Kate Winslet Biography
Profession |
Actress |
Real name |
Kate Elizabeth Winslet |
Date of birth |
Sunday, October 05, 1975 |
Age |
44 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
Birth Place |
Reading, Berkshire, England |
Alma mater |
Redroofs Theatre School |
Years active |
1991–present |
Spouse(s) |
Jim Threapleton (m. 1998; div. 2001), Sam Mendes (m. 2003; div. 2011), Edward Abel Smith (m. 2012) |
Children |
3 |
Net Worth |
45 million dollars |
Kate Winslet Age
Kate Winslet was born on October 5, 1975, in England.
Her parents are Junior actors, which puts young Kate very early in the business. Kate Winslet entered the Redroofs Theater School at the age of eleven to begin her training as an actress. Her career began two years later in an advertising spot for English television. In 1994, Kate Winslet is revealed to the public the role of Juliet Hulme in Heavenly Creatures for Peter Jackson.
Kate Winslet Career Startup “Titanic”
Her first major roles in cinema were “Sense and Sensibility” in 1995 and of course “Titanic” in 1997 shattering love story in which she starred with Leonardo DiCaprio. Despite the success of such magnitude, she then turned in much more simple productions, like Hideous Kinky and Holy Smoke, then returned to the film in costumes for Quills – the pen and the blood. Kate Winslet continues to balance while playing the role of Anne Stanton in the drama All the King’s Men 2006 and shares the poster with Cameron Diaz in the romantic comedy The Holiday.
Kate Winslet Professional Career
She then lends her voice to the animated film Flushed Away, and she becomes the narrator of The Fox and the Child, for the American version, replacing Isabelle Carré in France. In darker and more dramatic roles, Kate Winslet stars in 2006 in Little Children by Todd Field, in 2008 Revolutionary Road directed by Sam Mendes (her husband), who marks her great reunion with Leonardo DiCaprio more than 10 years after Titanic, as well as The Reader the same year, where she played a woman accused of Nazi crimes during the Second World War. Her performance allows her to obtain the Oscar for best actress.
Absent from the set for three years, it returns in the spotlight in 2011 since it is showing behind closed doors Carnages by Roman Polanski and the science fiction film Contagion by Steven Soderbergh. After this, the actress appears in the casting of the sketch film Movie 43 Project and then plays the main role, alongside Josh Brolin, of the moving Labor Day, the new realization of Jason Reitman.
In 2014, more than fifteen years after the success of “Titanic”, Kate Winslet finds herself again on the banner of a blockbuster since she slips into the skin of the antagonist of the lucrative Divergent saga in front of the young current star Shailene Woodley. She also finds Alan Rickman who directs her in her new film A Little Chaos, then takes part in Steve Jobs’ biopic directed by Danny Boyle and with Michael Fassbender in the title role.
Kate Winslet Marriages / Husband / Kids
Kate Winslet has married three times. With her first husband, Jim Threapleton, she had a daughter, Mia. Her second husband, Sam Mendes, directed it in “Rebellious Marriage”. They had a boy together, Joe. Kate Winslet remarried in 2012 to Edward Abel Smith, the son of businessman Richard Branson. On December 7, 2013, the actress gave birth to a little boy named Bear Blaze.
