Kate Winslet
Born: 1975-10-05 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Marigol
2026
- Skip Intro as Self - Guest
- Finding Harmony: A King's Vision as Narrator (voice over)
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as Clementine Kruczynski (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
- Avatar: Fire and Ash as Ronal
- Goodbye June as Julia
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films as Self - "Ronal"
- Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- DreamScapes as Mother Earth (voice)
- Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025 as Self
2024
- The Regime as Chancellor Elena Vernham
- Lee as Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller
2023
- Digman! as Dr. Sandra Null (voice)
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self
2022
- Avatar: The Way of Water as Ronal
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor and producer
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- Eleven Days in May as Narrator
2021
- Mare of Easttown as Marianne 'Mare' Sheehan
- Baba Yaga as Baba Yaga (voice)
- Eating Our Way to Extinction as Narrator (voice)
- L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth as Self
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 - Guest
- I Am... as Ruth
- Blackbird as Jennifer
- Manou the Swift as Manou's Mother(voice)
- The Christmas Letter as Narrator (voice)
2018
- Buttons as Narrator (voice)
- Oceans: Our Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Kodiak Queen as Narrator
2017
- Wonder Wheel as Ginny
- The Mountain Between Us as Alex Martin
- Snow Bears as Narrator (voice)
- Diana: The Day Britain Cried 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
- The Dressmaker as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
- Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
- A Little Chaos as Sabine De Barra
- Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale as Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Divergent as Jeanine
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2012
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Reflections on Titanic as Self
2011
- Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce
- Contagion as Erin Mears
- Carnage as Nancy Cowan
- Discovering Hamlet as Ophelia (archive footage)
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
2008
- The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
- Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Kate Winslet (uncredited)
2007
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Flushed Away as Rita (voice)
- Little Children as Sarah Pierce
- The Holiday as Iris
- All the King's Men as Anne Stanton
- Deep Sea 3D as Narrator (voice)
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
- Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
- Pride as Suki (voice)
- A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- A Conversation with Jim Carrey and Director Michel Gondry
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- The Life of David Gale as Bitsey Bloom
- Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
2002
- War Game as Mum / Annie (voice)
2001
- Iris as Young Iris Murdoch
- Enigma as Hester Wallace
- Being Mick as Self
- Christmas Carol: The Movie as Belle (voice)
2000
- Quills as Madeleine LeClerc
1999
- The Early Show as Self - Guest
- Hideous Kinky as Julia
- Holy Smoke as Ruth Barron
- Faeries as Brigid (voice)
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Self
1997
- The View as Self
- Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater
- Leute heute 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
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Caroline Jevington
- Get Back as Eleanor Sweet
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
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee