What is Kate Hudson’s Net Worth and Salary?
Kate Hudson is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur with a net worth of $80 million. She gained fame after her performance in “Almost Famous,” which drew comparisons to her mother, Goldie Hawn’s early work.
Despite attempting to establish herself as a romantic comedy starlet, with hits like “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” she faced mixed results with box office failures like “The Four Feathers.”
After a period of downtown in 2006, she began to redefine herself by taking on roles in musicals and darker projects like “Nine” and “The Killer Inside Me.”
Aside from acting, Hudson co-founded subscription fashion company Fabletics and went on to earn a fortune from it.
Kate Hudson’s Early Life
Kate Garry Hudson was born on April 19, 1979, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is the famous actress Goldie Hawn and her biological father is actor, comedian, and musician Bill Hudson. Her parents divorced when she was just 18 months old, and she and her brother Oliver were raised by Hawn and her long-term boyfriend, Kurt Russell. Hudson considers Russell her only father and has no relationship with her biological father. She graduated from Crossroads College Preparatory School in Santa Monica in 1997 and was accepted to New York University, but chose to pursue an acting career instead of a college degree.
Kate Hudson’s Acting Career Highlights
Kate Hudson made her TV debut on the Fox TV series Party of Five in 1996, and her film debut in Desert Blue in 1998. She received critical acclaim for her supporting roles in Gossip and Dr. T and the Women, both released in 2000. However, it was her performance in Cameron Crowe’s 2001 film Almost Famous that made her famous and fetched her a Golden Globe and several other major nominations. Hudson starred in the box office hit How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in 2003, followed by The Skeleton Key in 2005, which was met with much box office success and critical acclaim. Hudson’s career took a turn towards more independent roles throughout the 2010s, including playing the wife of a West Texas serial killer in The Killer Inside Me in 2010 and landing the recurring role of Cassandra July on the Fox teen comedy series Glee in 2012. In 2016, Hudson voiced a panda in the DreamWorks Animation Kung Fu Panda 3 and starred in the drama Deepwater Horizon, which opened to positive reviews and modest financial success. Hudson is slated to star in the 2020 film Music directed by Sia.
Fabletics: A Subscription Athleisure Company
Kate Hudson, along with Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg, co-founded Fabletics in July 2013. Initially an e-commerce based company, Fabletics now operates 22 retail stores and a menswear line under the label FL2. The company was valued at $250 million in 2017, with Kate owning a 20% stake, making her pre-tax stake worth $50 million.
In 2020, Fabletics achieved over $500 million in revenue. Kate’s co-founders, Ressler and Goldenberg, operate Fabletics’ parent company TechStyle Fashion Group, which includes JustFab, FabKids, ShoeDazzle, and Savage X Fenty. As of July 2021, reports suggest that Fabletics is looking to go public at a valuation of $5 billion.
Kate Hudson’s Personal Life
Kate Hudson was married to Chris Robinson, frontman for The Black Crowes from 2000 to 2007. They had a son, Ryder Russell Robinson, in 2004. Hudson dated Muse frontman Matt Bellamy beginning in 2010. They were engaged in 2011, and their son Bingham Hawn Bellamy was born the same year. The couple announced the end of their engagement in 2014. Hudson began dating Danny Fujikawa in 2016. On October 2, 2018, they announced the birth of their daughter Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa.
Kate Hudson’s Real Estate Investments
In 2003, Kate Hudson purchased a home in LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood for $5.4 million. Eight years later, in June 2011, she purchased the home next door for $5.3 million.
