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The school also functioned as an agency and took students to London to audition for acting jobs. At eleven, Winslet was accepted into the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. She describes herself as an overweight child, and was called 'blubber' by her schoolmates and was bullied for her appearance. When she was five, Winslet made her first stage appearance as Mary in her school's production of the Nativity play. She and her sisters participated in amateur stage shows at school and at a local youth theatre, named Foundations. Living in a family of actors inspired her to pursue acting from a young age. Winslet attended St Mary and All Saints' Church of England primary school. The Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead, where Winslet was educated Winslet has said her parents always made them feel cared for and that they were a supportive family. When Winslet was ten, her father severely injured his foot in a boating accident and found it harder to work, leading to more financial hardships for the family.

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The family had limited financial means they lived on free meal benefits and were supported by a charity named the Actors' Charitable Trust. Winslet has two sisters, Anna and Beth, both of whom are actresses, and a younger brother, Joss.

Her maternal grandparents were both actors and ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company. Her mother worked as a nanny and waitress, and her father, a struggling actor, took labouring jobs to support the family. She is primarily of British descent, but also has Irish ancestry on her father's side and Swedish ancestry on her mother's side. Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on 5 October 1975, in Reading, Berkshire to Sally Ann ( née Bridges) and Roger John Winslet.

She has a child from each marriage, including actress Mia Threapleton. Divorced from film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, Winslet has been married to businessman Edward Abel Smith since 2012. A co-founder of the charity Golden Hat Foundation, which aims to create autism awareness, Winslet has also written a book on the topic.

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She performed the song ' What If' for the soundtrack of her film, Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001).

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In 2022, she produced and starred in the single drama ' I Am Ruth', winning two BAFTA TV Awards, and played a supporting role through motion capture in Cameron's top-grossing science fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water.įor her narration of a short story in the audiobook Listen to the Storyteller (1999), Winslet won a Grammy Award. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she received two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).

For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. 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). Winslet then eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001). Global stardom followed with her leading role in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), which was the highest-grossing film at the time. 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).

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Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012. Time magazine named Winslet one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 20. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE ( / ˈ w ɪ n z l ə t/ born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.