List of Gwyneth Paltrow performances

American actress Gwyneth Paltrow started her career with a small role in her godfather, Steven Spielberg's children's fantasy film Hook (1991) portraying Young Wendy Darling.^[1] She gained acclaim in supporting roles in Flesh and Bone (1993), Seven (1995), and Hard Eight (1996). She had her first starring role in the film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Emma (1996) portraying the title role of Emma Woodhouse. In 1998 she starred in the romance fantasy Sliding Doors, the romantic drama Great Expectations and the romantic period comedy Shakespeare in Love earning the Academy Award for Best Actress for the latter.

Paltrow at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival

She earned acclaim for her roles in the mystery thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). She portrayed poet Sylvia Plath in Sylvia (2003). She acted in the dramas Proof (2005), Infamous (2006), Two Lovers (2008), Country Strong (2010), and Contagion (2011) as well as the comedies Shallow Hal (2001), View from the Top (2003), Running with Scissors (2006), and Thanks for Sharing (2012). She joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe portraying Pepper Potts in the seven films starting with Iron Man (2008) to Avengers: Endgame (2019).

On television, she has hosted Saturday Night Live three times from 1999 to 2011. She portrayed Holly Holliday on the Fox musical comedy series Glee earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. She acted in the Netflix series The Politician (2019–2020) and starred as herself in the documentary series The Goop Lab (2020). On stage, she acted in numerous productions at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and made her West End theatre debut in the David Auburn play Proof (2002) earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress nomination.

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Shout	Rebecca
	Hook	Young Wendy Darling
1993	Malice	Paula Bell
	Flesh and Bone	Ginnie
1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle	Paula Hunt
1995	Higher Learning	Student	Uncredited
	Jefferson in Paris	Patsy Jefferson
	Seven	Tracy Mills
	Moonlight and Valentino	Lucy Trager
1996	Hard Eight	Clementine
	The Pallbearer	Julie DeMarco
	Emma	Emma Woodhouse
1998	Sliding Doors	Helen Quilley
	Great Expectations	Estella Havisham
	Hush	Helen Baring
	A Perfect Murder	Emily Bradford Taylor
	Shakespeare in Love	Viola de Lesseps
1999	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Marge Sherwood
2000	The Intern	Herself	Uncredited
	Duets	Liv Dean
	Bounce	Abby Janello
2001	The Anniversary Party	Skye Davidson
	The Royal Tenenbaums	Margot Tenenbaum
	Shallow Hal	Rosemary Shanahan
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself	Documentary
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Dixie Normous	Cameo
	Possession	Maud Bailey
2003	View from the Top	Donna Jensen
	Sylvia	Sylvia Plath
2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Polly Perkins
2005	Proof	Catherine Llewellyn
2006	Infamous	Kitty Dean
	Love and Other Disasters	Hollywood Jacks	Cameo
	Running with Scissors	Hope Finch
2007	The Good Night	Dora Shaller
2008	Two Lovers	Michelle Rausch
	Iron Man	Pepper Potts
2010	Iron Man 2
	Country Strong	Kelly Canter
2011	Glee: The 3D Concert Movie	Holly Holliday	Uncredited[2]
	Contagion	Beth Emhoff
2012	The Avengers	Pepper Potts
	Thanks for Sharing	Phoebe
2013	Iron Man 3	Pepper Potts
2014	Virunga	Herself	Documentary
2015	Mortdecai	Johanna Mortdecai
2016	Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids	Herself	Documentary
2017	Man in Red Bandana	Narrator	Documentary; voice role[3]
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Pepper Potts
2018	Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams	Herself	Documentary
	Avengers: Infinity War	Pepper Potts
2019	Avengers: Endgame	Pepper Potts / Rescue
2022	She Said	Herself	Voice role[4]
2025	Marty Supreme †	TBA	Post-production[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Cruel Doubt	Angela Pritchard	Miniseries
1993	Deadly Relations	Carol Ann Fagot Applegarth Holland	Television film
1999–2019	Saturday Night Live	Herself / Various	Host; 6 episodes
2000	Clerks: The Animated Series	Herself	Voice role
2008	Spain... on the Road Again		Documentary; 13 episodes
2010	The Marriage Ref		Panelist; episode: "Gwyneth Paltrow/Jerry Seinfeld/Greg Giraldo"
2010–2011 2014	Glee	Holly Holliday	5 episodes
2011	Who Do You Think You Are?	Herself	Episode: "Gwyneth Paltrow"
2012	The New Normal	Abby	Episode: "Pilot"
2014	Web Therapy	Maya Ganesh	2 episodes
2016	Nightcap	Herself	Episode: "A-List Thief"
2017	Planet of the Apps		Mentor
2019	The Chef Show		Episode: "Gwyneth Paltrow / Bill Burr"
2019–2020	The Politician	Georgina Hobart	Main role; also executive producer
2020	The Goop Lab	Herself	Also executive producer
2023	American Horror Stories	Daphne	Voice role; Episode: "Daphne"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Playwright	Venue	Ref.
1990	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Susan Wilks	Mark Twain	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[6]
1991	Picnic	Millie Owens	William Inge		[7]
1992	The Sweet By 'N' By	Libby Bradley	Frank Higgins		[8]
1994	The Seagull	Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya	Anton Chekov		[9]
1999	As You Like It	Rosalind	William Shakespeare		[10]
2002	Proof	Catherine	David Auburn	Donmar Warehouse, West End	[11]
2018	Head Over Heels	—	Producer only, Broadway

