Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is a British actress most famous for her role in the 1997 blockbuster movie Titanic. She was born in Reading, Berkshire, England.

Her career began on television, with an appearance in an episode of the BBC medical drama Casualty in 1989, followed by a co-starring role in the children's science-fiction serial Dark Season two years later, also for the BBC.

Her film career took off in 1994 when she performed her first leading role as Juliet Hulme in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. Since then she has acted in several films, such as Sense and Sensibility, Jude, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Titanic, Hamlet, Hideous Kinky, Holy Smoke, Iris, The Life of David Gale, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland and Romance and Cigarettes earning her three Oscar nominations and two Golden Globes.

Kate Winslet has also appeared as a singer with her single "What If" from the "Christmas Carol: The Movie" soundtrack.

On November 22, 1998 she married director Jim Threapleton with whom she has a daughter named Mia Honey. After her divorce in 2001, she began a relationship with director Sam Mendes. Kate married Sam on May 24, 2003 on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies and their son Joe Alfie Winslet-Mendes was born on December 22, 2003.

Her home town of Reading has named a street - Winslet Place - in her honour, ironically built on the site of a demolished cinema.

Actress- filmography

• Finding Neverland (2004) - Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
• Pride (TV) (2004) - Suki (voice)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Clementine Kruczynski
• (2003) - Clare
• The Life of David Gale (2003) - Bitsey Bloom
• War Game (2001) - Mum/Annie
• Iris (2001/I) - Young Iris Murdoch
• (2001) - Belle (voice)
• Enigma (2001) - Hester Wallace
• Quills (2000) - Madeleine 'Maddy' LeClerc
• Faeries (1999) - Brigid (voice)
• Holy Smoke (1999) - Ruth Barron
• Hideous Kinky (1998) - Julia
• Titanic (1997) - Rose DeWitt Bukater
• Hamlet (1996) - Ophelia
• Jude (1996) - Sue Bridehead
• Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Marianne Dashwood
• A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) - Princess Sarah
• Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Juliet Hulme
• Get Back (TV-Series) (1992) - Eleanor Sweet
• Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV) (1992)
• Dark Season (TV-Series) (1991) - Reet

External link

• fan site http://www.discoverkate.com/
• another fan site http://www.admiringkate.com/
• another fan site http://www.foreverkate.com/
• Kate Winslet http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701/ at the Internet Movie Database
• Wallpaper Kate Winslet http://www.stars-celebrites.com/wallpapers/W/winslet.htm