006.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27] ===Worldwide recognition<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Bosworth at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.<p style="line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth was cast as reporter Lois Lane in Bryan Singer's superhero film Superman Returns (2006).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  She starred along with her Beyond the Sea co-star Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, as well as newcomer Brandon Routh as Superman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  The film was a box office success and received mostly positive reviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31] Bosworth's performance however, was not well received among critics; Anthony Lane of The New Yorker noted, "The new Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is not a patch onMargot Kidder, or, for that matter, on Teri Hatcher, in the TV series."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32]  San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle felt that Bosworth, at 22-years-old, was too young to portray Lois Lane, and the climax did not "match the potential of the tiring 154 minute long film".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  Although Bosworth's performance was ambivalently received, she herself loved the experience of working on the movie. As she told Teen Vogue in August 2006, "You know how you have an experience, a time in your life when you feel you've come into your own? When you grow up a bit, and think, Now I get it? [...] That's how I feel. I feel a little bit more complete."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]  The movie grossed $52 million during its opening weekend in North America and went on to earn $391 million worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth starred as Louise in the psychological drama called The Girl in the Park with Sigourney Weaver, Alessandro Nivola and Keri Russell, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburnin his directorial debut.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, it has since been picked up by The Weinstein Company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  Alissa Simon of Variety wrote that Bosworth "tries her best, but her character's too extremely drawn."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38]  Bosworth also filmed 21, an adaptation of the book Bringing Down the House, in early 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts and Las Vegas, Nevada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ny_39-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ew_40-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  This film reunites her with co-star Kevin Spacey and director Robert Luketic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ny_39-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ew_40-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  21 garnered mixed reviews, with Joanne Kaufman of the Wall Street Journal concluding, "Very little adds up in 21."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Her next film is the epic The Warrior's Way, which she shot in New Zealand alongside Korean star Jang Dong-gun and Geoffrey Rush.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  She has also optioned the film rights to Catherine Hanrahan's novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels. She will produce the project alongside filmmaker Nadia Connors.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  She has said about her roles, "I just don't do comfort zones."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mensvogue.com_45-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  In January 2008, Bosworth was named the new face for Calvin Klein Jeans and will be featured in the Calvin Klein Jeans campaign.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46]  She also takes on the role of spokesperson for American luxury bag brand [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_Inc. Coach] in Asia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47] ===2010 to present<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:1.5em;">She has a jewelry line designed with friend and celebrity stylist, Cher Coulter, called JewelMint, which launched in October 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]  JewelMint, the first vertical of MySpace co-founder, Josh Berman,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49] and Diego Berdakin’s social commerce company, BeachMint, is a new jewelry site with designs exclusively by Coulter and Bosworth. The two paired with the company to create a line of affordable fashion jewelry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-JM_50-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2011 Bosworth made her singing debut in a Cotton Incorporated's Fabric of My Life advertisement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51]  She appeared in the short film "Lov" which was filmed in Slovenia and launched fashion designer Vanessa Bruno’s Fall 2011 campaign.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  On the 4th December 2012 it was announced that Bosworth was the 'secret' women in the new Topshop Christmas Adverts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[53] ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth was accepted to Princeton University in late 2000, but because of continual deferral of her attendance, her acceptance was later revoked.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54]  She is a member of the Appalachia Service Project.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[55]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Bosworth dated American actor Matt Czuchry from 2000 to 2002. They met on the set of the TV show Young Americans.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[56]  Bosworth began dating English actor Orlando Bloom in spring 2002;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_8-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  they broke up in 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-contactmusics_57-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[57] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[58]  She subsequently dated musician James Rousseau from 2006 until 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-People_8-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  She then began a two-year relationship with her Swedish co-star of Straw Dogs, actor Alexander Skarsgård, which ended in July 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[59]  Around the same time, Bosworth began dating American director Michael Polish, whom she had met earlier that year when he directed her in the film Big Sur.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[60]  Bosworth and Polish announced their engagement in August 2012,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[61]  and married on August 31, 2013 in Philipsburg, Montana.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[62] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==