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Quest for the Code	Perfuma	Voice

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Certifications	Album
		US [12]	US AC [13]	US Country [14]	AUS [15]	NZ [16]	UK [17]
"Cruisin'" (with Huey Lewis)	2000	—	1	—	1	1	—	AUS: 2× Platinum[18]	Duets
"Bette Davis Eyes"		—	—	—	3	—	—	AUS: Platinum[18]
"Country Strong"	2010	81	—	30	—	—	—		Country Strong
"Me and Tennessee" (with Tim McGraw)	2011	—	—	34	—	—	63
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
		US [19][20] [21]	AUS [22][23]	CAN [24][25] [26]	IRL [27]	UK [28][29] [30]
"Forget You" (among Glee cast)	2010	11	24	12	20	31	Glee: The Music, Volume 4
"Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag" (among Glee cast)[31]		—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Singing in the Rain/Umbrella" (among Glee cast)		18	23	20	10	22
"Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)"(among Glee cast)	2011	57	—	63	—	95	Glee: The Music, Volume 5
"Kiss" (among Glee cast)		83	98	80	—	—
"Landslide" (among Glee cast)		23	38	35	36	52
"Turning Tables" (among Glee cast)		66	—	66	—	75	Glee: The Music, Volume 6
"Happy" (among Glee cast)	2014	—	—	—	—	—	Glee: The Music, Celebrating 100 Episodes
"Party All the Time" (among Glee cast)		—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other album appearances

Song	Year	Album
"Silent Worship" (with Ewan McGregor)	1996	Emma
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (with Babyface)	2000	Duets
"It's Only Love" (with Sheryl Crow)	2002	C'mon, C'mon
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (with Mark Rubin Band)	2006	Infamous
"Shake That Thing"	2010	Country Strong
"Coming Home"
"A Fighter"
"Travis"
"Over the Rainbow" (with Matthew Morrison)	2011	Matthew Morrison
"This Woman's Work"		Every Mother Counts
"Waiting on June" (with Holly Williams)	2013	The Highway
"Everglow" (with Coldplay)	2015	A Head Full of Dreams

Music videos

Video	Year	Director
"I Want to Come Over" (with Melissa Etheridge)	1996	Pam Thomas
"Country Strong"	2010	Kristin Barlowe, Christoper Sims, Shana Feste
"Me and Tennessee" (with Tim McGraw)	2011	Shana Feste

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Gwyneth Paltrow