Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE, is an English actress and singer. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, an AACTA Award, and three BAFTA Awards. She is the youngest person to receive six Academy Award nominations with seven nominations in total, and is one of the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards. In addition, she has won awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 October 1975
CityReading, England
Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.
I'm only 5-foot-6, but people think I'm sort of a great big Viking woman. I'm not - I'm completely normal and average.
It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
Sometimes people ask, 'What do you wish for your children?' and all I say is, 'I want them to be happy being them.'
I don't have those great, strong, glowing pregnancies.
I was 17 when Peter Jackson asked me to be in 'Heavenly Creatures.'
Lots of male friendships begin as a cheeky snog. Or a little undercurrent of flirtation.
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.
Awards season is always a huge amount of fun whether you're a part of it or not. It's always really exciting seeing what films are coming and a lot of new talent as well.
I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.
I don't read magazine articles that I've been in.
I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
I don't beat myself up any more about going to work. It doesn't mean I'm being a bad mother just because I want to go and do my job sometimes.
My husband and I met in a house fire, basically.