Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, as well as for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Titanic was the highest-grossing film at the time, after which she 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, and she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she won 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, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). 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.
Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Titanic was the highest-grossing film at the time, after which she 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, and she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she won 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, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). 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.
Known for
Avatar 3
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Lee
The Regime
DreamScapes
Inside Pandora's Box
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Eleven Days in May
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
Eating Our Way to Extinction
The Making of Mare of Easttown
Mare of Easttown
Baba Yaga
Black Beauty
Ammonite
A World of Calm
The Christmas Letter
Blackbird
I Am...
Manou the Swift
Buttons
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
Snow Bears
Wonder Wheel
The Mountain Between Us
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
Collateral Beauty
The Lost Letter
Daisy Chain
Triple 9
Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
The Dressmaker
Steve Jobs
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
A Little Chaos
Insurgent
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Divergent
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
And the Oscar Goes To...
Labor Day
Best Actress of All Time
Movie 43
Reflections on Titanic
Honest Trailers
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Discovering Hamlet
Carnage
Contagion
Mildred Pierce
Revolutionary Road
The Reader
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
The Fox and the Child
The Graham Norton Show
The Holiday
Flushed Away
Little Children
All the King's Men
The One Show
Deep Sea 3D
Romance & Cigarettes
Extras
Finding Neverland
Who Do You Think You Are?
Pride
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Life of David Gale
War Game
Iris
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Being Mick
Enigma
Quills
The Early Show
Holy Smoke
Faeries
Hideous Kinky
Titanic
The View
Hamlet
Jude
Sense and Sensibility
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Heavenly Creatures
Inside the Actors Studio
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
GMTV
HBO First Look
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Dark Season
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Casualty
Nature
Entertainment Tonight
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Today
Bambi Awards