# Kate is the daughter of Bill Hudson and Goldie Hawn, but raised by Goldie’s longtime partner, Kurt Russell, whom she considers her father.

# Kate has been named as one of the ‘50 Most Beautiful People in the World’ by People Magazine. (2000)

# Turned down the part of Peter Parker’s girlfriend Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man (2002) for the role of Ethne Eustace in The Four Feathers (2002).

# Once said that as children, her brother Oliver used to torment her by nicknaming her “Hammerhead” (as in hammerhead shark).

# Graduated from Crossroads, a Santa Monica performing arts school, in 1997.

# She started production company Cosmic Entertainment in 2003 with Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and her brother.

# Kate ranked #99 in Premiere’s 2003 annual Power 100 List. It is her first appearance on the list and she was the youngest person on it that year at the age of 24.

# Kate gave birth to her first child with Chris, Ryder Robinson, on January 7, 2004. He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz.

# Kate loves to play guitar, writing music, and arts & crafts

# Sister of Oliver Hudson (born 1976), and a half-sister of Emily Hudson (born 1982) and Wyatt Russell and Zachary Hudson (both born 1986).

# She is also the niece of Brett Hudson and Mark Hudson who, along with her father, Bill Hudson, were part of the rock group, the Hudson Brothers.

# Her son Ryder’s middle name, Russell, is an homage to her mother Goldie Hawn’s longtime partner Kurt Russell, whom Kate always considered to be her father.

# When Kate was 11, her mother relented and got her an audition for a lead role in a never-produced television show with Howie Mandel. Hudson won the part – but Hawn didn’t tell her, turned it down, and kept the secret until she admitted it a year later.

# She turned down what could have been her big break, a role in Escape from L.A. (1996), because it starred Kurt Russell and “I didn’t want to be professionally associated with my dad. I just wanted to see if I could do the audition.”

# She can play guitar and piano.

# Favorite musicians are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

# She admires Bette Davis

# Kate does yoga

# Dislikes wearing make-up and washes her face with Cetaphil

# Her wedding ring is white gold.

# Father Bill Hudson is the son of Sicilian immigrants (who Anglicized their surname); mother Goldie Hawn is half Anglo-Saxon and half Jewish. Kate was raised Jewish and Buddhist – as she describes it – “Jew-Bu”.

# Liv Tyler is a good friend of Kate

# Kate has three dogs: Clara (a Pomeranian), Doctor (an English bulldog), and Bella (a Neapolitan mastiff)

# Speaks French

# Buys her clothes from vintage clothing shops and makes her own jewelry

# Was at the 2004 Jammy Awards in Madison Square Garden.

# Rank #38 on VH1’s 100 Hottest Hotties

# Cousin of singer Sarah Hudson

# Shares a birthday with Ashley Judd.

# Ranked #51 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World” (2002).

# Is friends with The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.

# Her step-mom is actress Cindy Williams. She was married to Bill Hudson, her father, and they had two children together named Zachary and Emily. The two are now divorced.

# Graduated from high school (Crossroads School, 1997) with two time NBA All-Star and current Golden State Warrior Baron Davis.

# She lost 60 pounds in the three months after giving birth to her son, Ryder, for her role in The Skeleton Key (2005).

# Plays a young rock-star groupie in Almost Famous (2000). Her mother, Goldie Hawn, played a middle-aged former groupie in The Banger Sisters (2002).

# Her ex-husband, Chris Robinson, is the lead singer of The Black Crowes.

# Named #47 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005″ special supplement. (2005)

# After the National Enquirer reported that she had an eating disorder, she successfully won a libel suit against them. As a result of the suit, she has become one of the only people who successfully forced the Enquirer to admit they fabricated a story (rather than claiming it was a mistake).

# Ex-sister-in-law of Rich Robinson.

# Announced separation from her husband of almost six years, Chris Robinson [July 2006].

# Named #66 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006″ supplement. (2006).

# Auditioned for the role of Lady Jocelyn in A Knight’s Tale (2001), but lost out to Shannyn Sossamon.

# Met one-time boyfriend Owen Wilson on the set of You, Me and Dupree (2006).

# Ranked #27 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

# Met former husband, singer Chris Robinson, after actor/comedian, Dave Foley convinced Chris to hit on her.

# Kurt Russell walked her down the aisle at her wedding to Chris Robinson.

# Launching new eco-friendly hair-care products [June, 2008].