
Kate Winslet
Biography
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, as well as for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a 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), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Titanic was the highest-grossing film at the time, after which she 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, 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 latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she won 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, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). 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.
Acting (68 movies)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004

Finding Neverland
2004

Heavenly Creatures
1994

Little Children
2006

The Holiday
2006

Hideous Kinky
1999

All the King's Men
2006

Hamlet
1996

Revolutionary Road
2008

Enigma
2001

Sense and Sensibility
1995

Quills
2000

Flushed Away
2006

The Life of David Gale
2003

The Reader
2008

Iris
2001

Jude
1996

Christmas Carol: The Movie
2001

Holy Smoke
1999

Romance & Cigarettes
2005

Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025

Inside Pandora's Box
2023

A Kid in King Arthur's Court
1995

Contagion
2011

Pride
2004

Deep Sea 3D
2006

L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
2021

Carnage
2011

Movie 43
2013

Triple 9
2016

Labor Day
2013

Divergent
2014

Eleven Days in May
2022

Discovering Hamlet
2011

Faeries
1999

DreamScapes
2025

War Game
2002

A Little Chaos
2015

Baba Yaga
2021

Insurgent
2015

The Dressmaker
2015

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008

Steve Jobs
2015

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022

Collateral Beauty
2016

Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
2015

The Mountain Between Us
2017

Wonder Wheel
2017

Being Mick
2001

Diana: The Day Britain Cried
2017

Avatar: The Way of Water
2022

Reflections on Titanic
2012

Manou the Swift
2019

Oceans: Our Blue Planet
2018

Blackbird
2019

Ammonite
2020

Buttons
2018

Snow Bears
2017

The Lost Letter
2016

Black Beauty
2020

Daisy Chain
2016

The Christmas Letter
2019

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2027

Lee
2024

Eating Our Way to Extinction
2021

Titanic
1997

Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998

The Kodiak Queen
2018
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Lee | 2024 | Producer |
| Goodbye June | 2025 | Producer |