Kate met her now ex-1st husband Jim Threapleton on the set of her movie Hideous Kinky(1998), where he was working as an assistant director.
Won Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Grammy Awards, shared with Graham Greene.
Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in Shakespeare enamorado (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in Ana y el rey (1999).
Sister of Anna Winslet, Joss Winslet and Beth Winslet. Kate is the second child.
Her first acting job was dancing with the Honey Monster in a commercial for Sugar Puffs cereal.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award for her theatre role in "What the Butler Saw" as Geraldine Barclay.
She has a younger brother: Joss Winslet.
Parents: Roger Winslet (actor) and Sally Bridges-Winslet.
After her first success in the film Criaturas celestiales (1994), a reviewer predicted that she would always be associated with that character and would never be a big star.
(September 3, 2001) Announced that she and husband Jim Threapleton are separating.
Purchased a $3 million (US) home in London with boyfriend (later husband) Sam Mendes. They also bought a home in New York City.
Married director Sam Mendes in a private ceremony whilst on holiday in the West Indies. [May 2003]
Daughter Mia's name is Italian for "my".
Prefers to wear boots rather than ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are "firmly on the ground".
Resides in both London, England and New York City, USA. However, her main home is in Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England.
Has a nephew, George. His mother is Beth Winslet.
Sprained her ankle on the set of Romance & Cigarettes (2005). [May 2004]
Was considered for the role of Bridget Jones in El diario de Bridget Jones (2001), but it was then decided she was too young to portray the role.
On the day she had to film the straitjacket scene in Hamlet de Kenneth Branagh (1996), she learned she had won the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997).
Was born in the same hospital as her ex-husband, Sam Mendes.
Filmed her 2005 American Express commercial in Camden Town, London, England.
First screen kiss was with Melanie Lynskey in Criaturas celestiales (1994).
Her daughter Mia had to be delivered by Cesarean section, which made Kate feel she hadn't given birth properly. She admitted to it only after giving birth to her son Joe (who had been delivered naturally).
Was offered the role of Eowyn in El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres (2002), which went to Miranda Otto.
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Premiere Magazine for Sentido y sensibilidad(1995)).
Won Best Film Actress, Smash Hits Magazine.
Won Sexiest Actress, Entertainment Insider Awards.
Nominated for Best Actress, Roughcut.com Internet Movie Award for Holy Smoke (1999).
When interviewed on Good Morning America (1975) to promote her film Vacaciones(2006), they surprised her by showing a clip which was supposedly Winslet on the Sugar Puff Commercial in 1987. However, the girl in the clip shown was not her. Winslet did not point out the error because she did not want to embarrass the researcher and get the person fired. She was then praised by the media for her caring and consideration of other people.
Along with Claude Rains (for El señor Skeffington (1944)), Vanessa Redgrave (for Julia(1977)), Mare Winningham (for Georgia de Ulu Grosbard (1995)) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (for The master (2012)), she is one of the few performers to be nominated for an Supporting Oscar (for Iris (2000)) for playing the title role in a movie. As of 2013, Redgrave is the only one to win.
As of January 2009, she is the youngest actress to rack up 6 Academy Award nominations.
Runner-Up for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Holy Smoke (1999).
Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Rec.Arts.Movies.* Critics Circle for Quills (2000).
Runner-Up for Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics for Holy Smoke (1999).
Chris Tookey, of the British newspaper "Daily Mail", chose her as Best Actress of the Year for her roles in Vacaciones (2006) and Juegos secretos (2006).
Is a huge fan of Rufus Wainwright's CD, "Poses" (mentioned in one of her ads for AmEx).
Nominated for Best Actress in a Dramatic Performance, Excellent Dynamic Activism (EDA) Awards/The Alliance of Women Journalists for Juegos secretos (2006).
Official Celebrity Spokesperson for Lancôme.
Her children refer to very close friend Leonardo DiCaprio as "Uncle Leo". He also bought Kate an inscribed gold ring, after they filmed Revolutionary Road (2008). However, Winslet keeps the inscription a secret.
Auditioned for the role of Elizabeth in Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein de Mary Shelley(1994). Helena Bonham Carter got the role, but Branagh was so impressed by Winslet that he offered her the role of Ophelia in Hamlet de Kenneth Branagh (1996).
Involved, along with Sherilyn Fenn, Rufus Sewell, Miranda Richardson and Paul McGann in the 1998 film project "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline". The film was to be executive produced by Emma Thompson, and written and directed by Fay Efrosini Lellios. The shooting was set to start in June 1998 in New Hampshire. The film was canceled due to financial withdrawal.
Vacaciones (2006) was the first movie that Kate used her own accent and didn't develop a special voice for her character.
Sister-in-law of Edmund Harcourt.
Only the third person in history to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year (Best Actress, Drama for Revolutionary Road (2008) and Best Supporting Actress for El lector(2008)).
Was considered for the role of Satine in Moulin Rouge (2001) but Nicole Kidman, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
Returned to work 11 months after giving birth to her daughter Mia in order to begin filming La vida de David Gale (2003).
Born at 7:15 am-BST.
(March 15, 2010) Announced that she had separated amicably from husband Sam Mendestwo months previously.
Is just 12 years older than Evan Rachel Wood, who played her daughter on Mildred Pierce(2011).
