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Catherine Ann "Kate" Bosworth (born
January 2, 1983) is an American actress. She made her screen debut in
Robert Redford's 1998 film The Horse Whisperer. Bosworth starred in the
television series Young Americans, in which she played Bella Banks. She
became well 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 late 2006, Bosworth was the subject of magazine speculation about her
weight loss, becoming part of a trend of skinny young Hollywood actresses.
The following year, however, photographs indicated that her weight had
increased. In 2008, she became both Calvin Klein Jeans newest model and
spokeswoman for Coach newest luxury bags. In her personal life, Bosworth
has dated actors Matt Czuchry, from 2000 to 2002 and Orlando Bloom, from
2002 to 2006. She is dating English model turned singer-songwriter James
Rousseau.
Bosworth was born January 2, 1983 in Los Angeles, California, the only
child of Patricia (née Potter), a homemaker, and Hal Bosworth, a former
executive for Talbots. She was born with sectoral heterochromia, resulting
in a hazel section at the bottom of her right blue eye, while the left is
completely blue. After leaving San Francisco at the age of six, Bosworth's
family frequently moved around the country because of her father's job.
She grew up mainly on the East Coast, spending the rest of her youth in
Darien, Connecticut and Cohasset, Massachusetts.
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. While attending Cohasset High School from which she graduated
in 2001, Bosworth learned to speak French and was a member of the National
Honor Society; she also played varsity soccer and lacrosse.
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. The film
received positive reception from film critics.
In 2000, she starred in the television series drama Young Americans, in
which she played Bella Banks, a well-adjusted small town girl working at a
gas station near an elite prep school. The series, however, was canceled.
That same year, she had a small part in the film Remember the Titans. In
2001, Bosworth moved to Los Angeles in hopes of obtaining easier access to
auditions and better film parts.
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 six hours a day for months in order to add fifteen pounds of
muscle to her frame. 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." The film
received positive reviews and grossed $40 million at the United States box
office.
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. In 2004 she played the lead role in Win a Date with
Tad Hamilton!, opposite Topher Grace. The film was critically and
financially unsuccessful. Also in 2004, Bosworth depicted actress Sandra
Dee in Beyond the Sea. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle, in
review of the film, commented that Kevin Spacey, who played actor Bobby
Darin, and Bosworth's courting is "unsettling". The movie received mixed
reception, and was a box office disappointment.
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. She has appeared in several Revlon ads and
ranked as number 60 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" list.
For two years running, she has placed on the Maxim Hot 100 List – number
38 in 2005 and number 8 in 2006.
After going through many screen tests and competing with other actresses
for the role, she was cast as reporter Lois Lane in Bryan Singer's
superhero film Superman Returns (2006). She starred along with her Beyond
the Sea co-star Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor, as well as newcomer Brandon
Routh as Superman. The film was a box office success and received mostly
positive reviews. Bosworth's performance however, was not well-received
among critics; Anthony Lane of The New Yorker, in his review of the film
noted, "The new Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is not a patch on Margot Kidder,
or, for that matter, on Teri Hatcher, in the TV series." 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". Although Bosworth's
performance was ambiguously 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." Superman Returns was a
commercial and critical success. The movie grossed $200 million during its
opening weekend in North America and went on to earn $391 million
worldwide.
Bosworth starred in the psychological drama called The Girl in the Park
with Sigourney Weaver, Alessandro Nivola and Keri Russell. She plays
Louise, a troubled young girl taken under Weaver's character's wing. The
Girl in the Park was written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner David
Auburn in his directorial debut. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto
International Film Festival, it has since been picked up by The Weinstein
Company. Alissa Simon of Variety wrote that Bosworth "tries her best, but
her character's too extremely drawn."
Bosworth also filmed 21, an adaptation of the book Bringing Down the
House, in early 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts and Las Vegas, Nevada. This
film reunites her with co-star Kevin Spacey and director Robert Luketic.
21 garnered mixed reviews, with Joanne Kaufman of the Wall Street Journal
concluding, "Very little adds up in 21."
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. The film set for a
release in 2009. She has also optioned the film rights to Catherine
Hanrahan's novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels, about a young woman looking
to escape in Tokyo's seedy nightlife. She will produce the project
alongside filmmaker Nadia Connors. She has said about her roles, "I just
don't do comfort zones."
In January 2008, Bosworth was named the new face for Calvin Klein Jeans
and will be featured in the Calvin Klein Jeans campaign. She also takes on
the role of spokesperson for American luxury bag brand Coach in Asia.
Bosworth was accepted to Princeton University in late 2000, but because of
continual deferral of her attendance, her acceptance was later revoked.
She is also a member of the Appalachia Service Project.
Bosworth dated actor Matt Czuchry, whom she met on the set of their
short-lived television series, Young Americans. Their relationship lasted
from 2000 to 2002. Then, in late 2002, she began dating actor Orlando
Bloom. The two met outside a coffee shop and were introduced to each other
by a friend, before meeting again at the premiere of The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers. Bosworth and Bloom separated in 2006. Bosworth has
been dating British model James Rousseau since September 2006 after
meeting him at the Marc Jacobs after party. An aspiring musician, Rousseau
wrote the song "To Make You Mine" for her.
In late 2006, Bosworth was the subject of magazine speculation about her
weight loss, becoming part of a trend of skinny young Hollywood actresses.
In early 2007, after Bosworth turned up at a charity event and was then
photographed vacationing in Hawaii the media took note of her increased
weight.
Bosworth has two cats, Louise and Dusty, and a dog named Lila, whom she
adopted while on a 2004 vacation in Morocco. She has noted that although
equestrianism is her hobby, she has been unable to practice it, because of
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There are girls, people in the
industry who just kind of flip through magazines and pick out guys,
like, "I'm gonna date him". I could never do that. I don't think
being set up works. I'm big into fate.
[On the changes that will follow her life and career after being
cast as "Lois Lane" in Superman Returns (2006)]: I'm ready for this.
I'm just glad my 'breakout' wasn't a gigantic film. I feel solid in
myself now.
[Talking about modelling her Lois Lane performance on Katharine
Hepburn]: I watched a lot of Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) to prepare
for Lois, particularly The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner (1967). Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) is a great
model for how I see Lois - strong but fragile.
I'm in love with what I do but it's not the only thing that fulfills
me.
I think probably trying to please too many people. Sometimes I get
so caught up in making other people happy that I just sort of forget
about making myself happy and you obviously need to make yourself
happy.
Everybody makes mistakes, including role models, so you should just
learn and grow from it. Even the best role models do screw up and
learn from their mistakes, and I think it is just completely
unrealistic to say that role models are perfect. Personally, I think
perfection is boring, and secondly, I just think that it's okay to
make mistakes.
As an only child, you either become a loner or you learn to put
yourself out there, which my parents encouraged.
I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I
meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant,
that's when I start getting nervous.
[On the experience of living with her co-stars during the filming of
Blue Crush (2002)] Of course everybody had their own little thing.
My worst thing was ice cream, I was so intense about that. I
insisted that no one touch the Ben & Jerry's Half Baked. If they
did, it was a full-out showdown.
[Talking to Conan O'Brien about the experience of living in Sydney
while shooting Superman Returns (2006)] I love Sydney. I became
really attached to the city while I was there. The atmosphere,
culture and the people are just so amazing. I went for a cruise on
the harbor, and the view of the city is one of the most amazing
sights I've ever witnessed. Also, everyone there is in shape, you go
to the beaches and everyone just looks so fit. |
