Hollywood elite, Gwyneth Paltrow has successfully transformed from actress to wellness businesswoman worth $200 million (£156m). Whether you’re a fan of a goop candle or not, you can’t deny the scope of Paltrow’s impressive real estate portfolio. From California to New York and back again, the actress has lived in numerous homes across the US. Having spent 10 years in London with ex-husband and Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, Paltrow now lives in her Montecito fixer-upper in California with her family. Click or scroll on to find out how the actress cultivated such an illustrious career and luxurious array of homes...

Daughter to film producer and director, Bruce Paltrow and Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner, Gwyneth was born in Los Angeles on the 27th September 1972. Her late father was from a Jewish family, while her mother is of mostly German descent. The successful actress and businesswoman was raised celebrating both Jewish and Christian traditions in an affluent household. 

Last listed for $3.2 million (£2.6m) in September 2021, Gwyneth’s childhood LA home can be seen here, nestled among the leafy Brentwood Heights neighbourhood. Just a short drive from Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, which Gwyneth attended in her younger years, the Californian home merges traditional East Coast aesthetic with West Coast charm. 

In the listing photos, Sicilian-style lemons sit in a vase atop the white wood kitchen island with prep sink, as a nod to the lemon trees growing in the front garden. Contemporary dècor merges with East Coast traditional styles throughout the North Saltair Avenue abode, which was listed for the first time in 20 years, but has since sold for a whopping $3.4 million (£2.5m), according to property records. Enjoying a slice of the good life, Gwyneth grew up in this house alongside her younger brother, Jake. 

Here the actress lived the Californian dream with her family until they moved to New York when she turned 12. The actress' first home boasts a smorgasbord of international influences from marble flooring to ornate fireplaces and French doors. This light-filled double bedroom, which is one of three, features vaulted ceilings with a chandelier hanging from the beams above.

More marble surfaces grace the bathroom, where a large multi-panelled window casts a wealth of natural light across the space and provides leafy vistas beyond for bath times with a view. You’ll also find the home boasts its own upper canyon-view deck, for more sun-kissed panoramas.

In 1984, the Paltrow family moved from California to New York. When aged 12, Gwyneth began to train as an actor under the tutelage of her parents and was a star in the making. The young family lived in their townhouse on East 92nd Street in New York City, staying there for eight years until 1992. 

The multi-storey, six-bedroom townhouse came onto the market in July 2021, for $15.5 million (£12.4m), but sold in January 2022 for $14.5 million (£11.6m) despite its impressive Renaissance Revival style and covetable location on the Upper East Side. During her time here, Paltrow received a private education at Spence School, an all-girls school in New York City.

Spread over five storeys and encompassing a whopping 7,205 square feet, Gwyneth’s teenage home still turns heads today. Original features remain throughout, including parquet flooring and ornate cornicing designed by architect Walter Reid Jr in 1891. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow beams of natural light to illuminate the Manhattan abode, from the dining room to the wood-panelled library with a wet bar.

Another enviable feature is the private rear garden, which is like gold dust for a New York property. The patioed courtyard, boasts its own orange tree and a mosaiced fountain, and is surrounded by conveniently tall walls with climbing vines for added privacy. The budding actress would have enjoyed this calm oasis in the heart of bustling New York.

Aged 15, Gwyneth spent a year in Talavera de la Reina, Spain as an exchange student before deciding to study art history at the University of California at 18. However, Paltrow’s real passion was for acting, which she decided to pursue instead, dropping out of her Art History course at UC Santa Barbara. Pictured here at just 17 years old, a young Gwyneth was a star in the making. 

It was in 1991, aged 19, that the actress would get her first acting role in a Hollywood film. Starring alongside John Travolta and Heather Graham, Paltrow’s first appearance on the big screen was in the rock and roll drama, Shout. That same year she also played Wendy in Spielberg’s film, Hook. Cynics put her plum roles down to her parents' influence and the actress was predicted a short career.

