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Biographical
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Nick
Name: |
English
Rose |
Height: |
5'
8" |
Birthplace: |
Reading,
Berkshire, England, UK |
Date
of Birth: |
October
5, 1975 |
Husband/Partner: |
James
Threapleton (divorced) |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
"I'm
the kind of actress that absolutely believes in
exposing myself." |
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Kate
Winslet was born in Reading, England into an acting family.
Both of her sisters and father are all actors. Her first
job came as a dancer in a commercial in her mid-teens.
Her television debut came in the 1988 British series called
Shrinks.
Her film debut came in "Heavenly Creatures,"
a film that received rave reviews from critics and established
Kate as a actress to keep an eye on. In 1995, she starred
in "Sense and Sensibility," a film that garnered
her an Oscar nomination. But alas it was not in her fate
to win the nomination.
Her biggest
role was in 1996's Titanic. The amazing film received
critical kudos throughout the country, and tied the
record with Ben Hur for eleven Oscars won. It established
Kate as a Hollywood superstar and she was also included
in the nominations, making her the youngest actress
ever to have two Academy Award nominations.
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She
turns down more respectable film roles for those she sees
as being more creative. Those roles included the lead
roles in Shakespeare in Love, as well as the role Jodie
Foster would eventually take in Anna and the King.
She married
Jim Threapleton in November 1998, who she met on the
set of her film Hideous Kinky. The two had a child in
2000. The experience was a wonderful one for Winslet,
however, her weight ballooned and she had to lose weight.
She regrettedly admitted she was going on a diet, saying
that it upset her to have to join the ranks of the Hollywood
dieters, but otherwise she'd "not get any work."
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Films:
Life of David Gale, The (2003)
War Game (2001)
Iris (2001)
Enigma (2001)
Plunge (2000)
Quills (2000)
Holy Smoke (1999)
Hideous Kinky (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
Jude (1996)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Made for
TV:
Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1991)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
Get Back (1992)
Dark Season (1991)
Cartoon Voices:
War Game (2001)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Faeries (1999)
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