Kate Winslet
Acting • Born 1975-10-05
Biography
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.
Filmography
125 credits
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
Clementine Kruczynski
Finding Neverland
Movie • 2004
Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
Heavenly Creatures
Movie • 1994
Juliet Hulme
Little Children
Movie • 2006
Sarah Pierce
The Holiday
Movie • 2006
Iris Simpkins
Hideous Kinky
Movie • 1999
Julia
All the King's Men
Movie • 2006
Anne Stanton
Hamlet
Movie • 1996
Ophelia
Revolutionary Road
Movie • 2008
April Wheeler
Enigma
Movie • 2001
Hester Wallace
Sense and Sensibility
Movie • 1995
Marianne Dashwood
Quills
Movie • 2000
Madeleine LeClerc
The Life of David Gale
Movie • 2003
Bitsey Bloom
Flushed Away
Movie • 2006
Rita (voice)
The Reader
Movie • 2008
Hanna Schmitz
Iris
Movie • 2001
Young Iris Murdoch
Jude
Movie • 1996
Sue Bridehead
Christmas Carol: The Movie
Movie • 2001
Belle (voice)
Holy Smoke
Movie • 1999
Ruth Barron
Romance & Cigarettes
Movie • 2005
Tula
Inside Pandora's Box
Movie • 2023
Self
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1995
Princess Sarah
Contagion
Movie • 2011
Erin Mears
Pride
Movie • 2004
Suki (voice)
Deep Sea 3D
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth
Movie • 2021
Self
Carnage
Movie • 2011
Nancy Cowan
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Beth (segment "The Catch")
Triple 9
Movie • 2016
Irina Vlaslov
Labor Day
Movie • 2013
Adele
Divergent
Movie • 2014
Jeanine Matthews
Eleven Days in May
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Discovering Hamlet
Movie • 2011
Ophelia (archive footage)
Faeries
Movie • 1999
Brigid (voice)
DreamScapes
Movie • 2025
Mother Earth (voice)
War Game
Movie • 2002
Annie
A Little Chaos
Movie • 2015
Sabine De Barra
Baba Yaga
Movie • 2021
Baba Yaga (voice)
Insurgent
Movie • 2015
Jeanine Matthews
The Dressmaker
Movie • 2015
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
Self (uncredited)
Steve Jobs
Movie • 2015
Joanna Hoffman
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Movie • 2023
Self
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2022
Self
Collateral Beauty
Movie • 2016
Claire Wilson
Snow Chick - A Penguin's Tale
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
The Mountain Between Us
Movie • 2017
Alex Martin
Being Mick
Movie • 2001
Self
Diana: The Day Britain Cried
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie • 2022
Ronal
Reflections on Titanic
Movie • 2012
Self
Manou the Swift
Movie • 2019
Manou's Mother(voice)
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Blackbird
Movie • 2019
Jennifer
Ammonite
Movie • 2020
Mary Anning
Buttons
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Snow Bears
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
The Lost Letter
Movie • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Black Beauty
Movie • 2020
Black Beauty (voice)
Daisy Chain
Movie • 2016
Buttercup Bree (voice)
The Christmas Letter
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Movie
Queen Cupid (voice)
Lee
Movie • 2024
Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Titanic
Movie • 1997
Rose DeWitt Bukater
Goodbye June
Movie • 2025
Julia
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
Movie • 1998
Self
The Kodiak Queen
Movie • 2018
Finding Harmony: A King's Vision
Movie • 2026
Narrator (voice over)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie • 2025
Ronal
Royal Carols: Together At Christmas 2025
Movie • 2025
Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Wonder Wheel
Movie • 2017
Ginny
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2025
Self
A Look Inside Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Movie • 2004
A Conversation with Jim Carrey and Director Michel Gondry
Movie • 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Movie • 2027
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Extras
TV • 2005
Kate Winslet
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Dark Season
TV • 1991
Reet
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Get Back
TV • 1992
Eleanor Sweet
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Mildred Pierce
TV • 2011
Mildred Pierce
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Self
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Casualty
TV • 1986
Suzanne
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV • 2014
Self
The Regime
TV • 2024
Chancellor Elena Vernham
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self – Actor and producer
I Am...
TV • 2019
Ruth
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
A World of Calm
TV • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Seitenblicke
TV • 1987
Self
Mare of Easttown
TV • 2021
Marianne 'Mare' Sheehan
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV • 1992
Caroline Jevington
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
TV • 2025
Self - "Ronal"
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Digman!
TV • 2023
Dr. Sandra Null (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022
Self – Actor and director