Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn is an Academy Award-winning actress, producer, director, best-selling author, and children's advocate.

One of the most recognizable and beloved actresses in Hollywood, Hawn won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in 1969's Cactus Flower, alongside Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman. Since then, she has starred in more than 30 films, including Sugarland Express, Death Becomes Her, Private Benjamin, Everyone Says I Love You, and The First Wives Club. Hawn earned a second Academy Award nomination for her starring role in Private Benjamin, which she executive produced. She has received nine Golden Globe nominations to date, including one for her role in The Banger Sisters alongside Susan Sarandon in 2003.

Hawn made her directorial debut in 1997 with the film Hope. She published a best-selling memoir, A Lotus Grows in the Mud, in 2005. Her next book, 10 Mindful Minutes: Giving Our Children—and Ourselves—the Social and Emotional Skills to Reduce Stress and Anxiety for Healthier, Happier Lives, was released in September of 2011. 10 Mindful Minutes offers guidance on raising healthy, joyful, and resilient children.

She is the founder of The Hawn Foundation, a public charity with a mission to equip children with the social and emotional skills they need to lead smarter, healthier, and happier lives. Working with leading neuroscientists, educators, and researchers, the Foundation developed MindUP, an evidence-based curriculum and teaching model for grades K-8 that provides children with the social and emotional tools to improve academic performance. MindUP is currently being taught in schools in the United States and Canada, and is in the process of broadening globally. Hawn has received many honors for her work with children. Among them, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) presented her with a special award for her work to increase public understanding of mental health.