Kate Winslet

Born:October 5, 1975

Place of Birth:Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Known For:Acting

Biography

Kate Winslet, born on October 5, 1975, in England, is a versatile actress known for her captivating performances in independent films and period dramas. Throughout her career, Winslet has portrayed strong and complex female characters, earning her critical acclaim and a plethora of prestigious awards, including an Academy Award, multiple Golden Globe Awards, and BAFTA Awards.

Winslet's journey in the world of entertainment began at a young age when she studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her talent was evident early on, and she made her screen debut at just 15 years old in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She quickly transitioned to the big screen, delivering a remarkable performance as a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994) and later captivating audiences as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she won a BAFTA Award.

One of Winslet's most iconic roles came in the epic romance Titanic (1997), where she starred as Rose alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. The film became a global phenomenon and solidified Winslet as a Hollywood star. Despite her success in blockbusters, Winslet chose to focus on challenging and critically acclaimed projects, such as Quills (2000) and Iris (2001), showcasing her range as an actress.

In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Winslet took on a different type of role in a science fiction romance, proving her versatility once again. Her performances in films like Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008) further demonstrated her exceptional acting abilities, earning her accolades like the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Reader.

Winslet's talent extends beyond the big screen, as she has also excelled in television projects. Her portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015) and her roles in acclaimed series like Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021) have garnered her additional awards and critical praise.

Apart from her acting prowess, Winslet is a Grammy Award-winning narrator and singer, as well as a dedicated philanthropist. She co-founded the Golden Hat Foundation to raise autism awareness and authored a book on the subject. Recognized for her influence in the industry, Winslet has been honored with titles like Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and inclusion in Time magazine's list of the most influential people in the world.

In her personal life, Winslet has navigated relationships with film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes before finding happiness with businessman Edward Abel Smith, whom she married in 2012. Throughout her journey, Winslet has remained a beacon of talent, grace, and philanthropy, captivating audiences with her performances and inspiring others with her advocacy work.

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Filmography

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Titanic

Rose DeWitt Bukater

1997

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Ronal

2022

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Clementine Kruczynski

2004

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Divergent

Jeanine Matthews

2014

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

Insurgent

Jeanine Matthews

2015

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

The Reader

Hanna Schmitz

2008

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

Flushed Away

Rita (voice)

2006

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.

Movie 43

Beth (segment "The Catch")

2013

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest and brightest.

Lee

Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller

2024

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

The Holiday

Iris

2006

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

Revolutionary Road

April Wheeler

2008

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

The Dressmaker

Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage

2015

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

Steve Jobs

Joanna Hoffman

2015

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

Contagion

Erin Mears

2011

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Labor Day

Adele

2013

Two two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

Sense and Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood

1995

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Little Children

Sarah Pierce

2006

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Ammonite

Mary Anning

2020

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and personalities, Mary and Charlotte discover they can each offer what the other has been searching for: the realisation that they are not alone. It is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.

Triple 9

Irina Vlaslov

2016

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

The Mountain Between Us

Alex Martin

2017

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.

Finding Neverland

Sylvia Llewelyn Davies

2004

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

Collateral Beauty

Claire Wilson

2016

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

Quills

Madeleine LeClerc

2000

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.

Enigma

Hester Wallace

2001

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.

Carnage

Nancy Cowan

2011

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

The Life of David Gale

Bitsey Bloom

2003

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Hamlet

Ophelia

1996

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Black Beauty

Black Beauty (voice)

2020

Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.

Jude

Sue Bridehead

1996

In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is trapped in an unloving marriage to a farmer's daughter named Arabella. But when his wife leaves him, Jude sees an opportunity to improve himself. He moves to the city and begins an affair with his married cousin, Sue, courting tragedy every step of the way.

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Self (uncredited)

2008

Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.

Wonder Wheel

Ginny

2017

The story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny’s rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty’s long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father’s apartment.

A Little Chaos

Sabine De Barra

2015

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.

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Lee

Producer

2024

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.