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Ask Kate Winslet what she liked about any of her characters, and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built an eclectic resume; that runs the gamut from Shakespearean tragedy to modern-day mysticism and erotica.

Born into a family of thespians -- parents Roger Winslet and Sally Bridges-Winslet were both stage actors, maternal grandparents Oliver and Linda Bridges ran the Reading Repertory Theatre, and uncle Robert Bridges was a fixture in London's West End theatre district -- Kate came into her talent at an early age. She scored her first professional gig at 11, dancing opposite the Honey Monster in a commercial for a kids' cereal. She started acting lessons around the same time, which led to formal training at a performing arts high school. Over the next few years she appeared on stage regularly and landed a few bit parts in sitcoms. Her first big break came at age 17, when she was cast as an obsessive adolescent in Heavenly Creatures (1994). The film, based on the true story of two fantasy-gripped girls who commit a brutal murder, received modest distribution but was roundly praised by critics.

Still a relative unknown, Winslet attended a cattle call audition the next year for Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility (1995). She made an immediate impression on the film's star, Emma Thompson, and beat out more than a hundred other hopefuls for the part of plucky Marianne Dashwood. Her efforts were rewarded with both a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Winslet followed up with two more period pieces, playing the rebellious heroine in Jude (1996) and Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996).

The role that transformed Winslet from art house attraction to international star was Rose DeWitt Bukater, the passionate, rosy-cheeked aristocrat in James Cameron's Titanic (1997). Young girls the world over both idolized and identified with Winslet, swooning over all that face time opposite heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and noting her refreshingly healthy, un-emaciated physique. Winslet's performance also garnered a Best Actress nomination, making her the youngest actress to ever receive two Academy nods.


After the swell of unexpected attention surrounding Titanic (1997), Winslet was eager to retreat into independent projects. Rumor has it that she turned down the lead roles in both Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anna and the King (1999) in order to play adventurous soul searchers in Hideous Kinky (1998) and Holy Smoke (1999). The former cast her as a young single mother traveling through 1960s Morocco with her daughters in tow; the latter, as a zealous follower of a guru tricked into a "deprogramming" session in the Australian outback. The next year found her back in period dress as the Marquis de Sade's chambermaid and accomplice in Quills (2000). Kate holds the distinction of being the youngest actor ever honored with four Academy Award nominations (she received her fourth at age 29.)


Off camera, Winslet is known for her mischievous pranks and familial devotion. She has two sisters, Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet (both actresses), and a brother, Joss. In 1998, she married James Threapleton, whom she met on the set of Hideous Kinky (1998); the pair had a daughter, Mia, in October of 2000. They divorced in 2001. She later married director Sam Mendes in 2003 and has since given birth to their son Joe.

Kate recently finished filming 'Revolutionary Road' a film which reunited her with her 'Titanic' co-star Leonardo Dicaprio. Currently she is rumored to be replacing Nicole Kidman in the film 'The Reader' citing Kidman's pregnancy.


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The current thread title comes from this article:

Titanic actress Kate Winslet has been voted Britain’s sexiest mother. The star of the blockbuster disaster movie sailed to victory, over Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow (sixth) and former Spice Girls singer Victoria Beckham (fourth) in a “yummy mummy” poll by baby feeding accessories group Avent. Winslet, 30, is mother to Mia, four, and 21-month-old Joe. “Kate Winslet is Britain’s top yummy mummy because, while she is beautiful, she has a down-to-earth attitude and isn’t bothered about the usual trappings of celebrity,” an Avent spokeswoman said.

Orli'sALF

Re-posting this from the last thread.

Thought this was funny:

Kate reveals titanic skill for talking dirty
She may have the face of an English rose – but Kate Winslet is anything but, according to the director of her latest film. The Titanic star is appearing in Romance and Cigarettes, a “down and dirty” musical love story. The film features a New York iron worker, played by James Gandolfini, best known as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos, whose wife (Susan Sarandon) catches him having a torrid affair. Winslet, 29, has been cast as the woman he has been having an affair with, in the latest musical to come out of Hollywood. The film’s director John Turturro today defended the fact that there was plenty of dirty language in the film. But he said Winslet, who made her name in period dramas like Sense and Sensibility and Hamlet, should take much of the blame. Turturro, who is more well known in front of the camera in films like the Coen brothers’ Barton Fink, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, said: “It (the language) was there because it’s humorous and fun. “There’s dirty language of a certain kind, and there’s a real art to that. “It’s really useful in life, because everyone can’t be sweet and tender all the time. I compiled a list of things that I thought were interesting expressions for the film.” He added: “If it was just crude, and not funny, I wouldn’t have put it in. We had to explain some things to Susan Sarandon because she didn’t understand them. “But Kate Winslet, I have to blame her a little bit. We didn’t write some of the things she put in. “There were things that had to be cut out that Kate said, that were just too dirty for the film.” Turturro was speaking at the Venice Film Festival, which Winslet could not attend, where Romance and Cigarettes is up for the Golden Lion.

And IMDB.com had this to say:

Winslet Talks Dirty
British actress Kate Winslet got judges steamed up at this year's Venice Film Festival with dirty talk in her new film Romance And Cigarettes. The film's director John Turturro admitted this week that Titanic star Winslet is very talented at using sexy words. Tarturro says, "There's dirty language of a certain kind and there's a real art to that." Despite her more respectable roles in Finding Neverland and Sense And Sensibility, her character in Romance And Cigarettes is full of raunchy moments. Tarturro reveals, "There were things that had to be cut out that Kate said, that were just too dirty for the film."

ChiltonYale

I like the thread title.

Casandra

Me too! Thanks for staring the new thread

Orli'sALF

Your welcome! My brain couldn't think of a clever thread title so I figured I'd browse the latest Kate articles for some inspiration and I found the "Yummy Mummy" one.

Anyways I thought it was high time that Kate get a proper introduction post so I posted her bio. I've also made a banner and will be posting some pics as well.

If anyone has some Kate icons to contribute I'd be happy to include them. I'll post a few of mine, but I'd love some from other creative icon makers!

Casandra

I've yet to make Kate icons, for simple lack of going to look for pictures

artist

I really like the banner. Great job!

I'm currently readin Sense and Sensibility, and I think when I'm done I'm gonna go ahead and rent the film.

Orli'sALF

Thanks much! I haven't seen sense and sensibility in awhile, but it's a fantastic film! And thanks for the pic!

Casandra

I saw it a couple years ago, but I think I'm going to drop it in my Netflix list to see again, I'm in a big Kate mood lately. Really looking forward to the special Titanic DVD coming out next month too

ChiltonYale

Great pic. She has the loveliest eyes.

diamondroad17

I like the title, it fits since she was voted the sexiest British momy recently.

While I was watching The Constant Gardener, I couldn't help noticing that Rachel Weiz looks like her.

Casandra

You think so? I've heard that once or twice before and I just can't seem to see it for some reason.

ChiltonYale

I don't see the resemblance.

Orli'sALF

There's a trailer out for Kate's film "All the Kings Men". You can find a link to it here at DiscoverKate.com

irune

Hello guys...

I'm Irune, a BIG BIG fan of Kate. She's wonderful, she's like a goddess!

I watched there's a few weeks Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I just loved it I love the couple Kate/Jim. They did a great job

So I'll come later with some Kate icons if you want too