Kate Winslet: English actress (born 1976)
Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.
She is best known for her starring role in the American movie, Titanic.
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| Born | Kate Elizabeth Winslet 5 October 1975 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Redroofs Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Works | Full list |
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| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Full list |
She made her movie debut as Juliet Hulme in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994). Winslet is the second of four children, her sisters are the actresses Anna and Beth Winslet and her brother is Joss Winslet, her mother Sally Anne is a barmaid and her father Roger John Winslet is a swimming pool contractor. Her maternal grandparents Linda and Oliver Bridges founded the Reading Repertory Theatre and her uncle is the actor Robert Bridges, Her maternal great-grandmother Florence Theodelinda Lidman, was the daughter of a Swedish immigrant.
Kate Winslet was married to director Jim Threapleton; they had a daughter, Mia. She married director Sam Mendes; they had a son, Joe. In 2012, she married Ned Rocknroll, nephew of billionaire Richard Branson. She had his first son in December 2013.
Films
- Heavenly Creatures (1994) Juliet Hulme
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) Princess Sarah
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) Marianne Dashwood
- Jude (1996) Sue Bridehead
- Hamlet (1996) Ophelia
- Titanic (1997) Rose DeWitt Bukater
- Hideous Kinky (1998) Julie
- Faeries (1999) Brigid
- Holy Smoke! (1999) Ruth Barron
- Quills (2000) Madeleine LeClerc
- Enigma (2001) Hester Wallace
- Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) Belle
- Iris (2001) Young Iris Murdoch
- The Life of David Gale (2003) Bitsey Bloom
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Clementine Kruczynski
- Finding Neverland (2004) Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005) Tula
- All the King's Men (2006) Anne Station
- Little Children (2006) Sarah Pierce
- Flushed Away (2006) Rita Malone
- The Holiday (2006) Iris Simpkins
- The Reader (2008) Hanna Schmitz
- Revolutionary Road (2008) April Wheeler
- Carnage (2011) Nancy Cowan
- Contagion (2011) Dr. Erin Mears
- Movie 43 (2013) Beth
- Labor Day (2013) Adele Wheeler
- A Little Chaos (2014) Sabine De Barra
- Divergent (2014) Jeanine Matthews
- The Dressmaker (2014) Myrtle 'Tilly' Dunnage
References
Other websites
- Kate Winslet on IMDb
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