Apple Martin

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Apple Martin
Born
Apple Blythe Alison Martin

(2004-05-14) 14 May 2004 (age 20)
London, England
Education
Alma mater Vanderbilt University
Occupation(s)Media personality, model, singer-songwriter, socialite
Years active2006–present
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Apple Blythe Alison Martin (born 14 May 2004) is an English media personality, model, singer-songwriter, and socialite, who is the only daughter to Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Early life

Apple Blythe Alison Martin was born in London, England on 14 May 2004, as the elder child and only daughter to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, and his then-wife, [1] Gwyneth Paltrow, an actress and businesswoman. [2] [3] She has a younger brother, Moses Bruce Paltrow Martin (born 8 April 2006). [4] [5] Her maternal grandmother is Blythe Danner, an actress. [6] Her parents divorced in 2016, when she was 12 years old. [7]

Martin first came to media attention within hours of her birth due to her unique name. [8] Her father and his band released a song called "I am your baby's daddy" under the name "the Nappies" in anticipation of her birth. [9] Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" was also inspired by her father's experience and awe at becoming a first time father, being the lead single for the band's X&Y album. [10] Simon Pegg and Jonny Buckland are her godfathers. [11] [12]

Martin attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, California, leaving in 2017, after a series of incidents took place. [13] [14] She graduated from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California in 2022. [15] She has attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, since September 2022. She is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. [16]

Martin made her society debut at the Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris on 30 November 2024, [17] [18] wearing a custom blue Valentino gown that took the atelier 750 hours to make. [19]

Career

Martin made her television debut at the age of two, in the third episode in the third season of the VH1 series VH1: All Access . The episode, "20 Cutest Celebrity Babies", was broadcast on 7 November 2006. [20]

Martin appeared in the fourth episode of the Netflix documentary series The Goop Lab . The episode, "The Health-Span Plan", was released on 24 January 2020. [21]

Martin made her debut as a model at Chanel's haute couture fashion show at Paris Fashion Week on 24 January 2023. [22] [23]

Martin is credited as a songwriter on the Coldplay single, "feelslikeimfallinginlove", featuring Zerb, from the bands tenth studio album, Moon Music. [24] [25] The song was released on 21 June 2024. [26] She is credited as a singer on several of the bands songs and albums. [27]

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