Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet | |
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 Winslet at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | Kate Elizabeth Winslet 5 October 1975 Reading, Berkshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Redroofs Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Children | 3 |
Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.[1] She is best known for her starring role in the American movie, Titanic.[2]
She made her movie debut as Juliet Hulme in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994).[2] 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.[3] She married director Sam Mendes; they had a son, Joe.[3] In 2012, she married Ned Rocknroll, nephew of billionaire Richard Branson.[3] She had his first son in December 2013.
Films
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]- ↑ "Kate Winslet". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kate Winslet". People. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kate Winslet Biography". Bio/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
Other websites
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- Kate Winslet on IMDb
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- Academy Award winning actors
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- BAFTA Award winning actors
- Emmy Award winning actors
- English movie actors
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- Golden Globe Award winning actors
- Grammy Award winners
- Musicians from Berkshire
- People from Reading, Berkshire
- Screen Actors Guild Award winners