Ranked as having one of the "Most Beautiful Famous Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World" for 17 consecutive years. She was ranked #55 in 2013, #65 in 2012, #50 in 2011, #31 in 2010, #22 in 2009, #12 in 2008, #15 in 2007, #18 in 2006, #21 in 2005, #13 in 2004, #11 in 2003, #14 in 2002, #4 in 2001, #11 in 2000, #20 in 1999, #17 in 1998, and #27 in 1997.
Kate was the first actress considered for the role of River Song in Doctor Who (2005). The role went to Alex Kingston.
(November 22, 2012) Was awarded the CBE, by Queen Elizabeth II, for her services to acting.
(December 26, 2012) Announced that she and Ned Rocknroll, whom she has been engaged to since July 2012, married in a secret ceremony in New York with just Winslet's children, Mia and Joe, and 6 friends present. Leonardo DiCaprio gave the bride away.
Niece-in-law of Richard Branson.
Was working in a deli when she landed her first film role, Criaturas celestiales (1994).
She has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers around the world.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 25, a daughter Mia Honey Threapleton on October 12, 2000. Child's father is her now ex-1st husband, Jim Threapleton.
Wrote the book "The Golden Hat: Talking Back To Autism" to raise awareness and support for autism. The book has personal statements and self-portraits from various celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine. All revenues will go to The Golden Hat Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Winslet. [2012].
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 28, a son Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes on December 22, 2003. Child's father is her now ex-2nd husband, Sam Mendes.
Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 38, a son Bear Blaze Winslet on December 7, 2013. Child's father is her 3rd husband, Ned Rocknroll.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6262 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 17, 2014.
Turned down the female lead role in Transcendence (2014) due to her dual conflicts withA Little Chaos (2014) and Divergente (2014). Rebecca Hall got the role instead.
Was the 134th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar forEl lector (2008) at The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) on February 22, 2009.
Was five months pregnant with her third child, Bear Blaze, while filming Divergente(2014). Despite only being on set for four weeks, it got to a point where shooting above her waist was required as well as her carrying folders, files and iPads to cover the bump in master shots.
Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her son Bear, to begin filming Insurgent(2015). [May, 2014].
[About her screen debut in Criaturas celestiales (1994)]: I was reading the script in the back of the car and I turned to my dad and yelled, "I've GOT to get this!" And he replied, "Then you will." And I thought, "Yep, that's it. I'm bloody well going to." And that was it. I was so determined. It was something crucial to my life. I just so communicated with her, the story and their relationship. And when I found out, I just couldn't believe it. I was so happy, I cried. I remember I was working part-time at a deli at the time because I didn't have any money and was in the middle of making a sandwich when they phoned and said I'd got the job. I burst into tears and had to leave work because I couldn't control myself. It was absolutely brilliant.
I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
It's very important for me to make the statement that I am English and just because I've done one really big film, it doesn't mean that I don't want to keep a finger in the fantastic British film industry and do films like this.
About her spur-of-the-moment marriage to Sam Mendes - We hadn't been planning to do it but we thought it was rather a good idea, so we just did it.
After Titanic (1997), it would have been completely foolish for me to go and try and top that. I'm an English girl, I've always loved England, I've never felt the desire to leave it for any particular reason. And whilst I'm ambitious and care very much about what I do, I'm not competitive. I also don't want to act every day of my life. ... So it was important to me after Titanic (1997) to just remind myself of why it was that I was acting in the first place, which is of course because I love it.
I was on the tube just before Christmas and this girl turned round to me and said, "Are you Kate Winslet?". And I said, "Well, yes. I am actually." And she said, "And you're getting the tube?" And I said, "Yes". And she said, "Don't you have a big car that drives you around?" And I said, "No". And she was absolutely stunned that I wasn't being driven round in some flash car all the time. It was ludicrous.
People say to me, "You seem to have made this conscious decision to do independent films." In reality, I haven't. After each movie, I always think, how different can I possibly be?... Is this going to challenge me, is this going to inspire me, and is this going to make me love my job more than I already do?
On a scene from the movie Holy Smoke (1999): It was a difficult scene. When I read the script and I saw this scene was there, I laughed hysterically. I just couldn't believe it. When it came to shooting it, I had been sort of putting it off, and pretending it wasn't going to happen. And suddenly, I am there naked, peeing and thinking "Oh no!" It was really hard to do, but I've always loved the fact that it was there, and it's such a sort of turning point for the character I play in the movie that I've always felt sort of good, that it should be there.
There's more to life than cheekbones.
Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.
Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.
On going to the 1996 Oscars: Emma Thompson said to me "Listen, it's honestly just like going to see a fantastic show", and actually it really is, because there are so many people to look at and all those fabulous frocks and it's really fascinating. But mum and dad and I did kind of amble through it a bit, a bit like the Beverly Hillbillies, getting out the car, my mum stepping on my dress and I'm going "Mum, mum!".
It seems daft that I'm famous and I've not really got to grips with that.
[November 2000] On taking chances in Hollywood: If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career.
[About being nominated in the same category as superstar Meryl Streep] It feels unbelievable to be mentioned in the same breath as fellow actress Meryl Streep. It's inconceivable to me that this would even happen in my lifetime at all. It's such a dream. (Gifs and photos: source_Tumblr)
Titanic (1997) $2.000.000
Holy Smoke (1999) £360.000
Quills (2000) £450.000
Enigma (2001) £300.000
Finding Neverland (2004) £6.000.000
Movie 43 (2013) $1.600
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