Born
5 October 1975 (50)
Place of Birth
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Also known as
Kate Elizabeth 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 televisi...
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.
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027
Finding Harmony: A King's Vision
2026
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
Goodbye June
2025
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
2025
DreamScapes
2025
Lee
2024
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
Eleven Days in May
2022
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021
Eating Our Way to Extinction
2021
Baba Yaga
2021
Black Beauty
2020
Ammonite
2020
The Christmas Letter
2019
Blackbird
2019
Manou the Swift
2019
Buttons
2018
The Kodiak Queen
2018
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
2018
Snow Bears
2017
Wonder Wheel
2017
The Mountain Between Us
2017
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
2017
Collateral Beauty
2016
The Lost Letter
2016
Daisy Chain
2016
Triple 9
2016
Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
2015
The Dressmaker
2015
Steve Jobs
2015
A Little Chaos
2015
Insurgent
2015
Divergent
2014
Labor Day
2013
Movie 43
2013