Kate Winslet Biography (1975-)

Full name, Kate Elizabeth Winslet; born October 5, 1975, in Reading, Berkshire, England; daughter of Roger (an actor) and Sally (an actress; maiden name,Bridges) Winslet; sister of Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet (both actresses); niece of Robert Bridges (a stage actor); married Jim Threapleton (a director),November 22, 1998 (divorced, December 13, 2001); married San Mendes (a director), May 24, 2003; children: (first marriage) Mia; (second marriage) Joe Alfie. Addresses: Agent: Hylda Queally, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; and Dallas Smith, Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.; Publicist: Robert Garlock, PMK/HBH Public Relations New York, 650 Fifth Ave., 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
October 5, 1975
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Juliet Hulme, Heavenly Creatures (also released as Heavenly Creatures: The Uncut Version), Miramax, 1994
  • Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility, Columbia, 1995
  • Princess Sarah, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Buena Vista, 1995
  • Ophelia, Hamlet (also known as William Shakespeare's Hamlet), Castle Rock, 1996
  • Sue Bridehead, Jude, Gramercy, 1996
  • Rose DeWitt Bukater, Titanic, Paramount, 1997
  • Julia, Hideous Kinky (also known as Marrakech Express), Stratosphere Entertainment, 1998
  • Ruth Barron, Holy Smoke!, Miramax, 1999
  • Madeleine "Maddie" LeClerc, Quills (also known as Quills--Machtder Besessenheit), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
  • Hester Wallace, Enigma (also known as Enigma--Das Geheimnis), Manhattan Pictures International, 2001
  • Voices of Annie and Mum, War Game (animated short film), [Great Britain], 2001
  • Voice of Belle, Christmas Carol: The Movie (animated; also known as Ein Weihnachtsmaerchen), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2001
  • Young Iris Murdoch, Iris, Maramax/Paramount, 2001
  • Clare, Plunge: The Movie, Longboard Entertainment, 2003
  • Elizabeth "Bitsey" Bloom, The Life of David Gale (also known as Das Leben des David Gale), Universal, 2003
  • Clementine Kruczynski, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Focus Features, 2004
  • Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, J. M. Barrie's Neverland, Miramax, 2004
  • Tula, Romance & Cigarettes, United Artists, 2004
  • Mabel Stark, The Marvelous Mabel Stark, 2005
  • Norma Helmer, A Doll's House (also known as Et Dukkehjem),2005
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Reet, Dark Season, BBC, 1991
  • Eleanor Sweet, Get Back, BBC, 1992-1993
  • Specials
  • (In archive footage) Beyond Titanic, Arts and Entertainment, 1997
  • (And in archive footage) Herself, Titanic: Breaking New Ground, Fox, 1998
  • Herself, Titanic Mania, E! Entertainment Television, 1998
  • Voice of Brigid, Faeries, Starz!, 1999
  • Herself, Being Mick, ABC, 2001
  • Herself and song performer, Comic Relief Short Pants, 2001
  • Narrator, Nefertiti: Resurrected (also known as Nefertiti: Revealed), The Discovery Channel, 2003
  • (In archive footage) Celebrity Naked Ambition, Channel 5, 2003
  • (In archive footage) Making It a Holby, BBC, 2004
  • Awards Presentations
  • Herself, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
  • Herself, 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000
  • Herself, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2000, 2001
  • Herself, The Seventh Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2001
  • Herself, Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute, BBC, 2002
  • Presenter, The Orange British Academy Film Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
  • Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002
  • Herself, The Laurence Olivier Awards, 2003
  • Episodic
  • Suzanne, "Family Matters," Casualty, BBC, 1993
  • Herself, Clive Anderson All Talk, BBC, 1998
  • Herself, The Clive James Show, 1998
  • Herself, The Priory, 1999
  • Herself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
  • Herself, Parkinson, BBC, 2000
  • Herself, Seitenblicke, 2002
  • Herself, GMTV, ITV, 2002, 2004
  • Herself, Frids film, 2003
  • Herself, Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2003
  • Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2003
  • Herself, The Early Show, CBS, 2004
  • Herself, Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2004
  • Herself, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004
  • Other
  • Shrinks, [Great Britain], 1988
  • Anglo Saxon Attitudes (movie), Thames Television, 1992
  • Stage Appearances
  • Appeared as Geraldine, What the Butler Saw; as Sarah, A Game ofSoldiers; and as Wendy, Peter Pan; appeared in the musical Adrian Mole.
  • RECORDINGS
  • Albums
  • Narrator (with others), Listen to the Storyteller, c. 2000
  • (With others) Christmas Carol: The Movie (soundtrack recording), 2001
  • Singles
  • "What If?," 2001
  • Music Videos
  • (In archive footage) "My Heart Will Go On" (song from the film Titanic), by Celine Dion, 1997
  • "What If?," 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • Newsmakers, issue 4, Gale, 2002
    Periodicals
    • Celebrity Bodies, autumn, 2001, pp. 56-59
    • Cosmopolitan, October, 1996, p. 1
    • Elle, December, 1995
    • Empire, issue 91, 1997, pp. 76-80; October, 1997, pp. 124-25
    • Entertainment Weekly, January 26, 1996, p. 32; February 22, 2002,pp. 52-53
    • Evening Standard, September 6, 1999, p. 3
    • Film Comment, March/April, 1998, p. 26
    • Flicks, February, 1999, p. 26
    • Glamour, February, 2002, pp. 166-67, 180
    • Harper's Bazaar, January, 1996, p. 59; July, 1997, p. 90
    • Heat, December 15, 2001, pp. 10-11
    • Hello!, December 4, 2001, pp. 72-76
    • Interview, November, 2000, p. 149
    • Looks, March, 1999, pp. 10-15
    • Mademoiselle, February, 2000, pp. 120-23
    • Movieline, January/February, 1995
    • Newsweek, January 15, 1996
    • New York Times Magazine, November 19, 2000
    • OK!, August, 2002, p. 132; April 1, 2003
    • People Weekly, March 4, 1996, p. 106; May 6, 1996, p. 175; February 23, 1998, p. 52; November 2, 1998, p. 109; December 7, 1998, p. 54; July 5,1999, p. 86
    • Premiere, February, 1997, pp. 76-79; November, 1999, pp. 104-110,138-40
    • Premiere (Great Britain), Volume 5, number 3, 1997, pp. 46-49
    • Rolling Stone, March 5, 1998, pp. 44-49, 78
    • Sunday Times (London), January 13, 2002
    • Time, October 26, 1998, p. 31
    • Time Out, January 13, 1999, pp. 16-18
    • Times Magazine (London), January 23, 1999, pp. 14-18, 20
    • Total Film, June, 1997, pp. 44-45

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