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
I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.
Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom's brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage - she's quite shy. So it's a strange thing because people say, 'Oh, coming from acting parents,' when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.
Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the thing that's changed my life and made me unbelievably happy.
I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
I think that between 27 and 37 was a really big learning decade.
I think it's very important to teach your children to struggle on some level.
I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
Weirdly, when I'm playing an English person, I feel like I've got nothing to hang on to, and it feels a bit strange and exposing.
Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.
When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible, contemporary period film.
I get up extremely early in the morning.
I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.