Kate Elizabeth Winslet 

CBE (/ˈwɪnzlɛt/;[2] born 5 October 1975) is an English actress.[3] Often

regarded by film critics as one of the "preeminent actresses of her generation", she is known for
her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, and usually portrays headstrong,
complicated women. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award,
three British Academy Film Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Golden Globe
Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.
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 and
a Screen Actors Guild 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, which at age
22 made her the fourth-youngest Best Actress nominee at the time. Titanic was the highest-
grossing film of all time to that point, 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 another BAFTA Award and her first Academy Award for Best
Actress. In the 2010s, she joined the Divergent film series and portrayed Joanna
Hoffman in Steve Jobs (2015). During this time she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her
performances in the HBO projects 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[a] since 2012. She has a child from each marriage.