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An only child, Catherine Ann
Bosworth was born January 2, 1983 in Los Angeles to Patti and Hal
Bosworth, but was largely raised on the East Coast. As a young child, she
moved around frequently due to her father's demanding retail job. The
experience was difficult at times, as every 4 to 5 years Bosworth would
have to switch cities and schools. However, looking back, she claims the
experience,” created an independence that's invaluable to me now.”
From the ages of 9 to 13, Kate spent her time in Darien, Connecticut, an
extremely affluent suburban community. Surprisingly, Bosworth never had
any desire to be an actress and her first break at 13 came mostly because
she thought it would fun to ride horses in a feature film. Her experience
as an equestrian was the main reason she won the tragic role of Scarlett
Johanson's best friend in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer. Her
previous acting experience had consisted of singing at county fairs in
California and acting in a community theater production of Annie. The
experience on the set had a profound impact on a young Bosworth, and Kate
decided that she wanted to be a part of an "environment which is so
creative."
However, she put her desires on the back burner in exchange for a normal
childhood. Now 14 and living in Boston, she attended school for two more
years, even though she was offered numerous parts during that interval.
During high school she played soccer and lacrosse and was involved in
numerous charitable clubs as well as the National Honor Society. At 16,
she decided to try her luck in the business again, with similar results.
When she was just 17 and a senior at Cohasset High School, Kate won the
role of Bella on the short-lived WB summer series, Young Americans. She
temporarily relocated for the summer to Baltimore, Maryland where
Americans was shot. Kate auditioned for Bella because she was attracted to
her strengths. "She is a strong character, a young woman very
self-sufficient, able to take care of herself, and the love story between
her and Scout is very intriguing," Kate has commented. When the series was
canceled, Bosworth decided it was finally time to pack up her bags and she
left family and friends to move to Los Angeles.
In 2000, she landed the role of the bratty sister, Courtney Docherty, in
the feature film The Newcomers and the part of a football co-captain's
girlfriend, Emma Hoyt, in Denzel Washington’s Remember the Titans. Both
were smaller roles for Bosworth, but allowed her to hone her acting skills
and become acclimated to movie sets.
In early 2001, she got the part of Anne Marie Chadwick in Blue Crush, a
film about surfing, so she moved to Hawaii for filming. Although not a box
office smash, when the film was released in summer 2002 , it catapulted
Bosworth into the limelight and she got her first taste of a celebrity
lifestyle. It is rumored that around this time, Bosworth met Orlando
Bloom, of Lord of the Rings fame and the two started quietly dating. After
Blue Crush premiered, Bosworth appeared briefly in the dark and sexually
charged “The Rules of Attraction” as Kelly in October of 2002. The
decision proved that Bosworth wasn’t about to be pigeonholed.
Her next role was that of Dawn Schiller, the teenage lover of porn star
John Holmes (Val Kilmer) in 2003’s Wonderland. It was based upon the true
story of the brutal murder of a gang of drug dealers in a house on
Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles. Immediately after taking that role, she
also signed on to star as Rosalee Futch in the light romantic comedy, Win
a Date with Tad Hamilton! which premiered in 2004. Bosworth claims that it
was pure luck that she was able to do both films at the same time,
especially ones that were essentially polar opposites. Bosworth also had a
role as Trinity Montage in Advantage Hart, a short film about a young
tennis star, but the role has mostly been overlooked.
Bosworth's most recent role is portraying Sandra Dee opposite Kevin
Spacey, one of her longtime idols, in Beyond the Sea. She has also already
completed filming her next film appearance in Bee Season, as Chali, a Hare
Krishna cult member, which is set to debut in 2005. Kate has recently said
that she wishes to take time off after Beyond the Sea debuts in November
of 2004, and hopes that she will finally be able to attend Princeton
University next year after her many deferments possibly majoring in
English and psychology. She currently results in West Hollywood,
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There are girls, people in the
industry who just kind of flip through magazines and pick out guys,
like, "I'm gonna date him". I could never do that. I don't think
being set up works. I'm big into fate.
[On the changes that will follow her life and career after being
cast as "Lois Lane" in Superman Returns (2006)]: I'm ready for this.
I'm just glad my 'breakout' wasn't a gigantic film. I feel solid in
myself now.
[Talking about modelling her Lois Lane performance on Katharine
Hepburn]: I watched a lot of Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) to prepare
for Lois, particularly The Philadelphia Story (1940) and Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner (1967). Hepburn (Katharine Hepburn) is a great
model for how I see Lois - strong but fragile.
I'm in love with what I do but it's not the only thing that fulfills
me.
I think probably trying to please too many people. Sometimes I get
so caught up in making other people happy that I just sort of forget
about making myself happy and you obviously need to make yourself
happy.
Everybody makes mistakes, including role models, so you should just
learn and grow from it. Even the best role models do screw up and
learn from their mistakes, and I think it is just completely
unrealistic to say that role models are perfect. Personally, I think
perfection is boring, and secondly, I just think that it's okay to
make mistakes.
As an only child, you either become a loner or you learn to put
yourself out there, which my parents encouraged.
I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I
meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant,
that's when I start getting nervous.
[On the experience of living with her co-stars during the filming of
Blue Crush (2002)] Of course everybody had their own little thing.
My worst thing was ice cream, I was so intense about that. I
insisted that no one touch the Ben & Jerry's Half Baked. If they
did, it was a full-out showdown.
[Talking to Conan O'Brien about the experience of living in Sydney
while shooting Superman Returns (2006)] I love Sydney. I became
really attached to the city while I was there. The atmosphere,
culture and the people are just so amazing. I went for a cruise on
the harbor, and the view of the city is one of the most amazing
sights I've ever witnessed. Also, everyone there is in shape, you go
to the beaches and everyone just looks so fit. |
