Kate Winslet
Born: 1975-10-05 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Avatar: Fire and Ash as Ronal
- Goodbye June as Julia
- DreamScapes as Mother Earth (voice)
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films as Self - "Ronal"
2024
- Lee as Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller
- The Regime as Chancellor Elena Vernham
2023
- Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- Digman! as Dr. Sandra Null
- Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self / Rose DeWitt Bukater
2022
- Avatar: The Way of Water as Ronal
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor and producer
- Eleven Days in May as Narrator
2021
- Mare of Easttown as Marianne 'Mare' Sheehan
- Baba Yaga as Baba Yaga (voice)
- L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
- Eating Our Way to Extinction as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Black Beauty as Black Beauty (voice)
- Ammonite as Mary Anning
- A World of Calm as Narrator (voice)
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Blackbird as Jennifer
- Manou the Swift as Manou's Mother(voice)
- I Am... as Ruth
- The Christmas Letter as Narrator (voice)
2018
- Buttons as Narrator (voice)
- Oceans: Our Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Kodiak Queen
2017
- Wonder Wheel as Ginny
- The Mountain Between Us as Alex Martin
- Diana: The Day Britain Cried as Narrator (voice)
- Snow Bears as Narrator (voice)
2016
- Collateral Beauty as Claire Wilson
- Triple 9 as Irina Vlaslov
- The Lost Letter as Narrator (voice)
- Daisy Chain as Buttercup Bree (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Insurgent as Jeanine Matthews
- A Little Chaos as Sabine De Barra
- The Dressmaker as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
- Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
- Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale as Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Divergent as Jeanine Matthews
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2012
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Reflections on Titanic as Self
2011
- Contagion as Erin Mears
- Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce
- Discovering Hamlet as Ophelia (archive footage)
- Carnage as Nancy Cowan
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
2008
- Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
- The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self (uncredited)
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Fox and the Child as Narrator (English)
2006
- The One Show as Self
- The Holiday as Iris Simpkins
- Flushed Away as Rita (voice)
- Little Children as Sarah Pierce
- Deep Sea 3D as Narrator (voice)
- All the King's Men as Anne Stanton
2005
- Extras as Kate Winslet
- Romance & Cigarettes as Tula
2004
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Pride as Suki (voice)
- Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The Life of David Gale as Bitsey Bloom
2002
- War Game as Annie
2001
- Iris as Young Iris Murdoch
- Christmas Carol: The Movie as Belle (voice)
- Enigma as Hester Wallace
- Being Mick as Self
2000
- Quills as Madeleine LeClerc
1999
- Holy Smoke as Ruth Barron
- Faeries as Brigid (voice)
- Hideous Kinky as Julia
- The Early Show as Self - Guest
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Self
1997
- Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self
1995
- Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court as Princess Sarah
1994
- Heavenly Creatures as Juliet Hulme
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- HBO First Look as Self
- Get Back as Eleanor Sweet
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Caroline Jevington
1991
- Dark Season as Reet
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
- Seitenblicke as Self
1986
- Casualty as Suzanne
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1982
- Nature as Narrator (voice)
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee