In 2019, Gwyneth Paltrow declared that she had only been “masquerading as an actor” before becoming the CEO of her Goop wellness empire – but we beg to differ. She is after all an Oscar winner, and effectively film royalty as the daughter of Blythe Danner. She proved she can wear a bonnet and adopt an English accent with ease as the lead in the 1996 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma , and put a modern twist on a period classic opposite Ethan Hawke in Alfonso Cuarón’s take on Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations .
Of course, her big moment came in 1998 as Viola de Lesseps in Shakespeare In Love – she took home an Academy Award for her performance. As she celebrates her 52nd birthday, we present a nostalgic look back at GP’s best onscreen moments to date. Read more: 7 Thoroughly Enjoyable Romantic Movies On Netflix To Watch Now Emma Could there have been a more perfect casting than Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse in this film adaptation of Jane Austen’s literary classic, Emma ? We think not.
Featuring a stellar line-up that also included Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor and Jeremy Northam, the 1996 film is worth rewatching time and again. British costumer Ruth Myers made period pieces look more wearable than ever, while Paltrow had the English accent down to a tee. Shakespeare In Love Rom-com Shakespeare In Love (1998) is the film that launched Paltrow into the stratosphere.
Not only did it gross nearly $300 million (£230 million) worldwide,.
