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
We're the kind of family that gets together for Sunday lunch. I see my younger sister all the time.
One thing I love about being back is English rain. Looking out of the window now, it's raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. I love it when it rains.
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
Part of Breast Cancer Care's work is to make sure everyone in the UK is breast aware throughout their adult lives,
I'm not a believer in hiding things from my kids because ultimately they are going to have questions - they feel things.
I'm not a gardener. I wish I was.
I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.
I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.
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.
I just hope for the best, hope I'm going to find a dress that is comfortable and shoes that don't make me scream after half an hour.
I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'
I have no regrets. (I)f you regret things, (then) you're sort of stepping backwards. I'm a believer in going forwards.