Kate Winslet Movies List
Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Juliet Hulme | Peter Jackson | |
1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Marianne Dashwood | Ang Lee | |
1995 | A Kid in King Arthur’s Court | Princess Sarah | Michael Gottlieb | |
1996 | Jude | Sue Bridehead | Michael Winterbottom | |
1996 | Hamlet | Ophelia | Kenneth Branagh | |
1997 | Titanic | Rose DeWitt Bukater | James Cameron | |
1998 | Hideous Kinky | Julia | Gillies MacKinnon | |
1999 | Faeries | Brigid (voice) | Gary Hurst | |
1999 | Holy Smoke! | Ruth Barron | Jane Campion | |
2000 | Quills | Madeleine | Philip Kaufman | |
2001 | Enigma | Hester Wallace | Michael Apted | |
2001 | Iris | Young Iris Murdoch | Richard Eyre | |
2001 | War Game | Annie (voice) | Dave Unwin | Short film |
2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | Belle (voice) | Jimmy T. Murakami | |
2003 | The Life of David Gale | Bitsey Bloom | Alan Parker | |
2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Clementine Kruczynski | Michel Gondry | |
2004 | Finding Neverland | Sylvia Llewelyn Davies | Marc Forster | |
2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Tula | John Turturro | |
2006 | Deep Sea 3D | Narrator | Howard Hall | Documentary film |
2006 | All the King’s Men | Anne Stanton | Steven Zaillian | |
2006 | Little Children | Sarah Pierce | Todd Field | |
2006 | Flushed Away | Rita (voice) | David Bowers & Sam Fell | |
2006 | The Holiday | Iris | Nancy Meyers | |
2007 | The Fox and the Child | Narrator | Luc Jacquet | English dub |
2008 | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz | Stephen Daldry | |
2008 | Revolutionary Road | April Wheeler | Sam Mendes | |
2009 | A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism | Narrator | Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Documentary film |
2011 | Carnage | Nancy Cowan | Roman Polanski | |
2011 | Contagion | Erin Mears | Steven Soderbergh | |
2013 | Movie 43 | Beth | Various[b] | Segment: The Catch |
2013 | Labor Day | Adele Wheeler | Jason Reitman | |
2014 | Divergent | Jeanine Matthews | Neil Burger | |
2014 | A Little Chaos | Sabine De Barra | Alan Rickman | |
2015 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | Jeanine Matthews | Robert Schwentke | |
2015 | Daisy Chain | Buttercup (voice) | Galvin Scott Davis | Short film |
2015 | Steve Jobs | Joanna Hoffman | Danny Boyle | |
2015 | The Dressmaker | Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage | Jocelyn Moorhouse | |
2016 | Triple 9 | Irina Vlaslov | John Hillcoat | |
2016 | Collateral Beauty | Claire Wilson | David Frankel | |
2016 | The Lost Letter | Narrator | Kealan O’Rourke | Short film |
2017 | The Mountain Between Us | Alex Martin | Hany Abu-Assad | |
2017 | Wonder Wheel | Ginny | Woody Allen | |
2018 | Mary and the Witch’s Flower | Madame Mumblechook (voice) | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | English dub |
2019 | Birds of a Feather | Blanche (voice) | Andrea Block & Christian Haas | |
2019 | Blackbird | Jennifer | Roger Michell | |
2020 | The French Dispatch Film has yet to be released | TBA | Wes Anderson | Post-production |
2020 | Ammonite Film has yet to be released | Mary Anning | Francis Lee | Post-production |
2021 | Avatar 2 Film has yet to be released | Ronal | James Cameron | Post-production |
TBA | Black Beauty Film has yet to be released | Black Beauty (voice) | Ashley Avis | Filming |
Kate Winslet TV Shows
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
1991 | Dark Season | Reet | Six episodes |
1992 | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes | Caroline Jenington | Miniseries |
1992–93 | Get Back | Eleanor Sweet | |
1993 | Casualty | Suzanne | Episode: “Family Matters” |
2004 | Pride | Suki (voice) | Television film |
2004 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: “Kate Winslet / Eminem” |
2005 | Extras | Herself | Episode: “Kate Winslet” |
2011 | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | Miniseries |
2015 | Running Wild with Bear Grylls | Herself | Episode: “Kate Winslet” |
2015 | Snow Chick | Narrator | Television film |
2017 | Diana: The Day Britain Cried | Narrator | Documentary film |
2017 | Snow Bears | Narrator | Documentary film |
2019 | Moominvalley | Mrs Fillyjonk (voice) | |
TBA | Mare of Easttown Shows that have not yet been aired | Mare Sheehan | Miniseries; filming |
Kate Winslet Discography
1994 | Heavenly Creatures | “Juliet’s Aria” | BMG Rights Management |
2001 | Christmas Carol: The Movie | “What If” | EMI |
2005 | Sandra Boynton’s Dog Train | “I Need a Nap” | Boynton Recordings |
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