
Kate Winslet
Known for ActingBorn 1975-10-05 (age 50)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
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Finding Harmony: A King's Vision
2026 · Movie
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Bambi
1948 · Series
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Mare of Easttown
2021 · Series
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Black Beauty
2020 · Movie
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Daisy Chain
2016 · Movie
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 · Movie
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Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003 · Movie
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Eleven Days in May
2022 · Movie
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Oceans: Our Blue Planet
2018 · Movie
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Titanic
1997 · Movie
Seitenblicke
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Seitenblicke
1987 · Series
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Extras
2005 · Series
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
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Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Movie
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Snow Bears
2017 · Movie
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Nature
1982 · Series
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
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Discovering Hamlet
2011 · Movie
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Series
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The Reader
2008 · Movie
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The Life of David Gale
2003 · Movie
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Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
2015 · Movie
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Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022 · Movie
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Collateral Beauty
2016 · Movie
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Finding Neverland
2004 · Movie
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Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
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Reflections on Titanic
2012 · Movie
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Carnage
2011 · Movie
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
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Hamlet
1996 · Movie
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Titanic: Stories from the Heart
2023 · Movie
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War Game
2002 · Movie
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Lee
2024 · Movie
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
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Labor Day
2013 · Movie
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Diana: The Day Britain Cried
2017 · Movie
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The Holiday
2006 · Movie
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The Dressmaker
2015 · Movie
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Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2025 · Series
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Little Children
2006 · Movie
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Quills
2000 · Movie
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Ammonite
2020 · Movie
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Eating Our Way to Extinction
2021 · Movie
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Mildred Pierce
2011 · Series
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Revolutionary Road
2008 · Movie
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Divergent
2014 · Movie
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Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014 · Series
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Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Series