Gwyneth Paltrow

Born in 1972, Gwyneth Paltrow is best known as an actress, and she has appeared in many films, including Emma (1996); Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress; The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999); Shallow Hal (2001); Proof (2005); and Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010); among others. But she also takes a turn at singing now and then, beginning in the 2000 film Duets, where she performed a version of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" with Huey Lewis. Their rendition of the song was released as a successful single in 2000, as was Paltrow's versio...