Biography
English rose, a title that very aptly does justice to the effervescent beauty and talent boat floating amongst the Hollywood shores. The lesser mortals call her as Kate Winslet, the Briton actress who has shown her mettle with a bankful of performances in varied flavors for quite some time now. With her wide spread fame based on nippy roles tucked in her goody girl kitty, it is quite natural that she found her bearings very early in the life. This is her story.
Kate was born on 5 October 1975, in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK . Since early childhood she has been exposed to the nuisances and theatrics of acting with both her parents Roger Winslet and Sally Bridges-Winslet being stage actors and maternal grandparents Oliver and Linda Bridges owning the Reading Repertory Theatre. In fact her uncle, Robert Bridges, also a stage actor was a fixture in London's West End theatre district.
With the presence of such theatrical personas in the family, she too found herself being drawn into the world of make believe and doing tits and bits roles in stage productions wherever she could find work along with her 3 siblings, 2 sisters- Anna and Beth and brother Joss. This later trickled down on giving her first break in a TV commercial for sugar puffs, where she danced along with the Honey Monster. All there was happening around her finally gave her an understanding of where her true calling lies and Kate successfully convinced her parents in letting her attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead and starred in productions such as peter pan.
Known as blubber in her schooling days, Kate soon got a brush with television when she landed roles in episodes of Shrinks and Casualty at the mere age of 13. What with the pressures of acting in sitcoms and keeping up with their demanding curriculum of Redroofs, she barely got time to complete her education in a proper manner, but still managed to graduate with 8GSCEs in 1991. That year saw Kate trying to find her footings in the entertainment world. She did a host of television series, Get Back (TV series) (1992) Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (TV) (1991) Dark Season (TV series) (1991).
Career in Movies
Her first break in movies came when she was just 17 with a movie Heavenly Creatures (1994) which was based on the true story of adolescent girls who commit a brutal murder. The film won critical acclaim and awarded her with quick roles in six movies. By the next year she was ready to audition for a part in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995). Marianne Dashwood, her character in the movie won her both a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She followed this foray into the period drama with two more of the same genre, playing the rebellious heroine in Jude (1996) and Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). The latter however overshadowed her fine performance in Jude.0
But the crowning moment of her career came only when she played the historical aristocrat Rose De Witt Buketer in James Cameron’s epic Titanic (1997). Incidentally, her pair with the then heartthrob Leonardo Dicaprio was appreciated worldwide and became another one of the reason for her instant fame as an international star.
Riding high on the success of ever so popular Titanic, which probably would go down in the Hollywood history, Kate didn’t forget her streak of exploring the new paths and promptly turned down offers for major bigiies in favor of independent, away from the crowd movies namely Hideous Kinky (1998) where she played an adventurous soul searcher and Holy Smoke (1999).
The millennium year saw the association of Kate again with an epic drama, Quills.asd the years progressed; Kate also climbed the ladder of success that awards her the status with the likes of top notch names of the Hollywood. And then came another landmark movie in her career, critically acclaimed Iris (2002) quickly followed by The Life of David Gale (2003) and the much talked about Finding Neverland (2004), based on the life of Peter Barry who was the author of Peter Pan.
Since then Kate has delivered many performance away from the regular glam doll acts including the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and The Holiday (2006).
Kate’s love life like herself has been straight and non controversial with a touch of individuality. She found love on the sets of her first movies Hideous Kinky in the form of Jim Threapleton whom she married in 1998 and later got divorced in 2001. She went on to marry director Sam Mendes in 2003 and now have two kids son Joe and a daughter from her earlier marriage, Mia.
Known for her off camera pranks, Kate Winslet have shown the world that success can be achieved through steering away from the common path.
Filmography
Revolutionary Road (2008)
The Holiday (2006)
Flushed Away (voice) (2006)
Little Children (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Deep Sea 3-D (narrator) (2006)
Extras (TV series, one episode) (2005)
Romance And Cigarettes (2005)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Pride (TV, voice) (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Inside The Actors' Studio (TV series, one episode) (2004)
Nefertiti Revealed (TV, narrator) (2003)
Plunge: The Movie (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Iris (2002)
War Game (short, voice) (2001)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (voice) (2001)
Enigma (2001)
Comic Relief: Short Pants (TV, as herself) (2001)
Quills (2000)
Faeries (voice) (1999)
Holy Smoke (1999)
Ready, Steady, Cook (TV series, one episode) (1998)
Titanic: Breaking New Ground (TV) (1998)
Hideous Kinky (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
Jude (1996)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
A Kid In King Arthur's Court (1995)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Get Back (TV series) (1992)
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (TV) (1991)
Dark Season (TV series) (1991)
Casualty (TV, one episode) (1989)
Shrinks (TV) (1988)
English rose, a title that very aptly does justice to the effervescent beauty and talent boat floating amongst the Hollywood shores. The lesser mortals call her as Kate Winslet, the Briton actress who has shown her mettle with a bankful of performances in varied flavors for quite some time now. With her wide spread fame based on nippy roles tucked in her goody girl kitty, it is quite natural that she found her bearings very early in the life. This is her story.
