'''Kate Bosworth''' (born '''Catherine Ann Bosworth'''
[Her middle name is "Ann" rather than "Anne". State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905-1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Lists Catherine Ann Bosworth born January 2, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. At Ancestry.com] on January 2 1983) is an American actress. After appearing in 1998's ''
The Horse Whisperer'', Bosworth became well known with a leading role in 2002's ''
Blue Crush'', and has since appeared in several notable films, including ''
Superman Returns'', where she played Lois Lane.
Biography
Early life
Bosworth was born in Los Angeles, California to Hal Bosworth (an executive for Talbots) and Patricia Potter (a homemaker). She was born with sectoral heterochromia, resulting in a hazel section at the bottom of her right blue eye, while the left is completely blue. After leaving San Francisco at the age of six, Bosworth's family frequently moved around the country because of her father's job, and Bosworth grew up mainly on the East Coast, spending the rest of her youth in Darien, Connecticut and Cohasset, Massachusetts. She has noted that because of her family's frequent relocations, she always felt like the "new girl in school", and describes herself as "shy" and unpopular during her high school years, saying that she has "this pain in her heart from what it was like to walk in with your lunch tray and not have anywhere to sit".
While attending Cohasset high school (which she graduated from in 2001), Bosworth learned to speak Spanish and was a member of the National Honor Society; she also played varsity soccer and lacrosse. Bosworth has always been interested in a professional career as a competitive horse racer and, by the age of fourteen, was a champion equestrian.
Career
Bosworth's first film role came after an open casting call in New York for the supporting part of "Judith" in the 1998 film, ''
The Horse Whisperer''. The film's producers needed someone who was already an experienced horse rider, leading to Bosworth's successful audition for the role.
She subsequently had a supporting part in the 2000 film ''
Remember the Titans''. In 2001, Bosworth moved to Los Angeles in hopes of obtaining easier access to auditions and better film parts. Her first leading role was in 2002's surfing movie, ''
Blue Crush''. The film received positive reviews
and grossed $40 million at the United States box office,
allowing Bosworth wider exposure to a mainstream audience.
Between 2002 and 2005, Bosworth appeared in a number of widely released films. She starred as actress Sandra Dee in
