Kate Winslet
Born
October 5, 1975 (49 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, as well as for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). 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). Global stardom followed soon after with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Titanic was the highest-grossing film at the time, after which she 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, and she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she won 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, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). 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.
Known For
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ronal
2025
DreamScapes
Mother Earth (voice)
2025
Lee
Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller
2024
The Regime
Chancellor Elena Vernham · (6 episodes)
2024
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Self / Rose DeWitt Bukater
2023
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor and producer · (2 episodes)
2022
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Narrator (voice)
2021
Mare of Easttown
Marianne 'Mare' Sheehan · (7 episodes)
2021
Black Beauty
Black Beauty (voice)
2020
The Christmas Letter
Narrator (voice)
2019
I Am...
Ruth · (1 episode)
2019
The Lost Letter
Narrator (voice)
2016
Daisy Chain
Buttercup Bree (voice)
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Fake!
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Queen Cupid (voice)
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
Self
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
Ronal
2022
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2022
Eleven Days in May
Narrator
2022
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
Self
2021
Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga (voice)
2021
Ammonite
Mary Anning
2020
A World of Calm
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
Blackbird
Jennifer
2019
Manou the Swift
Manou's Mother(voice)
2019
Buttons
Narrator (voice)
2018
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Snow Bears
Narrator (voice)
2017
Wonder Wheel
Ginny
2017
The Mountain Between Us
Alex Martin
2017
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
Narrator (voice)
2017
Collateral Beauty
Claire Wilson
2016
Triple 9
Irina Vlaslov
2016
Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Dressmaker
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
2015
Steve Jobs
Joanna Hoffman
2015
A Little Chaos
Sabine De Barra
2015
Insurgent
Jeanine Matthews
2015
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Divergent
Jeanine Matthews
2014
Labor Day
Adele
2013
Movie 43
Beth (segment "The Catch")
2013
Reflections on Titanic
Self
2012
Honest Trailers
Rose DeWitt Bukater (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Discovering Hamlet
Ophelia (archive footage)
2011
Carnage
Nancy Cowan
2011
Contagion
Erin Mears
2011
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce · (5 episodes)
2011
Revolutionary Road
April Wheeler
2008
The Reader
Hanna Schmitz
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self (uncredited)
2008
The Holiday
Iris
2006
Flushed Away
Rita (voice)
2006
Little Children
Sarah Pierce
2006
All the King's Men
Anne Stanton
2006
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Deep Sea 3D
Narrator (voice)
2006
Titanic: Behind The Scenes
Self / Rose DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)
2005
Romance & Cigarettes
Tula
2005
Finding Neverland
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Pride
Suki (voice)
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Clementine Kruczynski
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
The Life of David Gale
Bitsey Bloom
2003
War Game
Annie
2002
Iris
Young Iris Murdoch
2001
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Belle (voice)
2001
Being Mick
Self
2001
Enigma
Hester Wallace
2001
Quills
Madeleine LeClerc
2000
The Early Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1999
Holy Smoke
Ruth Barron
1999
Hideous Kinky
Julia
1999
Faeries
Brigid (voice)
1999
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Self
1998
Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic
Self / Rose Dewitt Bukater
1997
Titanic
Rose DeWitt Bukater
1997
Hamlet
Ophelia
1996
Jude
Sue Bridehead
1996
Sense and Sensibility
Marianne Dashwood
1995
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Princess Sarah
1995
Heavenly Creatures
Juliet Hulme
1994
Goodbye June
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
C à vous
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (8 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2007
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)
Self / Rose DeWitt Bukater (archive footage)
2005
Extras
Kate Winslet · (1 episode)
2005
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Get Back
Eleanor Sweet · (15 episodes)
1992
HBO First Look
Self · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Caroline Jenington · (3 episodes)
1992
Dark Season
Reet · (6 episodes)
1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1988
Seitenblicke
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Casualty
Suzanne · (1 episode)
1986
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Nature
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1982
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
The Oscars
Self · (4 episodes)
1953
Today
Self · (1 episode)
1952
Trust
(1 episode)
Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944