Interesting Facts About Goldie Hawn: Bio, Net Worth, Real Name
Goldie Hawn is a popular American actress whose film career first began in the late 1960s.
Hawn is best known for her comedic movies, where she often plays ditzy characters.
Today, her most popular and best-remembered films include Private Benjamin (1980), Overboard (1987), Death Becomes Her (1992), and The First Wives Club (1996).
Goldie Hawn Biography/Wiki
Full Name: Goldie Jean Hawn
Born: November 21, 1945
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Age: 79 (as of 2025)
Partner: Kurt Russell (since 1983)
Goldie Hawn was born on November 21, 1945, in Washington, D.C.
Growing up in Maryland, Hawn became a dancer and began taking dance lessons at the early age of three.
Dance would become a huge part of Hawn’s early life, and after she graduated high school, she ended up teaching dance classes while she went to American University.
While a college student, Hawn studied drama.
Though Hawn studied drama at American University — and clearly was interested in acting at this time — she didn’t begin an acting career in her youth.
Instead, Hawn focused on dance.
Her career as a dancer led her to perform in the chorus lines at summer stock theatres.
She also performed as a go-go dancer in discotheques during this time.
Eventually, Hawn was discovered — and her acting career began.
This momentous moment came about in 1967 when an agent noticed Hawn in a chorus line of a television special.
The agent reached out, and Hawn eventually landed a role as a neighbor in Good Morning, World, a 1967-1968 sitcom.
At this early point in her career, Hawn had many small roles, including in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, a 1968 Disney comedy.
By 1968, only a year after that agent discovered her, Hawn had her breakout role in Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, a comedy TV show.
From 1968-1970, Hawn starred in this variety show as a regular cast member.
However, during her time on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Hawn was also featured in various films, allowing her stardom to grow.
Notably, Hawn starred as Walter Matthau’s girlfriend in Cactus Flower in 1969, a film adaptation of the popular theater comedy.
Though the movie received mixed reviews from critics and audiences, it still cemented Hawn’s rise in Hollywood — and even earned her awards recognition.
For her role as Matthau’s younger free-spirited girlfriend, Hawn won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
As Hawn wasn’t at the Academy Awards, Raquel Welch accepted the statue on her behalf.
By the 1970s, Hawn’s career was skyrocketing.
She starred in There’s a Girl in My Soup in 1970 with Peter Sellers, as well as $ in 1971 with Warren Beatty.
In 1972, she joined the cast of Butterflies Are Free and got to star in another film adaption of a popular play.
Hawn went on to star with Beatty again in Shampoo (1975), a very popular comedy that also starred Julie Christie.
In 1980, Private Benjamin came along — a film in which Hawn both starred and produced.
Today, the film remains one of Hawn’s best-known movies.
Her work in this film earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
However, she didn’t end up winning the Oscar — and Sissy Spacek went home with the statue instead, for her role in Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Hawn continued to be a much-loved actress in the 1980s.
She starred in Swing Shift in 1984, which paired her opposite Kurt Russell — her now longtime partner.
The duo went on to star in another film together in 1987’s Overboard, yet another movie that many people remember Hawn from.
Hawn’s career was nowhere near done by the 1990s.
In fact, some of her most beloved films today came from this decade.
In 1990, she starred opposite Mel Gibson in Bird on a Wire.
Steve Martin and Hawn teamed up for Housesitter in 1992, a year which also saw Hawn in Death Becomes Her with Bruce Willis and Meryl Streep.
In the middle of the 90s, Hawn joined forces with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler for the now iconic The First Wives Club (1996).
Hawn starred in movies throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.
However, the actress did take a long hiatus away from the film industry, eventually returning to the theaters in Snatched (2017) with Amy Schumer.
Meanwhile, Hawn and her longtime partner Russell have starred in two Christmas films together in recent years: The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020).
Goldie Hawn’s Age, Height & More
As of this writing in 2025, Hawn is 79 years old.
Later this year, on November 21, she will turn 80.
Hawn is a Scorpio and a water sign.
Hawn has blonde hair, blue eyes, and is 5’6.
Goldie Hawn’s Husband & Family
Hawn’s current partner is fellow actor Kurt Russell.
Though the two have never wed, they’ve been together since 1983.
Interestingly, the duo first met way back in 1968 when filming The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, a Disney musical.
Though there was no romance between them at the time — especially as Russell was so young — Hawn still remembers their first meeting.
In 2012, she opened up about this moment.
“I was 21 and he was 16 and I thought he was adorable but he was much too young,” Hawn revealed.
“And then years later we met up again and I liked him and I remembered that I liked him very much when I first met him.
But we both said we would never go out with another actor so it just shows you never can tell.”
