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Kate Upton was a pretty big deal in the early-to-mid-2000s, but her star seemed to fall just as fast as it rose. Will she be returning to acting soon?

Summary

• Kate Upton rose to fame with her appearances in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issues and her acting debut in Tower Heist.
• Upton had a successful modeling career, appearing on multiple Sports Illustrated covers and Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue.
• After a hiatus from acting, Upton will soon star in the upcoming comedy Sweet Dreams.

At one point in time, it seemed like Kate Upton was everywhere, but the model/actress has practically disappeared from the limelight over the past couple of years. Upton first received widespread attention for her appearances in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issues. She was first featured in the 2011 issue, in which she was named Rookie of the Year. That same year, she made her acting debut in Brett Ratner's Tower Heist alongside Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, and Matthew Broderick. The following year, Upton starred in the 2012 film The Three Stooges.

Upton went on to appear on the cover of the 2012, 2013, and 2017 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues. The hype surrounding Upton spiked with the 2012 cover, as she was lauded for her natural beauty and curves. She had an extremely successful modeling career and even appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue in 2013.

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In 2014, Kate Upton starred in the romantic comedy The Other Woman opposite Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann. In the film, Diaz's character, Carly, discovers that her boyfriend, Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), is married to a woman named Kate (Mann), and that she is one of his mistresses. Upton plays Amber, another one of Mark's mistresses. Together, Carly, Kate, and Amber join forces to seek revenge on Mark.

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Around the time The Other Woman premiered in spring 2014, Upton appeared in the music video for Lady A's song "Bartender." After that, she didn't act in any projects for three years. Upton returned to acting in 2017 in the film Adult Interference. She also starred as herself in The Disaster Artist, but her scenes were deleted.

Upton's last film role was in the 2017 road-trip-gone-wrong comedy The Layover, directed by William H. Macy. Upton played Meg, a cosmetic saleswoman who goes on a trip to Fort Lauderdale with her roommate, Kate (Alexandra Daddario), to unwind. On the plane, Meg and Kate meet a guy named Ryan (Matt Barr). Both ladies take an interest in him and spend the remainder of the film competing for his affection.

Will Kate Upton Resume Her Movie Career?

Kate Upton's most recent acting role was doing voice work on the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken in 2018. Prior to this, she married MLB pitcher Justin Verlander on November 4, 2017. The couple have a daughter, Genevieve Upton Verlander, who was born on November 7, 2018. In early 2023, Upton and her family relocated to New York City from Houston after Verlander was signed to the New York Mets.

After more than six years, it looks like Upton will be returning to the big screen. She is set to star in the upcoming comedy Sweet Dreams, written and directed by Lije Sarki and starring Johnny Knoxville, Mohammed Amer, Bobby Lee, Jay Mohr, Anderson .Paak, and more. According to Deadline, the indie-comedy follows Knoxville's character, Morris, who "agrees to coach a misfit softball team of his fellow housemates in an attempt to get his life back on track," during "a mandatory stay at Sweet Dreams sober living." The film is inspired by Sarki's own experience with sobriety. Upton will play one of the residents at the sober living facility.

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