Kate was born on 5 October 1975, in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK . Since early childhood she has been exposed to the nuisances and theatrics of acting with both her parents Roger Winslet and Sally Bridges-Winslet being stage actors and maternal grandparents Oliver and Linda Bridges owning the Reading Repertory Theatre. In fact her uncle, Robert Bridges, also a stage actor was a fixture in London's West End theatre district.
With the presence of such theatrical personas in the family, she too found herself being drawn into the world of make believe and doing tits and bits roles in stage productions wherever she could find work along with her 3 siblings, 2 sisters- Anna and Beth and brother Joss. This later trickled down on giving her first break in a TV commercial for sugar puffs, where she danced along with the Honey Monster. All there was happening around her finally gave her an understanding of where her true calling lies and Kate successfully convinced her parents in letting her attend the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead and starred in productions such as peter pan.
Known as blubber in her schooling days, Kate soon got a brush with television when she landed roles in episodes of Shrinks and Casualty at the mere age of 13. What with the pressures of acting in sitcoms and keeping up with their demanding curriculum of Redroofs, she barely got time to complete her education in a proper manner, but still managed to graduate with 8GSCEs in 1991. That year saw Kate trying to find her footings in the entertainment world. She did a host of television series, Get Back (TV series) (1992) Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (TV) (1991) Dark Season (TV series) (1991).
Career in Movies
Her first break in movies came when she was just 17 with a movie Heavenly Creatures (1994) which was based on the true story of adolescent girls who commit a brutal murder. The film won critical acclaim and awarded her with quick roles in six movies. By the next year she was ready to audition for a part in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995). Marianne Dashwood, her character in the movie won her both a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She followed this foray into the period drama with two more of the same genre, playing the rebellious heroine in Jude (1996) and Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996). The latter however overshadowed her fine performance in Jude.0
But the crowning moment of her career came only when she played the historical aristocrat Rose De Witt Buketer in James Cameron’s epic Titanic (1997). Incidentally, her pair with the then heartthrob Leonardo Dicaprio was appreciated worldwide and became another one of the reason for her instant fame as an international star.
Riding high on the success of ever so popular Titanic, which probably would go down in the Hollywood history, Kate didn’t forget her streak of exploring the new paths and promptly turned down offers for major bigiies in favor of independent, away from the crowd movies namely Hideous Kinky (1998) where she played an adventurous soul searcher and Holy Smoke (1999).
The millennium year saw the association of Kate again with an epic drama, Quills.asd the years progressed; Kate also climbed the ladder of success that awards her the status with the likes of top notch names of the Hollywood. And then came another landmark movie in her career, critically acclaimed Iris (2002) quickly followed by The Life of David Gale (2003) and the much talked about Finding Neverland (2004), based on the life of Peter Barry who was the author of Peter Pan.
Since then Kate has delivered many performance away from the regular glam doll acts including the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and The Holiday (2006).
Kate’s love life like herself has been straight and non controversial with a touch of individuality. She found love on the sets of her first movies Hideous Kinky in the form of Jim Threapleton whom she married in 1998 and later got divorced in 2001. She went on to marry director Sam Mendes in 2003 and now have two kids son Joe and a daughter from her earlier marriage, Mia.
Known for her off camera pranks, Kate Winslet have shown the world that success can be achieved through steering away from the common path.
Filmography
Revolutionary Road (2008)
The Holiday (2006)
Flushed Away (voice) (2006)
Little Children (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Deep Sea 3-D (narrator) (2006)
Extras (TV series, one episode) (2005)
Romance And Cigarettes (2005)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Pride (TV, voice) (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Inside The Actors' Studio (TV series, one episode) (2004)
Nefertiti Revealed (TV, narrator) (2003)
Plunge: The Movie (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Iris (2002)
War Game (short, voice) (2001)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (voice) (2001)
Enigma (2001)
Comic Relief: Short Pants (TV, as herself) (2001)
Quills (2000)
Faeries (voice) (1999)
Holy Smoke (1999)
Ready, Steady, Cook (TV series, one episode) (1998)
Titanic: Breaking New Ground (TV) (1998)
Hideous Kinky (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
Jude (1996)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
A Kid In King Arthur's Court (1995)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Get Back (TV series) (1992)
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (TV) (1991)
Dark Season (TV series) (1991)
Casualty (TV, one episode) (1989)
Shrinks (TV) (1988)
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