About 17 years later, Hawn and Russell reconnected in 1983 during Russell’s audition for Swing Shift.
In the time since their first meeting, Hawn married dancer/director Gus Trikonis in 1969.
The two separated in 1973 though Hawn didn’t file for divorce until New Year’s Eve in 1975 — and after she had already become engaged to Bill Hudson, a musician.
In 1976, Hawn successfully divorced Trikonis and married Hudson less than a month later.
Hawn and Hudson went on to have two children together: actors Oliver and Kate Hudson.
In 1980, Hudson filed for divorce from Hawn, which was officially finalized in 1982.
A year later, Hawn and Russell met, went out on their first date — and have been together ever since.
In 1984, the duo starred in Swing Shift together and fully fell in love on set after their first date.
Hawn later opened up about falling in love with Russell to People Magazine.
According to the actress, she realized how serious their relationship was getting when she saw how Russell was with her children, Oliver and Kate, when she brought them to the set.
“What really got me was when I watched my kids when they’d come to the set and how he was with them,” she said.
“He was amazing with them.
He was such a natural.”
Three years after dating, Hawn and Russell welcomed their one and only child together, their son Wyatt Russell, who is now also an actor.
The pair’s family also includes Russell’s son Boston, who the actor shares with Season Hubley, his ex-wife.
Hawn and Russell have a blended family of four children.
Now, they’ve also become grandparents in the last few decades and have seven grandchildren.
Goldie Hawn’s Net Worth
Hawn reportedly has a net worth of $90 million.
However, her net worth combined with her partner Russell’s reaches an astounding $190 million — as Russell is worth $100 million, just $10 million more than Hawn.
10 Interesting Facts About Goldie Hawn
1. Released a pop-country album with Dolly Parton’s Help.
In 1972, Hawn released a pop-country LP — and none other than Dolly Parton and Buck Owens helped out Hawn with the production of her album.
The album, titled Goldie, only had one single: a cover of the classic “Uncle Pen.”
However, this single failed to chart.
2. Turned down ‘Kramer vs. Kramer.’
Throughout Hawn’s decades-long career, she reportedly turned down many movie roles — and sometimes, she ended up turning down now iconic films without realizing it.
Perhaps most notably, Hawn turned down a role in 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer, which went on to star Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.
The film ended up winning five Academy Awards, and Streep took home the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
3. Tried out for ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1968).
At the beginning of her career, Hawn auditioned for Romeo and Juliet (1968), a Shakespeare film adaptation that has since become a classic.
However, Hawn’s audition was reportedly a disaster — and she never got a role in the film.
4. Possibly had an affair with Warren Beatty.
There have long been allegations that Beatty — a notorious womanizer back in the day — had an affair with Hawn when they both starred in 1971’s $.
In an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in 2017, Hawn somewhat confirmed that this affair happened.
5. Was paid for her first entertainment gig at age 11.
When Hawn was only 11 years old, she was paid for her first entertainment gig after she performed in a production of The Nutcracker.
Hawn ended up getting $1.50 for her work.
6. Was supposed to do another movie with the ‘First Wives Club’ cast.
After the grand success of 1996’s The First Wives Club, Hawn, Diane Keaton, and Bette Midler had plans to team up again for another comedy.
This time, they wanted to make a film called Avon Ladies of the Amazon.
This film would follow ladies who were trying to sell beauty products in the Amazon.
However, this movie was never made.
The trio once again tried to join forces for a 2015 Netflix film.
Yet again, this film was never made.
7. Has starred in five films with partner Kurt Russell.
Hawn and Russell have starred in a whopping five films together — and one movie was made almost two decades before they ever got together!
These films are: 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).
8. Is in Hollywood’s longest-lasting unmarried relationship with Russell.
Though Hawn and Russell have never been married, they’ve been together since the 1980s.
Their decades-long relationship has earned the duo the title of Hollywood’s longest-lasting unmarried couple!
9. Her favorite role is Lou Jean in ‘The Sugarland Express.’
Hawn has starred in many iconic film roles.
However, she recently revealed that her finest work — and her favorite character she’s ever played — is when she got the chance to play Lou Jean in The Sugarland Express, a film that was Steven Spielberg’s theatrical film directing debut.
The movie was a box office failure, though critics enjoyed the movie.
10. ‘Goldie Hawn’ is not a stage name.
Many people have theorized over the years that Hawn’s name is a stage name.
However, “Goldie” is actually Hawn’s birth name, as she was named after one of her aunts.
Meanwhile, other rumors have claimed that Hawn’s real last name is “Studlendegehawn,” and that the actress simply shortened her surname.
This isn’t true, as documents have shown that Hawn — and many of her ancestors — all have the last name of “Hawn.”
