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Kate Winslet
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional CreditsBorn October 5, 1975 (50 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2027 | The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum · as Marigol |
| 2027 | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin · as Queen Cupid (voice) |
| 2026 | Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas · as Clementine Kruczynski (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2026 | Finding Harmony: A King's Vision · as Narrator (voice Over) |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash · as Ronal |
| 2025 | Goodbye June · as Julia |
| 2024 | The Regime (TV Series) · as Chancellor Elena Vernham |
| 2023 | Lee · as Elizabeth 'lee' Miller |
| 2023 | Digman! (TV Series) · as Dr. Sandra Null (voice) |
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| 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) |
| 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 |
| 2013 | Labor Day · as Adele |
| 2013 | Movie 43 · as Beth (segment "the Catch") |
| 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 |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People · as Kate Winslet (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Fox and the Child · as Narrator |
| 2006 | The Holiday · as Iris |
| 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 | The Life of David Gale · as Bitsey Bloom |
| 2003 | Plunge: The Movie · as Clare |
| 2002 | War Game · as Mum / Annie (voice) |
| 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 | 20th 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 |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Ophelia |
| 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 Jevington |
| 1991 | Dark Season (TV Series) · as Reet |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Suzanne |
| 1982 | Nature (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Cast |