Katherine Anne Bosworth[1] (born January 2, 1983)[2] is an American actress. Following minor roles in the filmsThe Horse Whisperer (1998) andRemember the Titans (2000), she had a leading role in the movieBlue Crush (2002).
Bosworth was born inLos Angeles[1] and also lived inSan Francisco as a child.[3] She is the only child of Patricia (née Potter), a homemaker, and Harold Bosworth, a former executive forTalbots.[4][5] She was born withheterochromia iridum, and has a hazel right iris and a blue left iris.[6] When she was six years old, her family moved from San Francisco to various parts of the country due to her father's job. She was raised mainly on theEast Coast, inMassachusetts andConnecticut.[4]
Bosworth's first film role came after an open casting call in New York for the supporting part of Judith in the 1998 filmThe Horse Whisperer. The producers needed someone who was an experienced horse rider, and Bosworth won the role.[7] The film earned a positive reception from film critics.[10] In 2000, she starred in the television series dramaYoung Americans as Bella Banks,[11] but it was canceled.[12] That year she had a small part in the filmRemember the Titans.[11] In 2001, she moved to Los Angeles to seek better film parts.[4]
Bosworth's breakthrough role came in the 2002 surfing filmBlue Crush. She prepared for the role by working with two trainers seven hours a day for months, adding 15 pounds of muscle to her frame.[13] In his review of the film,Rolling Stone'sPeter Travers wrote, "Bosworth is a star in the making, but even she can't outshine the surfing footage, which is flat-out spectacular."[14] The film received positive reviews[15][16] and grossed $40 million at the United Statesbox office.[17] Bosworth then took on the lead role in the low-budgetWonderland (2003) oppositeVal Kilmer. She played the teenage girlfriend of porn starJohn Holmes.[11][18]
Bosworth was cast as reporterLois Lane inBryan Singer's filmSuperman Returns (2006),[27] which also starred herBeyond the Sea co-star Kevin Spacey asLex Luthor, and newcomerBrandon Routh as Superman.[28][29] It was a box office success and received mostly positive reviews.[30] Bosworth's performance, however, was not well received; Anthony Lane ofThe New Yorker wrote, "The new Lois Lane, Kate Bosworth, is not a patch onMargot Kidder, or, for that matter, onTeri Hatcher, in theTV series."[31]San Francisco Chronicle film criticMick LaSalle felt that Bosworth, at age 22, was too young to portray Lane, and that theclimax did not "match the potential of the tiring 154 minute long film".[32] Although Bosworth's performance was ambivalently received, she loved working on the movie. In a candid interview withTeen Vogue published in the August 2006 issue, Bosworth expressed her deep affection for the film and described the experience as a transformative period in her life, where she felt a newfound sense of self and completeness.[33] She was eventually nominated forworst supporting actress at theRazzie Awards for the part. The movie grossed $52 million on its opening weekend in North America and went on to earn $391 million worldwide.[34]
In 2006, sheoptioned the film rights toCatherine Hanrahan's novelLost Girls and Love Hotels and was set to produce the project with filmmaker Nadia Connors.[41] It was finally made withAlexandra Daddario in the lead role. In 2010, she starred inThe Warrior's Way, shot in New Zealand with Korean actorJang Dong-gun andGeoffrey Rush.[42][43] It was one of 2010's biggest box-office flops, grossing only slightly more than $11,000,000 worldwide against its $42 million budget. Bosworth has said about her roles, "I just don't do comfort zones."[44]
In January 2008, Bosworth was named the new face ofCalvin Klein Jeans and appeared in their ad campaigns.[45] She also became the spokesperson for the American luxury bag brandCoach in Asia.[46]
In 2011, Bosworth contracted to sing the television jingle forCotton Incorporated's "Fabric of My Life" advertisement.[47] On December 4, 2012,Topshop revealed that she was the "secret" woman in the new Topshop Christmas advertisements.[48]
Bosworth designed a jewelry line with friend and celebrity stylistCher Coulter called JewelMint, which launched in October 2010.[49] The firstvertical venture of MySpace co-founder Josh Berman[50] and Diego Berdakin's social commerce company, BeachMint features designs by Coulter and Bosworth.[51]
In 2012, Bosworth was the face of skincare brandSK-II.[52]
She appeared in 10 films between 2011 and 2014, moving away from the big-budget Superman franchise into lower-budget film roles, such asStill Alice withJulianne Moore. The short filmLov, filmed inSlovenia, featured her and launched fashion designerVanessa Bruno’s fall 2011 campaign.[53]
In September 2018, Bosworth was announced as having the main role of KC on theNetflix science-fiction miniseriesThe I-Land.[60] It was released on September 12, 2019.[61] That year, she was cast in the sci-fi thrillerGenesis.[62]
In 2018, Bosworth was included inPeople magazine's list of 25 Women Changing the World.[63] In late 2018, Bosworth and then husband Michael Polish debuted their privately funded filmNona,[64] which focuses on the issues of human trafficking.[65] She works closely with theCoalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking.[66]
Bosworth in Sydney, Australia, in 2012
In 2018, Bosworth and Polish opened the Montana Institute of the Arts, a summer school for filmmaking students.[67]
She had a relationship with actorOrlando Bloom from 2002 to 2005.[70]
In mid-2011, she began dating American directorMichael Polish, whom she met earlier that year when he directed her inBig Sur.[71] They announced their engagement in August 2012,[72] and married on August 31, 2013, inPhilipsburg, Montana.[73] Bosworth became the stepmother to Jasper, Polish's daughter from a previous marriage, whom Bosworth said was “hands-down the greatest unexpected gift of her life”.[74][67] In August 2021, she announced her separation from Polish.[75] They legally divorced in March 2023.[76]
In January 2022, it was reported that Bosworth was in a relationship with actorJustin Long.[80] In April 2023, the couple confirmed their engagement.[81] A month later, Long indicated that the couple had married.[82] On July 18, 2025, they welcomed a daughter via surrogacy.[83]
^Macalister-Smith, Tilly."The 10 best dressed". Matches Fashion. Archived fromthe original on June 9, 2013. RetrievedMay 31, 2013.LA-born and San Francisco-raised...
^Clinton, Paul (December 17, 2004)."Review: 'Beyond' good, thanks to Spacey".CNN.Archived from the original on August 11, 2015. RetrievedAugust 15, 2015.As Dee, Bosworth gives a dead-on performance, aging from a 16-year-old ingénue into a 27-year-old woman who has seen and experienced things way beyond her years.
^Lane, Anthony (July 3, 2006)."Kryptology".The New Yorker. newyorker.com. p. 2.Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. RetrievedNovember 14, 2008.
^"Kate Bosworth new face at Coach".Marie Claire. January 28, 2008.Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. RetrievedJuly 29, 2008.The trend for celebrity models looks set to continue, with Mischa Barton revealed as the latest face of Iceberg, and Kate Bosworth for Coach.
^"Top Ten celebrity Buddhists".Wildmind Buddhist Meditation. Wildmind.org. June 5, 2007.Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. RetrievedAugust 9, 2011.
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