Name: Kate Winslet
Birth Name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet
Birthdate: Oct. 25, 1975
Birthplace: Berkshire, England
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR KATE WINSLET
Winslet started acting in commercials as a child before moving on to
British television in her teens. She first broke into cinema with roles
in art-house films like
Heavenly Creatures. Garnering her first Oscar nomination for 1995's
Sense and Sensibility, Kate graduated to mainstream films when she starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 1998's
Titanic.
After getting yet another Oscar nomination, the actress turned down
roles in several blockbusters, choosing to focus herself back on
independent films such as
Holy Smoke and
Iris. Her dedication to such films has made Winslet a critical darling; indeed, her performance as a wandering housewife in 2007's
Little Children garnered her a fifth Oscar nomination.,
5 Things:
1. She's the youngest actress ever to receive two Academy Award
nominations and the first actress to receive four nominations before
turning 30.
2. Although often heralded for her curvaceous figure, Winslet has admitted to struggling with eating disorders.
3. She's known for being a prankster on set.
4. Winslet splits her time between New York City and Cotswolds, England.
5. She comes from a family of stage actors.
Quote:
On taking chances in Hollywood: "If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career."
—
Interview, November 2000
Family:
Husbands: Sam Mendes, director; married Jan. 25, 2005; Jim Threapleton, director; met on the set of
Hideous Kinky; married Nov. 10, 1998; divorced
Daughter: Mia Honey, born Oct. 12, 2000
Son: Joe Alfie Winslet-Mendes, born Dec. 22, 2003
Awards:
2007: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress, Little Children; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Little Children
2005: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001: Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actress, Iris; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in Supporting Role (Drama), Iris
1998: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress, Titanic; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Titanic
1996: Academy Award nomination: Best Supporting Actress, Sense and Sensibility; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama), Sense and Sensibility
FILMS
Romance & Cigarettes - (2007) - Actor
All the King's Men - (2006) - Actor
Deep Sea 3D - (2006) - Narrator
Flushed Away - (2006) - Voice
The Holiday - (2006) - Actor
Little Children - (2006) - Actor
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - (2004) - Actor
Pride - (2004) - Actor
Finding Neverland - (2004) - Actor
War Game - (2004) - Voice
The Life of David Gale - (2003) - Actor
Enigma - (2002) - Actor
Iris - (2001) - Actor
Christmas Carol: The Movie - (2001) - Voice
Faeries - (2000) - Voice
Quills - (2000) - Actor
Holy Smoke - (1999) - Actor
Hideous Kinky - (1999) - Actor
Titanic - (1997) - Actor
Jude - (1996) - Actor
Hamlet - (1996) - Actor
A Kid in King Arthur's Court - (1995) - Actor
Sense and Sensibility - (1995) - Actor
Heavenly Creatures - (1994) - Actor
