That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.

In 2000 Kate Bosworth starred in the television series drama Young Americans in which Kate Bosworth played Bella Banks. The two paired with the company to create a line of affordable fashion jewelry. The following year Bosworth portrayed Chali a Hare Krishna in the film adaptation of Myla Goldberg's novel Bee Season (2005) about a dysfunctional Jewish family.

In 2004 Kate Bosworth portrayed Sandra Dee in Kevin Spacey's Beyond the Sea. She became known with a leading role in 2002's Blue Crush.