Kate Winslet is a famous English actress who catapulted to international fame for her portrayal of Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 Titanic classic novel. For her work as Hanna Schmitz in the romantic drama The Reader, she won the award BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood for decades. Her other credits include Spotless Mind's Eternal Sunshine, Sense and Sensibility, Iris, Steve Jobs, Mildred Pierce and Little Children.
Birth name
Kate Elizabeth Winslet
Nickname
The English Rose, Kate Corset
Job
Actress
Nationality
Columbia
Private life
Anniversary / Date of birth
Kate Winslet was born on October 5, 1975 in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
Age
She is currently 42 years old.
Residence
West Wittering, West Sussex, England
Sign of the sun
Balance
Ethnicity
White
Education
Winslet attended St. Mary's Elementary School and All Saints' Church of England. She then attended the Redroofs Theater School in Maidenhead, where she has performed in numerous stage productions.
Family details
- Father – Roger John Winslet (Pool Contractor)
- Mother – Sally Anne (born Bridges) (Barmaid)
- Brothers and sisters – Beth Winslet (younger sister) (actress), Anna Winslet (older sister) (actress), Joss Winslet (younger brother)
Civil status
Married
Husband
Kate Winslet was married to Jim Threapleton, whom she met on the set of Hideous Kinky, in which he was assistant director, from 1998 to 2011. She has a daughter named Mia (2000) of this marriage.
After her divorce from Threapleton, she began dating director Sam Mendes and they were married in May 2003. The couple welcomed their son, Joe, later that year. The couple divorced in 2010.
Kate has been married to businessman Ned RocknRoll since December 2012. They have a son named Bear Blaze Winslet (born December 7, 2013).
Physical statistics
size
- In feet – 5 feet 6.5 inches
- In centimeters – 169 cm
- In meters -1.69 m
Weight
- In kilograms -63 kg
- In pounds – 139 lbs
Body measurements
- Measurements – 37-26-36
- Chest – 37 inches
- Cut – 26 inches
- hip – 36 inches
- Bra size – 34C
bodybuilding
Voluptuous
Eye colour
Blue
Hair color
Blond
Shoe size
She is wearing a shoe size 11 (US).
The size of the dress
Her dress size is 4 (US).
Sexuality
Straight ahead
Professional statistics
Beginning of the film
Kate Winslet made her film debut in 1994 in Peter Jackson's psychological drama Heavenly Creatures, based on the murder of Parker-Hulme in 1954. Winslet played the character of Juliet Hulme, a teenager who helps her friend Pauline Parker (played by Melanie Lynskey), in the murder of Pauline's mother. Her performance in the film was highly appreciated by critics who changed the course of her acting career.
For her work, she won the Empire Award for best British actress, the London Film Critics Circle Award for British actress of the year and the New Zealand Film and TV Award for best foreign performer.
TV debut
Winslet got her first work on television in Dark Season, a British science fiction television series in 1991. She played Reet in a total of six episodes of the series.
Famous for
Kate Winslet has a lot of credits in her name. Rose DeWitt Bukater, a 17-year-old first-class passenger, played a leading role in James Cameron's epic romance, Titanic (1997). She was the star of the love interest of Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) in the film. The film is considered one of its biggest commercial successes to date, with more than $ 2 billion in global box office against a production budget of $ 200 million. The film won 11 Oscars and was nominated for best actress.
She played Hannah Schmitz in the 2008 movie The Reader. The film is based on Bernhard Schlink's novel, Der Vorleser, and talks about Hanna Schmitz, an illiterate Nazi concentration camp warden (Winslet), who has an affair with a teenager. Winslet studied the Holocaust and the SS guards. This role is one of her most important roles so far, which has earned her an Oscar for Best Actress and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.
Brand Mentions
Winslet has appeared in numerous commercials, including American Express credit cards, Sugar Puffs (United Kingdom), Lancôme and Longines Dolcevita cereals. She has been Lancôme's spokesperson since 2007.
Kate Winslet Favorites
- Favorite Movies – Heavenly Creatures (1994), Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind (2004), Revolutionary Road (2008), The Reader (2008), Steve Jobs (2015).
- Favorite dish – Pizza
- Favorite Color – Dark Purple
Kate Winslet Net worth
The net worth of Winslet is estimated at $ 45 million. She lives with her family in a luxurious seaside home in West Wittering, Sussex, which she brought in 2013 for £ 3.25 million.
Social media Profiles
She's not on social media.
Kate Winslet Facts
She became interested in theater from an early age and attended the Redroofs Theater School in Maidenhead, England, at the age of 11.
During her studies, she began to play in theatrical productions and worked simultaneously with the Starmaker Theater Company in Reading.
She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award, for her acting role in Geraldine Barclay's "What the Butler Saw" in 1994.
She holds a unique record in the history of the Oscars. She is the only actress to have been nominated twice (with her co-star) for having played the same role in the same film at different ages. The first two were Gloria Stuart and Kate in Titanic (1997). The other two were Judi Dench and Kate in Iris (2001).
She had already missed Titanic's first as she was attending the funeral of her old boyfriend, Stephen Tredre.
Kate was born in the same hospital as her ex-husband, Sam Mendes.
She had her first kiss on the screen with Melanie Lynskey in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures.
In 1998, she received the Sexiest Actress Award at the Entertainment Insider Awards.
She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6262 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 17, 2014.
Time magazine named Winslet among the top 100 most influential people in the world in 2009.
Her wax statue was placed at Madame Tussauds' house in London.
Kate is one of thirteen actresses to win the Academy, the BAFTA Award, the Critics' Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award and the SAG Award for the same performance.
She received the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the list of honors for Queen's birthday 2012 for her theater services.
She also became the third actress in history to win two Golden Globe Awards at the same ceremony.
Kate became the third actress in history to win two Golden Globe Awards at the same ceremony.
At age 33, Kate became the youngest actress to receive six Oscar nominations.
She prefers boots to ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are firmly on the floor.
