Trivia

Has three children: son, Oliver Hudson (b. September 7, 1976) and daughter, Kate Hudson (b. April 19, 1979) with ex-husband Bill Hudson and son, Wyatt Russell (b. July 10, 1986) with boyfriend Kurt Russell.

Actually, Goldie is her real name; she was named after her aunt.

Her first entertainment gig was performing in "The Nutcracker" at age 11. She earned $1.50.

Amy Schumer lured her out of self-imposed retirement to co-star in Snatched (2017). 20th Century Fox originally did not want Hawn for the movie since she had not acted in 15 years, but Amy insisted and even threatened to leave the project if Hawn was not cast.

Good friends with Sally Field.

Has eight grandchildren: Ryder Russell Robinson (b. January 7, 2004) via daughter Kate Hudson and ex-son-in-law Chris Robinson; Wilder Brooks Hudson (b. August 23, 2007), Bodhi Hawn Hudson (b. March 19, 2010) and Rio Laura Hudson (b. July 18, 2013) via son Oliver Hudson and daughter-in-law Erinn Bartlett; Bingham Hawn Bellamy (b. July 9, 2011) via Kate and Matthew Bellamy; Rani Rose Hudson Fujikawa (b. October 2, 2018) via Kate and Danny Fujikawa; Buddy Prine Russell (b. March 11, 2021) and Boone Joseph Russell (b. February 13, 2024) via son Wyatt Russell and daughter-in-law Meredith Hagner.

She and longtime boyfriend Kurt Russell appeared together in five films: The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), Swing Shift (1984), Overboard (1987), The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020).

In January 1985, at age 39, she posed for the cover of Playboy.

Her performance as Judy Benjamin in Private Benjamin (1980) is ranked #70 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Drives the present owners of her childhood home in Maryland crazy by suddenly appearing whenever she wants to.

Had such a traumatic natural birth with her son Oliver Hudson that she delivered her other children, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell, via elective Caesarean sections.

It is often incorrectly stated that she shortened her family name from Studlendgehawn to Hawn. According to census documents the surname of all of her direct ancestors up to and including her father is Hawn, Hahn, or Haun.

Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood, Calif. (May 4, 2017)

Has a de facto stepson: Boston Russell (b. February 16, 1980) with boyfriend Kurt Russell.

Chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#71). (1995)

Gave commencement address at Graduation for the Class of 2002 at her alma mater, American University.

It has often been reported that her father, Rut Hawn (a.k.a. Edward Rutledge Hawn), was a direct descendant of Edward Rutledge (1749-1800), the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. However, genealogical research has shown that Hawn's "Rutledge" line leads back to a man named Joseph Rutledge (1744-1814).

Is an accomplished ballet dancer.

Aged 19 and employed as a dancer at the New York World's Fair, Hawn was spotted by a pimp who arranged her to meet with 55-year-old cartoonist Al Capp in his Manhattan apartment for what she thought was an audition for a forthcoming TV series. Dressed in lounge wear, Capp exposed himself during the meeting and tried to come on to her. After his advances were rejected, he told Hawn she would never get anywhere in show business and that she should return home and marry a Jewish dentist.

Her father had German and English ancestry, while her maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants.

Owns homes in Vancouver (Canada), the Pacific Palisades (CA), Palm Desert (CA) and Snowmass Village (CO).

Immediately after the success of The First Wives Club (1996), she, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton were going to make another film together called "Avon Ladies of the Amazon". The premise was about women who sell beauty products in the jungle. The film was never made. In 2015, the trio planned to star in a film for Netflix called "Divanation" as members of a once-popular singing group forced to reconnect after their volatile split and 30-year estrangement, but that film also was never made.

Dating Kurt Russell since February 14, 1983: Valentine's Day 1983.

She Kurt Russell are Hollywood's longest-lasting unmarried couple.

Considers her role as Lou Jean Poplin in The Sugarland Express (1974) to be her finest work onscreen.

Richard Donner pursued her for the role of Eve Teschmacher in Superman (1978), but her $2 million salary demand was deemed unreasonable by studio executives who ultimately settled for lesser-known actress Valerie Perrine.

On August 9, 2020, she was honored with a day of her filmography during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.

First woman to be honored by the American Museum of the Moving Image. (1997)

She describes herself as a Jew-Bu (Jewish Buddhist).

Returned to work eight months after giving birth to her daughter Kate Hudson to begin filming Private Benjamin (1980).

Started Cosmic Entertainment with Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson in 2003.

In 1970 she sued E-Z Card Co. and Hole In The Wall for $1.5 million, contending that 10,000 posters of her eating a potato chip constituted an invasion of privacy. The lawsuit said the posters, with the caption "Granny who?", embarrassed and humiliated her and prevented her from endorsing other products because the poster advertised Granny Goose Potato Chips. She also said the posters interfered with her career because she had left the TV series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) to become a serious actress. She won just $3,000 in damages and an agreement from the poster companies to stop printing the picture in a stipulated Superior Court judgment.

She was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in its suburb, Takoma Park, Maryland.

Lived with Swedish actor Bruno Wintzell from 1973 to 1975. Internet references that Hawn was married to Wintzell are false, as she was still legally wed to Gus Trikonis throughout that period and did not even file for divorce until she and Bill Hudson got engaged.

Founder of the Bright Light Foundation for Children.

Recorded and released a self-titled solo pop-country LP for Warner Bros. in 1972 with the production help of Dolly Parton and Buck Owens. One single was released (a cover of the bluegrass classic "Uncle Pen" (with the flip side song "Butterfly")), but it failed to chart.

Awarded honorary degree from Loyola Marymount University after delivering 2004 Commencement address there.

Published her autobiography "A Lotus Grows in the Mud" in 2005.

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967) cast mate Judy Carne reportedly was so jealous of Hawn that it caused her to start using heroin.

Planned to direct and star with Kurt Russell in "Ashes to Ashes", a comedy about a woman who goes to India and loses her ex-husband's ashes. Hawn wrote the script with Jeremy Pikser, co-writer of Bulworth (1998). The project fell into development limbo for a number of years and was re-announced at Cannes in 2007, with production scheduled to begin in the fall, but was put on hold yet again.

Plays a former rock-star groupie in The Banger Sisters (2002). Her daughter, Kate Hudson, plays a young rock-star groupie in Almost Famous (2000).

Discovered by talent agent Bud Simon while dancing in the chorus line on Andy Griffith's "Uptown-Downton" TV special. (1966)

Daughter of Rut Hawn and Laura Hawn.

Returned to work nine months after giving birth to her son Wyatt Russell to begin filming Overboard (1987).

Turned down The Day of the Locust (1975), Family Plot (1976), Pretty Baby (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The Main Event (1979), Atlantic City (1980), Making Love (1982) and Big Business (1988).

Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 209-210. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.

Sister of Patti Hawn. They had an older brother, Edward Rutledge Hawn, Jr. (February 10, 1937 - March 10, 1937) who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

She is a devout Buddhist and introduced His Holiness The Dalai Lama, at the "Tribute to the Dalai Lama" concert at Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre in April 2004.

Ex-sister-in-law of Gina Trikonis, Brett Hudson, and Mark Hudson.

In 2003 she founded the Goldie Hawn Foundation and its MindUP program that helps children regulate their emotions and manage stress.