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Kate Winslet
Born in Reading, 1975, Kate Winslet's family came from a theatrical background; she started acting from the age of 5 years old as The Virgin Mary in a school play. At the age of 11 she attended the Redroof Theatre School in Maidenhead, staying until the age of 16. After numerous television and theatre roles her cinema talents first became apparent as a teenage murderer in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures (1994), a true story about two vengeful best friends. She returned to obscurity and unemployment until landing the role of romantic Marianne Dashwood in the Ang Lee adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility (1995), a performance that earned her an Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The next year, she appeared as the rebellious heroine Sue Bridehead, opposite Christopher Eccleston in an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure, Jude (1996).
After appearing as Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996) she felt ready for a big budget American movie, persuading James Cameron into handing her the role of feisty Rose DeWitt Bukater opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic (1997), acquiring her second Academy Award nomination. In 1998, Kate married assistant director Jim Threapleton in her hometown of Reading; they were to divorce three years later. After the success of James Cameron's blockbuster, she shunned mainstream Hollywood roles to star in a number of independent films, including the hippie mum in Hideous Kinky (1998), and an Indian cult devotee in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke (1999). Kate followed this with appearances as a disciple of the Marquis de Sade in Quills (2001), and in the code-breaking war drama Enigma (2001). She was again nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as a youthful Iris Murdoch in director Richard Eyre's Iris (2002).
Wise words: "There's more to life than cheek bones."
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Winslet's caution after Oscar win -
20 July 2009
-Kate Winslet's Oscar-winning performance in The Reader has stifled the actress' inner wild child - because she feels pressure to "look composed" as she climbs the ranks in Hollywood.-
-The actress had been without an Oscar win since her first nominations for Sense an
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Winslet's dad axed from movie soundtrack by Madonna -
21 June 2009
-Kate Winslet's father missed out on penning the soundtrack for Guy Ritchie's movie Snatch - because the director's ex-wife Madonna refused to let the actress' dad get involved.-
-The Titanic star's father Roger is an accomplished musician, and performs with punk rock
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Winslet's hairy dilemma -
17 June 2009
-Kate Winslet was so determined to pull off her role as a 1950s woman in The Reader she wore a pubic wig for her nude scenes.-
-The star plays a Nazi guard in the movie and was required to disrobe on camera for the role, which won her this year's (09) Best Actress Osc
Kate Winslet - what members say
Kate Winslet - filmography
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Revolutionary Road - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Harbour, Kathy Bates
Director: Sam Mendes
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Those who were waiting for the romantic reunion of TITANIC's Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet may be surprised by what they find in REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. The movie begins with a sweet scene where Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Winslet) meet at a party, but the rest of this drama--based on Richard ..read more »
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Revolutionary Road
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon
Director: Sam Mendes
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Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia ..read more »
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The Reader
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz
Director: Stephen Daldry
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In postwar Germany, a young man’s decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth.
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Little Children
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Todd Field
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Little Children centers on a group of young marrieds, whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.
