Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE (born 5 October 1975) is an English
actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas, and
often portrays angst-ridden women. Winslet is the recipient of various
accolades, including three British Academy Film Awards, and is among
the few performers to have won Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Awards.Born
in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre
School. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 15, was in the
British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut
playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and received
her first BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and
Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her
leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997). It was the
highest-grossing film of all time to that point, after which she
eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed
period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001), which were not
widely seen.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, and
she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding
Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008),
and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the
last of these, she won the BAFTA Award and Academy Award for Best
Actress. In the 2010s, Winslet played a single mother in 1930s America
in the miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011), joined the Divergent film
series, and portrayed Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015). She won a
Primetime Emmy Award for the first of these and a third BAFTA Award
for the lattermost.
actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas, and
often portrays angst-ridden women. Winslet is the recipient of various
accolades, including three British Academy Film Awards, and is among
the few performers to have won Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Awards.Born
in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre
School. Her first screen appearance, at the age of 15, was in the
British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut
playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and received
her first BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and
Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her
leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997). It was the
highest-grossing film of all time to that point, after which she
eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed
period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001), which were not
widely seen.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, and
she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding
Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008),
and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the
last of these, she won the BAFTA Award and Academy Award for Best
Actress. In the 2010s, Winslet played a single mother in 1930s America
in the miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011), joined the Divergent film
series, and portrayed Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015). She won a
Primetime Emmy Award for the first of these and a third BAFTA Award
for the lattermost.
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