After a few different acting roles, it wasn’t until 1996 when Gwyneth starred in Emma, that she received real recognition in the industry. She received her first award for acting, the Satellite Award, and went on to star in multiple Hollywood blockbusters including Shakespeare in Love, for which she won a Golden Globe and, of course, the most coveted Oscar.

Despite a brief engagement to Brad Pitt between 1994 and 1997, Gwyneth met Coldplay frontman Chris Martin in 2002 before tying the knot in 2003, when she was pregnant with their first child. They lived in this glamourous Belsize Park home from 2004 as a family until their infamous ‘conscious uncoupling’ in 2014, which led to their divorce in 2016. The couple reportedly snapped up the house for $4.1 million (£3.3m), from actress Kate Winslet, and put it on the market for $11.5 million (£9.2m) when they were looking to sell. 

The couple acquired the two homes on either side of the London abode, extending the property to include a garden and play area, three more bedrooms, a gym, changing room and another bathroom according to Elle Australia. However, the renovations didn't come without problems as many of the locals complained about the constant renovations, according to Page Six. Still fans of London, here the amicable pair are pictured in London in 2018 with their children, Apple, now 19, and Moses, now 17. 

While the celebrity couple were still together and now parents of two, they purchased this 3,892-square-foot New York City unit at the River Lofts complex in 2007 for just over $5.1 million (£4m). The River Lofts complex is a two-building warehouse conversion complete with a 24-hour doorman, fitness centre and celeb-friendly elevator, as well as access to an indoor parking garage for discreet getaways.

The three-bedroom, three-bathroom abode “balances centuries-old techniques with a confident, breezy modernism”, according to an article on goop that gives a sneak peek of the previously secret home. The style is down to a design team at Roman and Williams who worked with the actress to create a light, ethereal palette throughout.

Floor-to-ceiling windows reminiscent of Paltrow’s NYC childhood townhouse can be found throughout, casting natural light across the rooms. The modern kitchen features marble countertops, a statement centre island with an extractor fan and a banquet seating area.

Throughout, the bespoke home is designed with a family in mind. A swing, which is made from an antique Indian door, hangs from the living room ceiling, which the family of four used for reading and playing together. With a romantic yet playful vibe, it's certainly a welcoming space.

It comes as no surprise that the bespoke, design-led penthouse reached almost double the buying price of $5.1 million (£4m) in 2007. On the market again for $14.5 million (£11.6m) in 2016, the Tribeca apartment had a price drop before selling for $10.7 million (£8.6m) in 2017 reportedly to an unidentified buyer.

In 2006, Paltrow purchased this mansion in the Amagansett area of the Hamptons with her then-husband, Chris Martin, for $5.4 million (£4.3m). The Hollywood actress and wellness tycoon still owns the 7,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, seven-and-a-half-bath East Hampton home. She even married her current partner, Glee co-creator, Brad Falchuk on the premises in 2018 with Chris Martin in attendance. Conscious uncoupling goals!

Once gracing the covers of VERANDA magazine, this equestrian estate is an 8,000-square-foot Windsor Smith-designed mansion. Paltrow and Martin purchased the home in 2012, which was designed by 10 different interior decorators, for $10.5 million (£8.4m). Reportedly, a rather lovely $1.5 million (£1.2m) less than the asking price. The estate resides within the Mandeville Canyon area of Los Angeles with celebrity neighbours such as Heidi Klum and Gisele Bündchen.

Once inside, the world-renowned designers’ visions come to life, from the entry hall flooring made of Peruvian schoolhouse stones to the horse stable designed by Kathryn Ireland, star of Bravo's Million Dollar Decorators. Complete with six bedrooms, eight baths and an expansive kitchen for cooking up goop recipes, the Brentwood estate is certainly fit for Hollywood royalty.

