Gwyneth Paltrow: Life in pictures

In 2005, Paltrow loaned her famous face to Estée Lauder’s Pleasures perfume.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

In 2007, an article in W had this to say: “For all her acting ability and natural glamour, she has never exuded the easy likability of Cameron Diaz or Reese Witherspoon. There’s nothing goofy or girl-next-door about her. She attended the poshest of posh Manhattan private schools; she’s a champion of gloomy art-house fare (think Sylvia); she’s talked in the past, at length, about her devotion to all things detoxed and macrobiotic; and she’s an ardent Anglophile who, for the past few years, has spent the preponderance of her time in Martin’s native England.”  (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)

Paltrow’s often-shocking fashion sense has made her red carpet looks tabloid staples and her inner circle includes designers like Stella McCartney. Paltrow made waves in 2002 when she wore this goth-like, sheer Alexander McQueen gown to the Oscars.  (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)

Paltrow’s long-standing relationship with Madonna seemingly lasted longer than most Hollywood marriages (here they are with Chelsea Clinton at the Versace spring-summer 2002 Haute Couture show in Paris). But it has hit a snag, as rumors circulated in summer 2010 that the two former best friends do not speak anymore.  (Steve Wood / Associated Press)