Kate Winslet (1975-)

Brief Bio

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet is the second of four children of Sally Anne (née Bridges), a barmaid, and Roger John Winslet, a swimming pool contractor. Her parents were "jobbing actors", which led Winslet to comment that she "didn't have a privileged upbringing" and that their daily life was "very hand-to-mouth". Her maternal grandparents, Linda (née Plumb) and Oliver Bridges, founded and operated the Reading Repertory Theatre, and her uncle, Robert Bridges, appeared in the original West End production of Oliver!. Her older sister, Anna, and younger sister, Beth, are also actresses. Her younger brother, Joss, is the only sibling who did not pursue an acting career.

Brought up in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut in Heavenly Creatures (1994), for which she received her first notable critical praise. She achieved recognition for her subsequent work in a supporting role in Sense and Sensibility (1995) and for her leading role in Titanic (1997), the highest-grossing film in the world at the time.

Since 2000, Winslet's performances have continued to draw positive comments from film critics, and she has been nominated for various awards for her work in such films as Quills (2000), Iris (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), The Reader (2008) and Revolutionary Road(2008). Her performance in the last of these prompted New York magazine critic David Edelstein to describe her as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation". The romantic comedy The Holiday and the animated film Flushed Away (both 2006) are among the biggest commercial successes of her career.

Filmography

Wikipedia / IMDb

1994 Heavenly Creatures (Juliet Hulme)

1995 Sense and Sensibility (Marianne Dashwood)

1995 A Kid in King Arthur's Court (Princess Sarah)

1996 Jude (Sue Bridehead)

1996 Hamlet (Ophelia)

1997 Titanic (Rose DeWitt Bukater/Dawson)

1998 Hideous Kinky (Julia)

1999 Faeries (Brigid)

1999 Holy Smoke! (Ruth Barron)

2000 Quills (Madeleine 'Maddy' LeClerc)

2001 Enigma (Hester Wallace)

2001 Iris (Young Iris Murdoch)

2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie (Belle)

2003 The Life of David Gale (Bitsey Bloom)

2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Clementine Kruczynski)

2004 Finding Neverland (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies)

2005 Romance & Cigarettes (Tula)

2006 Flushed Away (Rita)

2006 All the King's Men (Anne Stanton)

2006 Little Children (Sarah Pierce)

2006 The Holiday (Iris Simpkins)

2008 The Reader (Hanna Schmitz)

2008 Revolutionary Road (April Wheeler)

2011 Mildred Pierce (Mildred Pierce Beragon)

2011 Carnage (Nancy Cowan)

2011 Contagion (Dr. Erin Mears)

2013 Movie 43 (Beth)

Awards

Academy Awards, USA
2009. Won Oscar in the category Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for The Reader (2008)

BAFTA Awards
1996. Category Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for 'Sense and Sensibility' (1995) 2009. Category Best Leading Actress for 'The Reader' (2008)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1998. Category Favorite Actress - Drama for 'Titanic' (1997)


Emmy Awards
2011. Category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for 'Mildred Pierce' (2011) (TV)

Empire Awards, UK

1996. Category Best British Actress for 'Heavenly Creatures' (1994)

1998. Category Best British Actress for Hamlet (1996)

1999. Category Best British Actress for Titanic (1997)

2002. Category Best British Actress for Enigma (2001)

2005. Category Best British Actress for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Golden Globes, USA

2009. Category Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Reader (2008)

2009. Category Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Revolutionary Road (2008)

2012. Category Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Mildred Pierce (2011) (TV)

Trivia

Kate Winslet: The golden girl
Kate Winslet says that age 36 is now the new 21
Isn’t She Deneuvely?

External Links

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Presentation
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