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Kate Winslet
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born October 5, 1975 (49 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash · as Ronal |
| 2025 | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin · as Queen Cupid (voice) |
| 2024 | The Regime (TV Series) · as Chancellor Elena Vernham |
| 2023 | Lee · as Elizabeth 'lee' Miller |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water · as Ronal |
| 2022 | Eleven Days in May · as Narrator |
| 2021 | Eating Our Way to Extinction · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Mare of Easttown (TV Series) · as Marianne 'mare' Sheehan |
| 2020 | Black Beauty · as Black Beauty (voice) |
| 2020 | A World of Calm (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Ammonite · as Mary Anning |
| 2019 | The Christmas Letter · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Blackbird · as Jennifer |
| 2019 | I Am... (2019) (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 2019 | Moominvalley (2019) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fillyjonk |
| 2019 | Swift · as Manou's Mother(voice) |
| 2018 | Buttons, A New Musical Film · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Snow Bears · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Wonder Wheel · as Ginny |
| 2017 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · as Clementine Kruczynski |
| 2017 | The Mountain Between Us · as Alex Martin |
| 2017 | Diana: The Day Britain Cried · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Mary and the Witch's Flower · as Madam Mumblechook |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty · as Claire Wilson |
| 2016 | Triple 9 · as Irina Vlaslov |
| 2015 | Snow Chick: A Penguin's Tale · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | The Dressmaker · as Myrtle "tilly" Dunnage |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs · as Joanna Hoffman |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos: Deleted Scenes · as Sabine De Barra |
| 2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent · as Jeanine Matthews |
| 2014 | A Little Chaos · as Sabine De Barra |
| 2014 | Divergent · as Jeanine Matthews |
| 2013 | Labor Day · as Adele |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Rose Dewitt Bukater (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Titanic: Deleted Scenes · as Rose Dewitt Bukater |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet · as Ophelia (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Carnage · as Nancy Cowan |
| 2011 | Contagion · as Erin Mears |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce (TV Series) · as Mildred Pierce |
| 2009 | A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road · as April Wheeler |
| 2008 | The Reader · as Hanna Schmitz |
| 2007 | The Fox and the Child · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | The Holiday · as Iris Simpkins |
| 2006 | Flushed Away · as Rita (voice) |
| 2006 | All the King's Men · as Anne Stanton |
| 2006 | Little Children · as Sarah Pierce |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Rose Dewitt Bukater |
| 2006 | Deep Sea · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes · as Tula |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland · as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies |
| 2004 | Pride · as Suki (voice) |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · as Clementine Kruczynski |
| 2003 | Celebrity Naked Ambition · as Cast |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale · as Bitsey Bloom |
| 2003 | Plunge: The Movie · as Clare |
| 2002 | War Game · as Annie |
| 2001 | Iris · as Young Iris Murdoch |
| 2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie · as Belle (voice) |
| 2001 | Enigma · as Hester Wallace |
| 2000 | Quills · as Madeleine Leclerc |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Rose Dewitt Bukater |
| 1999 | Holy Smoke · as Ruth Barron |
| 1999 | Faeries · as Brigid (voice) |
| 1998 | Hideous Kinky · as Julia |
| 1997 | Titanic · as Rose Dewitt Bukater |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Jude · as Sue Bridehead |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Marianne Dashwood |
| 1995 | A Kid in King Arthur's Court · as Princess Sarah |
| 1994 | Heavenly Creatures · as Juliet Hulme |
| 1992 | Get Back (TV Series) · as Eleanor Sweet |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) · as Caroline Jenington |
| 1991 | Dark Season (TV Series) · as Reet |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Suzanne |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |