Kate Winslet
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1975 (age 51)
- Birthplace
- Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kate Winslet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie · as Queen Cupid (voice)
The Unheard
TV · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Movie · as Marigol
Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
Movie · as (voice)
Finding Harmony: A King's Vision
Movie · as Narrator (voice over)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Movie · as Clementine Kruczynski (archive footage) (uncredited)
Igniting the Flame: The Making of “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Movie · as Self
Skip Intro
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
DreamScapes
Movie · as Mother Earth (voice)
Goodbye June
Movie · as Julia
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie · as Ronal
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Movie · as Self
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
TV · as Self - "Ronal" · 2 eps
Lee
Movie · as Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller
The Regime
TV · as Chancellor Elena Vernham · 6 eps
Inside Pandora's Box
Movie · as Self
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Movie · as Self
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Digman!
TV · as Dr. Sandra Null (voice) · 1 ep
Eleven Days in May
Movie · as Narrator
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie · as Ronal
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · as Self – Actor and producer, Self – Actor and director · 2 eps
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
Movie · as Self
Baba Yaga
Movie · as Baba Yaga (voice)
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Mare of Easttown
TV · as Marianne 'Mare' Sheehan · 7 eps
Ammonite
Movie · as Mary Anning
Black Beauty
Movie · as Black Beauty (voice)
A World of Calm
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Manou the Swift
Movie · as Manou's Mother(voice)
Blackbird
Movie · as Jennifer
The Christmas Letter
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
I Am...
TV · as Ruth · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Buttons
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Kodiak Queen
Movie · as Narrator
The Mountain Between Us
Movie · as Alex Martin
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Snow Bears
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wonder Wheel
Movie · as Ginny
Triple 9
Movie · as Irina Vlaslov
Collateral Beauty
Movie · as Claire Wilson
The Lost Letter
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Daisy Chain
Movie · as Buttercup Bree (voice)
A Little Chaos
Movie · as Sabine De Barra
Insurgent
Movie · as Jeanine Matthews
The Dressmaker
Movie · as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
Steve Jobs
Movie · as Joanna Hoffman
Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Divergent
Movie · as Jeanine
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Movie 43
Movie · as Beth (segment "The Catch")
Labor Day
Movie · as Adele
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Reflections on Titanic
Movie · as Self
Contagion
Movie · as Erin Mears
Carnage
Movie · as Nancy Cowan
Discovering Hamlet
Movie · as Ophelia (archive footage)
Mildred Pierce
TV · as Mildred Pierce · 5 eps
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Revolutionary Road
Movie · as April Wheeler
The Reader
Movie · as Hanna Schmitz
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Kate Winslet (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 10 eps
British Film Forever
TV · 2 eps
Little Children
Movie · as Sarah Pierce
The Holiday
Movie · as Iris
All the King's Men
Movie · as Anne Stanton
Flushed Away
Movie · as Rita (voice)
Romance & Cigarettes
Movie · as Tula
Deep Sea 3D
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Extras
TV · as Kate Winslet · 1 ep
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie · as Clementine Kruczynski
Finding Neverland
Movie · as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Pride
Movie · as Suki (voice)
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie
A Conversation with Jim Carrey and Director Michel Gondry
Movie
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Life of David Gale
Movie · as Bitsey Bloom
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
War Game
Movie · as Mum / Annie (voice)
Enigma
Movie · as Hester Wallace
Iris
Movie · as Young Iris Murdoch
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Movie · as Belle (voice)
Being Mick
Movie · as Self
Quills
Movie · as Madeleine LeClerc
Hideous Kinky
Movie · as Julia
Holy Smoke
Movie · as Ruth Barron
Faeries
Movie · as Brigid (voice)
The Early Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Movie · as Self
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Titanic
Movie · as Rose DeWitt Bukater
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hamlet
Movie · as Ophelia
Jude
Movie · as Sue Bridehead
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Marianne Dashwood
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Princess Sarah
Heavenly Creatures
Movie · as Juliet Hulme
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 2 eps
Get Back
TV · as Eleanor Sweet · 15 eps
HBO First Look
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV · as Caroline Jevington · 1 ep
Dark Season
TV · as Reet · 6 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Seitenblicke
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Suzanne · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep