Gwyneth: The Biography author Amy Odell wrote a book examining the polarizing allure of Gwyneth Paltrow. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival, Arthur Elgort)For more than 30 years, she's occupied a unique space in the public eye, simultaneously adored and despised, revered and ridiculed. She's been an indie darling, an Oscar winner and a box office powerhouse.