Gwyneth Paltrow has filed for divorce from Coldplay frontman
Chris Martin, a year after the A-list couple announced their "conscious
uncoupling," according to court documents.
The 42-year-old Oscar-winning actress filed her petition to
end their 11-year marriage Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing
irreconcilable differences for the split from Martin, 38.
In a statement posted a year ago on Paltrow's lifestyle
website Goop, the stars announced they had decided to separate, labeling the
move a "conscious uncoupling."
Paltrow is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their
son Moses, 9, and daughter Apple, 10, according to the documents.
Paltrow and Martin reportedly met backstage at a Coldplay
concert in late 2002, after the singer asked an assistant to arrange a meeting.
The following year, the couple tied the knot in a secret ceremony
in California soon after announcing they were expecting their first child
together.
British singer Martin founded Coldplay with a university
friend in 1996 and the band enjoyed huge critical acclaim with their first
albums "Parachutes" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head."
Since then the band has sold tens of millions of records.
The group's sixth album, "Ghost Stories" was released last May.
Paltrow, who co-stars in the billion-dollar blockbuster
"Iron Man" movie franchises, won a Best Actress Oscar in 1999 for her
role in "Shakespeare in Love."
In last year's joint statement, the couple said: "It is
with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate... We are,
however, and always will be a family."
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