Kate Winslet

Known for ActingBorn 1975-10-05 (age 51)Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Kate Elizabeth Winslet (/ˈwɪnzlət/; born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Primarily known for her roles as headstrong and complicated women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012. Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age fifteen, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994). She went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility(1995). Global stardom followed with her leading role in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), which was the highest-grossing film at the time. Winslet then eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001). The science fiction romance Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), in which Winslet was cast against type in a contemporary setting, proved to be a turning point in her career. She gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), The Holiday (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the last, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet has since portrayed historical figures in Steve Jobs (2015) and Lee (2023), and has received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021). For her narration of a short story in the audiobook Listen to the Storyteller (1999), Winslet won a Grammy Award. She performed the song "What If" for the soundtrack of her film, Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). A co-founder of the charity Golden Hat Foundation, which aims to create autism awareness, Winslet has also written a book on the topic. Divorced from film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, Winslet has been married to businessman Edward Abel Smith since 2012. She has a child from each marriage, two of whom are the actors Mia Threapleton and Joe Anders. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Winslet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Finding Harmony: A King's Vision

Bambi

Mare of Easttown

Black Beauty

Daisy Chain

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eleven Days in May

Titanic

Seitenblicke

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Extras

Oceans: Our Blue Planet

Avatar: The Way of Water

Nature

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Discovering Hamlet

The Reader

Snow Bears

Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

The Life of David Gale

Collateral Beauty

Sense and Sensibility

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

Finding Neverland

Carnage

The Graham Norton Show

Hamlet

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

War Game

Reflections on Titanic

Labor Day

Lee

Diana: The Day Britain Cried

The Holiday

Quills

The Dressmaker

Little Children

Eating Our Way to Extinction

Mildred Pierce

Ammonite

Revolutionary Road

TFI Friday

Who Do You Think You Are?

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Parkinson

Divergent