Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#658
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Gwyneth Paltrow represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 35 years in, and Gwyneth is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Gwyneth Paltrow appears in 32 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Gwyneth. Influenced is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, drama, thriller. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Josh Safdie, Anthony Russo, Jon Watts and others, Gwyneth Paltrow helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Influenced (2026) as Self · Se7en (1995) as Tracy · Se7en (1995) as Tracy
Career snapshot
Ranked #658 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
32
1991–2026
Career length
35 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
Influenced
Average Nutevio score
7.0
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
Influenced
Most frequent director
Anthony Russo
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Anthony Russo
Most common genre
Drama
18 titles
Average runtime
2h 0m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.3
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
7.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
8.7 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. Influenced, Marty Supreme — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
8.7
Across 2 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
8.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. The Talented Mr. Ripley, Shakespeare in Love, Great Expectations.
Most productive era
2000s
13 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.84 films | 6.210 films | 6.33 films | 7.31 film |
| Action | — | 7.91 film | 7.86 films | — |
| Thriller | 8.33 films | — | 6.71 film | 7.31 film |
| Comedy | 6.84 films | 6.16 films | 5.82 films | 10.01 film |
| Crime | 8.33 films | 6.32 films | — | — |
| Romance | 6.73 films | 6.15 films | 6.11 film | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1991Hook
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Young Wendy.
First Nutevio masterpiece
1995Se7en
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches.
Highest rated performance · Career peak · Most recent film
2026Influenced
10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once. The current state of the argument, as Self.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
32 of 32 films
as Self
Directed by Unknown
as Tracy
Directed by David Fincher
as Tracy
Directed by David Fincher
as Pepper Potts
Directed by Anthony Russo
as Pepper Potts
Directed by Anthony Russo
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 39 titles · 40 total credits · active 1991–2026
Influenced
2026 · Self
Marty Supreme
2025 · Kay Stone
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025 · TV
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · TV · Self
Skategoat
2024 · Executive Producer
Buy It Now
2024 · TV · Self
In Vogue: The 90s
2024 · TV · Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Pepper Potts
The Politician
2019 · TV · Georgina Hobart · Executive Producer
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Pepper Potts
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · Pepper Potts
Mortdecai
2015 · Johanna Mortdecai
Iron Man 3
2013 · Pepper Potts
Thanks for Sharing
2013 · Phoebe
The Avengers
2012 · Pepper Potts
Contagion
2011 · Beth Emhoff
Iron Man 2
2010 · Pepper Potts
Country Strong
2010 · Kelly Canter
Shark Tank
2009 · TV · Self - Shark
Iron Man
2008 · Pepper Potts
Two Lovers
2008 · Michelle Rausch
Infamous
2006 · Kitty Dean
Running with Scissors
2006 · Hope Finch
Proof
2005 · Catherine Llewellyn
The defining work
#1
Self
Influenced (2026)
Performance score9.7
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Self gives Gwyneth Paltrow a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Tracy
Se7en (1995)
Performance score9.2
Se7en asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Tracy is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Tracy
Se7en (1995)
Performance score8.8
Se7en asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Tracy is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Pepper Potts
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Performance score8.2
Avengers: Endgame asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Pepper Potts is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Self
Start here. Influenced is the clearest statement of what Gwyneth Paltrow does — accessible, 88 minutes, and rated 10.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Gwyneth at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Se7en (1995)
A deliberate change of key after Influenced — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Se7en (1995)
Same director as Se7en, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
A deliberate change of key after Se7en — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Same director as Avengers: Infinity War, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
David Fincher
Director
2 films together
Notably Se7en
John Madden
Director
2 films together
Notably Shakespeare in Love
Douglas McGrath
Director
2 films together
Notably Emma
Jon Favreau
Director
2 films together
Notably Iron Man
Anthony Russo
Director
2 films together
Notably Avengers: Endgame
Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Hook
Alfonso Cuarón
Director
1 film together
Notably Great Expectations
Anthony Minghella
Director
1 film together
Notably The Talented Mr. Ripley
Bruce Paltrow
Director
1 film together
Notably Duets
Don Roos
Director
1 film together
Notably Bounce
Bobby Farrelly
Director
1 film together
Notably Shallow Hal
Wes Anderson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Royal Tenenbaums
Neil LaBute
Director
1 film together
Notably Possession
Jay Roach
Director
1 film together
Notably Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ryan Murphy
Director
1 film together
Notably Running with Scissors
Joss Whedon
Director
1 film together
Notably The Avengers
Shane Black
Director
1 film together
Notably Iron Man 3
David Koepp
Director
1 film together
Notably Mortdecai
Jon Watts
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man: Homecoming
Josh Safdie
Director
1 film together
Notably Marty Supreme
Brad Pitt
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Morgan Freeman
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
John Cassini
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Peter Crombie
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Reg E. Cathey
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
R. Lee Ermey
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Daniel Zacapa
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Andrew Kevin Walker
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
George Christy
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Endre Hules
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Hawthorne James
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Bob Mack
Actor
1 film together
Notably Se7en
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
David Fincher
Director
2 films together · 8.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Se7enAnthony Russo
Director
2 films together · 8.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Avengers: EndgameJon Favreau
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Iron ManJohn Madden
Director
2 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Shakespeare in LoveDouglas McGrath
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
EmmaJoss Whedon
Director
1 film together · 8.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The AvengersJon Watts
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man: HomecomingWes Anderson
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Royal TenenbaumsJosh Safdie
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Marty SupremeAnthony Minghella
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Talented Mr. RipleyShane Black
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Iron Man 3Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HookAlfonso Cuarón
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Great ExpectationsBobby Farrelly
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Shallow HalJay Roach
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Austin Powers in GoldmemberNeil LaBute
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PossessionRyan Murphy
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Running with ScissorsDon Roos
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BounceBruce Paltrow
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DuetsDavid Koepp
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MortdecaiSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Influenced
as Self
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Two Lovers
as Michelle Rausch
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Influenced
as Self
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Avengers: Endgame
as Pepper Potts
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Influenced
as Self
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Gwyneth Paltrow has known it for a long time.”
“What's in the box?”
“Ernest Hemingway once wrote, 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.2 | 8.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #182 of 681 | #90 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 0 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 4 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| Genres | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | Comedy, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | David Fincher | Wes Anderson, David Fincher |
| Performance DNA | Intensity, Screen presence, Quiet performance | Quiet performance, Screen presence, Charisma |
| Career timeline | 1995–1995 | 1999–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Tracy — Se7en | Narrator — Fight Club |
| Most rewatchable film | Se7en | Fight Club |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 2 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
David Fincher
Shared collections
Best Psychological Thrillers, Thriller Movies
Collaborators in common
David Fincher · Brad Pitt
Our editors cannot separate them on the catalogue as it stands. Gwyneth Paltrow and Edward Norton score within a rounding error of each other.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
35 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
18 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Influenced
as Self
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Se7en
as Tracy
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Country Strong
as Kelly Canter
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Se7en
as Tracy
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Influenced
as Self
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Avengers: Endgame
as Pepper Potts
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Shallow Hal
as Rosemary Shanahan
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Se7en
as Tracy
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 7 Nutevio collections
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