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The Holiday
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Director: Nancy Meyers
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Two women troubled with guy-problems (Diaz, Winslet) swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
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The Allstar Workout
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gordon Ramsay, Efua Baker, penny smith (iii)
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Take the celebrity approach to keep fit with THE ALLSTAR WORKOUT and tone up, lose weight, or simply improve your general wellbeing. Introduced by Oscar nominee Kate Winslet, the programme features a variety of workouts each presented by a different celebrity (24 in all, including Patsy Palmer, ..read more »
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All The King's Men - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
Director: Steven Zaillian
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Louisiana politician Willie Stark starts out as a man of the people, proud to be a hick, wanting to make a difference to the struggling families in his community. But the smell of power leads to back-room corruption, lies, and betrayal. Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist ..read more »
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All The King's Men
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet
Director: Steven Zaillian
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Louisiana politician Willie Stark starts out as a man of the people, proud to be a hick, wanting to make a difference to the struggling families in his community. But the smell of power leads to back-room corruption, lies, and betrayal. Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist ..read more »
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Finding Neverland
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
Director: Marc Forster
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It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie watches his latest play open to a ho-hum reaction among the polite society of Edwardian England. A literary genius of his times but bored by the same old themes, Barrie is clearly in need of some serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds ..read more »
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
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The Life Of David Gale
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney
Director: Alan Parker
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David Gale (Kevin Spacey) is a Texas professor and anti-death penalty activist who, ironically enough, winds up on death row for the rape and murder of a colleague. Kate Winslet plays Bitsey Bloom, the brave journalist who sets out to tell to his story. In the days leading up to his execution, Gale ..read more »
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Enigma
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows
Director: Michael Apted
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Set in England during World War II, Michael Apted's ENIGMA follows bookish code-breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) through a whirlwind love affair with Claire Romilly (Saffron Burrows), a seductive blonde clerk, and his subsequent recovery from a mental breakdown caused by the relationship. As Tom ..read more »
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Iris
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Director: Richard Eyre
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Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height ..read more »
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War Game
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kate Winslet, iain jones (voice), colin mcfarlane (voice)
Director: Dave Unwin
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Based on the best -selling book by Michael Foreman, War Game is the award-winning animated story of three English boys who leave their idyllic country lives to fight in the trenches of World War One. On Christmas Day, as if by a miracle, a soccer match is started between the Germans and the English ..read more »
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Quills
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Michael Caine, Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Based on the award-winning play by Doug Wright, this erotic and fantastical drama reconstructs the unknown fate of the Marquis de Sade, the writer and sexual deviant who was imprisoned in Charenton Asylum for the last 10 years of his life. QUILLS is a Gothic period piece from director Philip ..read more »
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Holy Smoke
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Sophie Lee
Director: Jane Campion
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In this wildly inventive film from director Jane Campion (THE PIANO), Kate Winslet stars as Ruth, a headstrong Australian woman determined to get back to India in time to join a group marriage to her guru. Her family, hoping to break the cult leader's psychic grip on Ruth, hires P.J. (Harvey Keitel)..read more »
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Hideous Kinky
(1999)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui
Director: Gillies Mackinnon
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With her two precious daughters in tow, free-spirited Julia (Kate Winslet) flees her stifling life in London for the promise of excitement, freedom and self-discovery in exotic Marrakech. In her single-minded quest for enlightenment and escapism, Julia falls into a steamy relationship with a ..read more »
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Titanic
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane
Director: James Cameron
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TITANIC, James Cameron's blockbuster, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as young lovers aboard the ill-fated voyage. A mysterious nude sketch found in the wreckage of the Titanic leads to the tale of its subject, the now-elderly Rose DeWitt Bukater (Winslet). As her story begins, Rose is 17 ..read more »
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Jude
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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In this austere adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel JUDE THE OBSCURE, an intelligent young British man falls prey to romance, oppressive social conventions, and unspeakable tragedy in his unsanctioned relationship with his cousin. JUDE is a tragic romance, well acted by Kate Winslet (TITANIC), ..read more »
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Sense And Sensibility
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet
Director: Ang Lee
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When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. Though John ..read more »
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Dark Season
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Victoria Lambert, Kate Winslet, Tim Barker
Director: Colin Cant
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Written by Russell T Davies, and starring a young Kate Winslet in one of her first TV roles, Dark Season is an exciting science-fiction mystery that centres around a English school, where all is not what is seems. A mysterious millionaire called Mr Eldritch arrives as the school, claiming to be its ..read more »
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Faeries - The Movie
on DVD
Starring: Kate Winslet, Jeremy Irons, Dougray Scott
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Nellie and George are two young children who are sent to the country whilst their parents move house. When George stumbles into Faery Land, an adventure begins where Nellie must complete three tasks in return for her brother's freedom.
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Revolutionary Road
to Watch Now
(2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon
Director: Sam Mendes
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Run time: 118 minutes
Based on the award-winning novel, Revolutionary Road follows the hopes and aspirations of the Wheelers, a young couple living in Connecticut. Entrapped under the social confines they so desperately tried to avoid, the Wheelers hatch a plan to leave Connecticut behind for the great unknown of Paris. ..read more »
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A classic - must watch 5 October 2006
...ay it's worth watching for Leonardo di Caprio going under for the 3rd time and Kate Winslett's breasts. Seriously though, an unmissable spectacle ...
Caustic and bleak love story 19 September 2004