In 2014, the same year as announcing her split from Chris Martin, Gwyneth purchased this $14 million (£11.2m) private gated beach home in Malibu. Designed by John Lautner, the tropical retreat is an architectural delight. Built in 1972, the Malibu estate hosts four bedrooms and three bathrooms with ocean and mountain views, as well as a stunning pebble-stoned swimming pool.

Inside, the actress can enjoy radiant heated sandstone floors and a chef’s kitchen for cosy nights in with a healthy – we’re assuming – dinner. The seaside escape sits within the celebrity hotspot of Point Dume and on Malibu’s most desirable beach, Little Dume, providing a protected backyard anchorage for a yacht if needed. You never know…

Residing over one acre, the Malibu home also boasts tropical gardens of exotic fruits and flowers, a professionally designed and lighted tennis court, a weight lifting gym and a private yoga studio – perfect for the wellness-obsessed goop magnate.

In 2016, Paltrow decided to buy a two-and-half acre fixer-upper in Montecito, California, for ‘only’ $4.9 million (£3.9m) from Nigerian oil magnate, Kola Aluko. The actress and her TV writer husband, Falchuk, have since spent time renovating the four-bedroom Palladian-style home together, which boasts A-list neighbours including Meghan Markle, Oprah Winfrey, and Ellen DeGeneres.

Although the listing still states that the home is 'in need of work', according to Hello! it now boasts 60 solar panels and a large outdoor swimming pool. The charming entrance to the property opens onto a wide lane paved with hand-cut Santa Barbara Stone, leading through to a grand archway of trees to the main residence.

Inside the main house, you’ll find enviable ocean views and spacious sunny terraces overlooking Monet-like gardens and beyond. The conservatory-style living room features floor-to-ceiling arched windows with wonderfully high ceilings and a plethora of skylights allowing for plenty of natural light to seep through.

Built in 1981, this Palladian home with a front portico is built around a small courtyard with a 45-foot-long great room. Pictured is the Hollywood star posing in her doorway as she prepares to leave for the goop studio. The cool-toned tiles reflect the natural light beautifully.

Elsewhere, the kitchen features black floors, marble work surfaces and glass cabinets. There's also plenty of space for the busy pair to work from home, as seen in this Instagram post from the actress during lockdown in 2020. Perhaps she was browsing for another home reno project? We can't wait to see what Gwyneth does next.

There's always room for one more chez Gwyneth! In an effort to 'combat loneliness', the star recently listed the guest cottage at her Montecito mansion on Airbnb for one night only, inviting one lucky couple to join her at the property for a brief but glamourous stay. Nestled in a remote corner of the property and surrounded by greenery, the guest cottage resembles the main house in its Italianate design and boasts a shady dining patio, as well as its own pool and spa. 

Accessible through any one of the walls of French doors, which line the front of the home, the living area includes a woodburning fireplace and a fully stocked bar. A neutral colour palette accented by raw wood and stone features creates a soothing environment in which guests can unwind while overlooking the property’s serene grounds.

The living area does include a small yet state-of-the-art kitchen, but the Airbnb guests won’t have needed to spend much time there, as the stay included a private 'chef’s dinner' with the star and her husband, Brad Falchuk, in the main home’s intimate wine room, from which the guests were reportedly able to select a bottle of their choice. "I hope we’ll find connections and commonalities over a delicious meal," Paltrow wrote in the caption to her Insta post.

Just off the living room, the guest house’s one bedroom includes its own set of French doors, which provide access to the front patio and flood the room with natural light. The high coffered ceilings throughout the house, which the actress designed herself, also add to the feeling of airiness in both the bedroom and living area.

The bedroom opens into a marble-clad bathroom, which boasts double vanities and a particularly glamorous soaking tub for ultimate relaxation. The bathroom came fully stocked with some of Paltrow’s favourite goop products, according to the Airbnb listing, including the “award-winning Exfoliating Instant Facial" and “new delicious smelling shampoo and conditioner". Additional products were also available to take home so that guests could “continue [their] journey towards emotional health,” the listing stated. We wonder who the lucky winners were! 

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