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KATE BOSWORTH
BIOGRAPHY
Born January 2, 1983, in Los Angeles,
California, Catherine Ann Bosworth spent most of
her childhood traveling throughout the United
States, including San Francisco, Connecticut and
Massachusetts. An award-winning equestrian, her
big break came about in 1998 during a casting
call for Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer.
Kate figured that attending an audition would be
a great experience, and the fact that the film
focused on horses gave her that extra push to go
ahead and attend the casting call. With little
more than a role in a community theater
production of Annie to her credit, Kate was a
natural and charmed her way into the supporting
role of Judith, the female lead's best friend,
but not before leaving the producers with her
impromptu headshot -- a picture of Kate from a
Christmas family portrait.
With the doors of Hollywood open to her at such
an early age, Kate was met with the age-old
dilemma of school versus career. A member of the
National Honor Society, she decided to continue
her high-school education, as well as her
involvement with community sports. After an 18-month
hiatus, she was drawn to Hollywood again in
2000, with back-to-back roles in The Newcomers
and Remember The Titans, with Denzel Washington.
After landing the role of Bella on the short-lived
WB series Young Americans, Bosworth was also a
rarity on television, as an actual teen actress
portraying a teen.
Two years later, it was director John
Stockwell's turn to reintroduce us to America's
latest sweetheart with the surfing film, Blue
Crush. Easily defined as a blend of Charlie's
Angels and Beach Blanket Bingo, 2002's Blue
Crush featured Bosworth as a chambermaid/aspiring
professional surfer. With the female cast
sharing a beach house in Oahu for two months,
they were forced to undergo a rigorous training
regimen, which included seven hours of running,
swimming, weight training, and surfing.
According to Bosworth, it wasn't easy; "Standing
on a surfboard is like trying to stand on soap.
You're going to fall."
But Kate met the challenge head-on, and had the
cuts and scars to prove it. She even ended up
going to the hospital for a CAT scan after a
nasty spill left her unconscious. The film's
surprise strong opening meant that Kate Bosworth
would have a whole new fan base, especially
among the MTV crowd. As the poster girl for this
"new wave" of girl power, Bosworth was happy to
portray a character she could relate to -- a
young woman who was strong-willed, determined,
independent, and sexy.
In 2002, she also appeared in Roger Avary's The
Rules of Attraction. The film explored the
darker side of college life, with Kate
portraying a strung-out party girl. Leaving her
wholesome prep-school image behind, she
attracted the attention of director James Cox,
who was in the midst of casting his latest film,
Wonderland.
Due for a July 2003 release, the film follows
the life of legendary adult film star John
Holmes and stars Val Kilmer in the lead role.
Dyeing her hair brown for the part, Bosworth
portrays Dawn Schiller, the real-life teenage
lover of the X-rated king.
After those roles, Bosworth was poised to lay
claim to the title of the latest Hollywood "It"
girl and her face graced dozens of magazine
covers seemingly overnight--especially when she
embarked on a romance with rising star Orlando
Bloom with whom she has been dating for almost 3
years.
Bosworth began seguing into leading lady roles
of the Reese Witherspoon and Meg Ryan variety,
and her fresh, sunny, innocent effervesence was
a major boost to the '50s-esque vehicle Win a
Date With Tad Hamilton!, playing a sweet
small-town girl who wins a date with a Hollywood
idol only to return home and find that he's
followed her, attracted by her goodness,
prompting a showdown between the actor and the
friend who's long carried a torch for her.
Bosworth explored slightly darker corners when
she played popular teen screen idol Sandra Dee,
the wife of singer Bobby Darin, opposite
star-director Kevin Spacey in the Darin biopic
Beyond the Sea where the actress held her own in
scenes opposite the acting powerhouse.
Kate's next appearance was in 2005 drama Bee
Season, opposite Richard Gere and Juliette
Binoche playing Chali, a Hare Krishna cult
member. Be on the lookout for Bosworth's next
appearance as the Man of Steel's perrenial love
interest Lois Lane in director Bryan Singer's
revival of the original comic book film
franchise, Superman Returns. |
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