Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, California, where she attended Crossroads School, before enrolling in the Spence School, an all-girls private school in Manhattan. Later, she studied art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act. She is an "adopted daughter" of Talavera de la Reina (Spain), where at 15, she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak Spanish.Seal, Mark. Mad for Madrid , AmericanWaymag.com, June 15, 2004. She is also conversant in French, as her family frequently traveled to the South of France throughout her childhood.
paltrow was raised in santa monica california where she attended crossroads school before enrolling in the spence school an all-girls private school in manhattan later she studied art history at the university of california santa barbara before dropping out to act she is an "adopted daughter" of talavera de la reina (spain) where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange student and learned to speak spanishseal mark mad for madrid  americanwaymagcom june 15 2004 she is also conversant in french as her family frequently traveled to the south of france throughout her childhood