Gwyneth Paltrow has famously dated plenty of Hollywood heartthrobs. We gathered a complete timeline of the actor and Goop founder's dating history.

Oh, to be Gwyneth Paltrow in the 90s...Not only was the actor's career booming, having won an Academy Award for her performance in&nbsp;Shakespeare in Love&nbsp;at the age of 26, but as we very well know, she dated some of Hollywood's leading men. From Brad Pitt to Chris Martin, Paltrow has quite the star-studded dating history that has been making both news headlines and Pinterest boards for decades.&nbsp;
For those curious about the illustrious life of the&nbsp;actor-turned-mother of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/gwyneth-paltrow-goop-first-vibrator-valentines-day-throwback-oscars-photo-instagram-meme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goop</a>, the book&nbsp;"Gwyneth: The Biography" by Amy Odell is set to be released&nbsp;on July 29. Odell conducted over 200 interviews to unearth all the most coveted details on Paltrow's life, despite it being almost entirely in the public eye.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether it's about her glamorous childhood, being raised by the actor Blythe Danner and director Bruce Paltrow, or becoming a mother herself to <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/times-apple-martin-twinned-with-mom-gwnyth-paltrow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple</a> and Moses Martin, Odell divulges everything. For years, Paltrow has existed almost outside of aspiration, wearing the finest <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/gwyneth-paltrow-red-gucci-tom-ford-suit-mtv-awards-1996" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clothes</a>, dating the hottest stars, and running a health and wellness empire where she throws breadcrumbs at the public on how to achieve her lavish lifestyle.
As Odell told People&mdash;where Paltrow currently graces the cover&mdash;&ldquo;Love her or hate her, we haven&rsquo;t been able to look away.&rdquo; Ahead of the release of Gwyneth: The Biography, keep scrolling for a look back at her standout dating history.

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The <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/best-fall-movies-tv-shows-gilmore-girls-hocus-pocus-dead-poets-society" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dead Poets Society</a>&nbsp;actor dated Paltrow in the early '90s while they were both breaking onto the scene in Hollywood. The relationship did not last long, as Sean Leonard detailed that their breakup was "the funniest he'd ever had," as Paltrow reportedly recommended he date her friend minutes after their uncoupling.&nbsp;

From roughly 1993 to 1995, Paltrow dated Donovan Leitch. He is the son of the British folk singer, also named Donovan Leitch, but popularly known as "Donovan." He and his sister, Ion Skye, made names for themselves as actors, and Skye even divulged in her recent memoir that she had doubts about her brother's relationship with the young actress. Though after she was cast in Se7en with Brad Pitt, she and Leitch were no longer an item.

Now this is the '90s couple that has been littering our feeds with style inspiration for years, and we're not mad about it. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow met on the set of the horror film Se7en&nbsp;in 1995 and were engaged by 1996. During this period, the couple served as the blueprint for <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/gwyneth-paltrow-donna-karan-outfit-great-expectations-1998" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'90s minimalist style</a>, often getting shot by paparazzi wherever they went together. Though the relationship wasn't perfect, as Odell's new book surfaces, Paltrow ended the engagement because Pitt was "threatened by her success."

After her split from Pitt, Paltrow was involved in an on-and-off relationship with Ben Affleck from 1997 to 2000. Odell highlights that Affleck was struggling with alcoholism and launching his hit movie <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/gucci-ouverture-gus-van-sant-film-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Will Hunting</a> at the time, and was not in a position to be a good boyfriend. Though in a 2023 Call Her Daddy episode, Paltrow confessed that the actor was "technically excellent" in bed.&nbsp;

After meeting backstage at a Coldplay concert in 2002, Paltrow started dating Chris Martin. The couple was married for over a decade and welcomed two children together, Apple (21) and Moses (19). Though in 2014, the actor and singer announced their split, saying they were "consciously uncoupling." The two have remained co-parents and friends since then.

While Paltrow was still married to Martin, she met Brad Falchuk, the co-creator of Glee,&nbsp;while shooting an episode in which she guest-starred. By 2014, both she and Falchuk announced the ending of their respective marriages and went public with their relationship the following year. They got married in 2018 and have been raising their families together since then.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Star Studded Dating History

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