- Kate's breakthrough was as Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous (2000), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Kate has stated she considers Kurt Russell to be her father.
- Kate has described her mother (Goldie Hawn)as "the woman that I've learned the most from, and who I look up to, who has conducted her life in a way that I can look up to".
- Kate graduated from Crossroads, a performing school in Santa Monica, in 1997.
- Kate was accepted to New York University, but chose to pursue an acting career instead of an undergraduate degree.
- Kate had previously appeared in the lesser-known films Gossip, a teenage drama, and 200 Cigarettes, a New Year's-set comedy with a large cast of actors.
- In 2002 Kate starred in the remake of the historical romance The Four Feathers, a film which was not well received by critics or audiences.
- Kate's next film, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a romantic comedy, became a big success at the box office, grossing over $100 million.
- Kate's later film, a comedy titled You, Me and Dupree and co-starring Owen Wilson and Matt Dillon, grossed $21.5 million on its opening weekend.
- In 2008, she appeared in Fool's Gold, a romantic comedy, her second film to co-star Matthew McConaughey.
- Kate had been certified in scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef for the movie's underwater scenes.
- Kate will next appear in the musical film Nine alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench.
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