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Kate Elizabeth Winslet 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, and 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, and 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 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[a] since 2012. She has a child from each marriage, two of whom are the actors Mia Threapleton and Joe Anders.