Kate winslet is a well-known film, stage and television actress, famous for having been nominated numerous times for awards such as the Oscar and the Emmy.
His family is composed of Sally ann bridges, a waitress, and her father Roger John Winslet, a swimming pool builder, both actors.
her sisters are Beth Y Anna winslet, who also follow the long family tradition of acting.
At the young age of eleven, he began studying drama at the Redroofs Theater School, located in Maidenhead, Berkshire. There she was chosen as the lead actress for all the plays and was later called from a cereal brand to be her official face.
Even so, not everything in her life was roses, since as a child she was quite overweight, which led her classmates to annoy her excessively. To add insult to injury, his big feet, inherited from his mother, were another incentive for teasing.
His television debut occurred in 1991, with the science fiction series of the BBC “Dark season”(Dark season).
After this, he continued making some movies for the house like “Anglo-Saxon Attitudes”(Anglo-Saxon Attitudes) and“Casuality”Also for the BBC.
His debut on the big screen came with the film of Peter jackson “Heavenly Creatures”(Celestial Creatures), where she played Juliet Hulme, a young woman who helps her best friend murder her mother when she prevents them from being together.
After being acclaimed worldwide at numerous film festivals, she continued her great performance in the film “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court”(A Boy in King Arthur’s Court), starring Thomas Ian Nicholas.
In 1995, he joined the cast of “Sense and Sensibility”(Sense and feelings), under the role of Marianne dashwood. In this classic of Jane Austen also appeared Hugh grant Interpreting Edward ferrars Y Alan Rickman As the Colonel Christopher Brandon.
While he continued to captivate the whole world with his performances, both at the Berlin and Cannes film festivals and many others, he was given the opportunity to work on the classic of Shakespeare “Hamlet”. There, he shared the credit with Billy Crystal, Gerard depardieu Y Robin williamswhile she played Ophelia.
Finally, in 1997, the director James Cameron chose her to be the lead actress of “Titanic”, Winner of 11 Academy Awards and the highest grossing movie in movie history, more than $ 1.8 billion.
In her, Kate played Rose DeWitt Bukater, an aristocrat who is forced to marry Caledon hockley, interpreted by Billy zane. For your fortune or misfortune, on the voyage aboard the Titanic meet nobody Jack Dawson (Leonardo Dicaprio) and with him begins a passionate relationship throughout the trip.
One of the most memorable points of the feature film is the scene where Leonardo Dicaprio paints to Kate winslet naked, to seal their love later inside one of the cars in the boat’s parking lot.
Among the 11 awards that “Titanic”Got, they find the one of Best Director in order to James Cameron, Best Costume Design, Best Effects, Best Editing and of course the Best film. For its part, Kate received the nomination for the Best actress.
Later, he continued working on films such as “Hideous kinky” Y “Faeries“(Fairies) who followed”Holly smoke”(Holy smoke), an Australian production with Harvey Keitel. However, none of these even overshadowed the impressive image of the actress.
In 2000, the audience again applauded her for her performance in “Quills”(Feathers), where he had to endure the outbursts of the promiscuous Marquis de Sade, masterfully performed by Geoffrey rush.
Joaquin phoenix Y Michael Caine they also acted in the feature film, such as Abbe du Coulmier and the doctor Royer Collard, respectively.
The following year, he participated in the animation “Christmas Carol: The Movie”(Christmas carols, the film), lending his voice to the character Belle. In the meantime, Nicolas Cage did the same with Jacob marley and his sister Beth played Fan.
Come 2001, he continued his unblemished record of successful productions with “Iris”, A British film that placed her next to Jim Broadbent.
Later, she decided to step away from the film sets for a while, with the firm intention of raising her daughter well. Throughout this period, the press was entertained, constantly referring to the variations in the actress’s weight.
Having a history of being overweight, Kate decided to flatly refuse any request for Hollywood to lose weight to enter the ideal characters of the scriptwriters.
Thanks to this, she served as an inspiration for a generation of young people who idolize her and have stopped thinking about the perfect body of the models.
In 2003 he returned to the film industry, accompanying Kevin Spacey already Laura linney on “The Life of David Gale”(The life of David Gale). This drama tells the story of the activist against capital punishment, and the terrible crime for which he is accused and sentenced to the punishment against which he fights.
Already in 2004, he again impressed the whole world with the wonderful “Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind”(The eternal radiance of a mind without memories). In the same they acted Jim Carrey, Elijah Wood Y Kirsten dunst.
Then that same year, they became the couple of Johnny depp when starring “Finding Neverland”(Finding Neverland). It is an adaptation of the work “The man who was Peter Pan”And features the special performance of Dustin Hoffman and an original song by Elton John.
In 2005 he participated in the musical comedy “Romance & Cigarettes”(Romance and cigarettes), sharing the credits with Susan Sarandon, Mandy moore, Steve Buscemi Y Christopher Walken.
The following year, he was part of the cast of “All the King’s Men”(All the King’s Men), an adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same title. Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins Y Jude Law.
Still, in 2006 she was mostly recognized for her portrayal of Sarah Pierce in the feature film “Little children” (Little kids). In this one, he acts alongside Jennifer connelly, being a former feminist trapped in a life without meaning, until she falls in love with a man who also finds the way in her life.
Closing an excellent year, he returned to lend his voice for an animated character, Rita Malone, in the film “Flushed Away”(What the water took away). Hugh jackman, Sir Ian McKellen Y Jean Reno they also worked on it, playing Roddy Saint James, The Toad Y Le frog, respectively.
We can also remember it in “The Holiday”(Vacation), where he shared the scene with Cameron Diaz, Jude Law Y Jack black, in addition to the special performance of Shannyn Sossamon Y Edward burns. Dustin Hoffman, James franco Y Lindsay Lohan they appeared as themselves in some scenes.
In 2008, after almost ten years of separating, Leonardo Dicaprio Y Kate winslet they will be together again thanks to the direction of her husband, Sam mendes. “Revolutionary Road“It will be released towards the end of December, at which time it will also premiere”The Reader”After replacing Nicole Kidman.