Kate Hudson Profile - page 2

20-11-2008This Month 20th Nov 16:56

More impacting are the friendships he finds with his glamorous travel companions.

For her role as groupie Penny Lane Hudson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, an award many believe she should have won, as well as picking up the Golden Globe for the same category.

Historical romance The Four Feather, starring Heath Ledger and Wes Bentley, followed. The story is about Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger), admired by comrades as one of the finest British soldiers in his regiment. Passionately devoted to his beautiful bride-to-be, Ethne (Kate Hudson), Harry has a promising future in the military and a happy life ahead of him with the woman he loves.

But when an army of Sudanese rebels attacks a colonial British fortress in Khartoum and his regiment is sent to active duty in North Africa, Harry becomes overwhelmed by self-doubt and uncertainty and resigns his commission as his regiment is being shipped off to war.

Shocked by his son's actions, Harry's father disowns him. Assuming he is afraid, three of Harry's friends, and even Ethne his fiancee, each send him a white feather, a symbol of cowardice, none of them able to understand what Harry has done.

Tormented, isolated and alone in London, Harry learns that his best friend Jack (Wes Bentley) and his former regiment have fallen under brutal attack by rebels.

Instantly, the bond he has with his comrades inspires him to transcend his uncertainty and self-doubt in order to take on the one mission that is stronger than his resolve against war, saving his friends at all costs.

Undertaking the perilous journey into the Sudan alone, he strikes up an alliance with Abou Fatma (Djimon Hounsou), a wise mercenary warrior. Harry then disguises himself as an Arab and goes behind enemy lines to rescue Jack and the rest of his regiment, in an act of unparalleled self-sacrifice and bravery.

Despite being directed by Shekhar Kapur, who directed Elizabeth, the film was met poorly critically and at the box office. A career high at the box office came in 2003 when she teamed up with Matthew McConaughey for the first time in How to Lose A Guy in Ten Days.

Anderson (Kate Hudson) decides to spice up her how-to column in Composure Magazine by venturing out into the Manhattan singles market to see if she can make a guy fall for her, and then get him to dump her within 10 days.

Simultaneously, advertising executive Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) makes a bet with his boss that he can meet a woman and have her fall in love with him within 10 days.

Naturally the two of them come together, and, oblivious to each other's wagers, they quickly bond. But when Andie turns off her charms and turns on the dumping tactics, Benjamin must do all he can not to be repulsed by her so that he can win his side of the bet.

With Andie unable to comprehend why she can't rid herself of her guy, and with Benjamin frustrated at Andie's peculiar behaviour, the two of them begin down the inexorable path toward genuine romance.

Despite being panned by the critics the film went on to gross over £171 million at the global box office, taking a $100 million in the U.S. alone.

More recently Hudson teamed up with Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson for You Me and Dupree and despite a harsh time with the critics this movie also did well at the box office grossing over $130 million.

The actresses last project has seen her team up with Matthew McConaughey for the second time for Fool's Gold.

Ben 'Finn' Finnegan (McConaughey) is a good natured, surf burn turned treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queen's Dowry, 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715.

In his quest Finn has sunk everything, including his marriage to Tess (Hudson) and his more rust than trusty salvage boast 'Booty Calls'. Just as Tess is starting to re-build her life, working aboard a mega yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasure's whereabouts.

It's comedy again for the actress in her latest movie My Best Friend's Girl, which sees her team up with Jason Briggs and Dane Cook.

A master at seducing and offending women, Tank is a professional My Best Friend's Girl. When guys get dumped, they hire Tank to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus.

So when Tank’s best friend, Dustin, is dumped by his new girlfriend, Tank naturally offers to help out and ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime.

Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and his love for his best friend’s girl.

My Best Friend's Girl is released 21st November

FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw