Kate Winslet

English actress (born 1976)

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]

Kate Winslet

A close-up shot of Kate Winslet's face in 2017
Born
Kate Elizabeth Winslet

(1975-10-05) 5 October 1975 (age 49)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materRedroofs Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouses
  • Jim Threapleton
    (m. 1998; div. 2001)
  • (m. 2003; div. 2011)
  • Ned Rocknroll
    (m. 2012)
Children3

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.

Winslet at the 2009 Academy Awards
  • 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

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  1. "Kate Winslet". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Kate Winslet". People. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kate Winslet Biography". Bio/A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

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