History Creator / KateWinslet

Kate Winslet is best known for [[MsFanservice being naked]] in almost every role she's done, her chameleon acting style, and [[AwardSnub being perpetually snubbed]] at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] (until 2009).

In an effort to escape the insane pressure, Kate Winslet made a conscious decision to act in independent movies that she loved and challenged her, including ''Film/HolySmoke!'', ''Film/{{Quills}}'' and ''Iris''; the latter scoring her another Oscar nomination.

In 2006, Kate Winslet starred as Sarah Pierce in ''Film/LittleChildren'', a haunting portrayal of a dissatisfied wife. Her two roles in the 2008 films-''Literature/TheReader'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''- awarded her two [[UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe Golden Globes]] on the same night. Her portrayal as a German Nazi guard in ''The Reader'' awarded her the Oscar in 2009.

In 2012, for playing the title role in the period drama ''Film/MildredPierce'', Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe, SAG award and an Emmy.

Winslet has mastered a wide range of accents which allows her to pull almost any FakeNationality convincingly: Australian, Moroccan, American, Russian, German and Polish-Armenian-American.

Demonstrating her great versatility, Winslet acted in EnglishRose type roles in ''Film/FindingNeverland'', ''Film/TheHoliday'' and ''Film/ALittleChaos'', dramas that relied primarily on her facial expressions (''Labor Day'', ''Wonder Wheel'' and ''Ammonite''), villain roles (''Film/{{Divergent}}'', ''Triple 9'') a thriller (''Film/{{Contagion}}'') and a comedy-drama (''Film/TheDressmaker''), earning universal acclaim and a slew of awards, including an AACTA, Hollywood Film Award, TIFF Award and a Honorary César.

* ''Film/The Mountain Between Us'' (2017)

* ''The Mountain Between Us'' (2017)

Kate Winslet is best known for [[MsFanservice being naked]] in almost every role she's done and [[AwardSnub being perpetually snubbed]] at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] (until 2009).

* ''Film/{{Blackbird|2020}}'' (2020)

* AwardSnub: The failure by The Academy in awarding her an Oscar in ''Titanic'' is famously known as one of the biggest snubs in ''history''.
** Likewise with ''Eternal Sunshine'' and ''Steve Jobs''.

* ''Labor Day'' (2013)

* ''Blackbird'' (2020)

Demonstrating her great versatility, Winslet acted in EnglishRose type roles in ''Film/FindingNeverland'', ''Film/TheHoliday'' and ''Film/ALittleChaos'', dramas that relied primarily on her facial expressions (''Labor Day'', ''Wonder Wheel'' and ''Ammonite''), villain roles (''Film/{{Divergent}}'', ''Triple 9'') a thriller (''Film/{{Contagion}}'') and a comedy-drama (''Film/TheDressmaker''), earning universal acclaim and a slew of awards, including an AACTA, Hollywood Film Award and TIFF Award.

** Her performance in ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' was such an immense change that it truly altered her course as an actor, more so than ''Titanic.'' It showed to the world how adept she is in a contemporary piece, playing an American. Subsequently, she received an Oscar nomination and her portrayal is considered one of the best of the ''decade.''

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born October 5, 1975 in Reading, Englan) is a British actress. Defined by her versatile and immaculate performances, she is considered as one of the finest actors to ever grace the screen.

Demonstrating her great versatility, Winslet acted in EnglishRose type roles in ''Film/FindingNeverland'', ''Film/TheHoliday'' and ''Film/ALittleChaos'', dramas that relied primarily on her facial expressions (''Labor Day'' and ''Ammonite''), villain roles (''Film/{{Divergent}}'', ''Triple 9'') a thriller (''Film/{{Contagion}}'') and a comedy-drama (''Film/TheDressmaker'').

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] is a British actress, born 5 October 1975 in Reading, England. Defined by her versatile and immaculate performances, she is considered as one of the finest actors to ever grace the screen.

* BreakTheCutie: A lot. Her characters are often heartbroken, surrounded by dire circumstances, dealing with a trauma. Overlaps with HealTheCutie and {{Determinator}}, as a lot of her characters possess an inner strength and determination to keep going.

* PeriodPiece: She has starred in loads of peried films and miniseries. Because of her affinity of doing these early in her career, her nickname became 'Corset Kate'.

* ShakespearianActors: Completely Averted. Because she’s British and possesses a classic English accent, a lot of people assumes she trained at a drama school for years. In actuality, when she found out she received the part of Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', she was completely terrified to speak the dialogue.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was the first choice to play Helena Ravenclaw in the last ''Film/HarryPotter'' movie but the producers couldn't get a hold of her agent so they went elsewhere (specifically to Creator/KellyMacDonald).

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] is a British actress, born October 5, 1975 in Reading, England. Defined by her versatile and immaculate performances, she is considered as one of the finest actors to ever grace the screen.

Kate Winslet is best known for playing EnglishRose types, for [[MsFanservice being naked]] in almost every role she's done and [[AwardSnub being perpetually snubbed]] at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] (until 2009).

* ShakespearianActor: Completely Averted. Because she’s British and possesses a classic English accent, a lot of people assumes she trained at a drama school for years. In actuality, when she found out she received the part of Ophelia in ''Hamlet'', she was completely terrified to speak the dialogue.

* MsFanservice: She's often naked or in revealing outfits in her roles. The famous scene in ''Titanic'' in RecliningVenus made her a sex symbol. She also often has a SexySoakedShirt scene, as she was in a thin and tight wet dress in ''Titanic'', and in ''Sense and Sensibility'', romantic Marianne is rain-soaked quite a bit.

%% * {{Biopic}}: Quite a few. Juliet Hulme, Sylvia Davies, Joanna Hoffman, Mary Anning.

* MsFanservice: She's often naked or in revealing outfits in her roles. The famous scene in ''Titanic'' in RecliningVenus made her inadvertently a sex symbol. She also often has a SexySoakedShirt scene, as she was in a thin and tight wet dress in ''Titanic'', and in ''Sense and Sensibility'', romantic Marianne is rain-soaked quite a bit.

%% * SmokingIsGlamorous: In a lot of her films, her character smokes. In ''Titanic'', after her mother says she doesn't like her doing this, she blows smoke in her face.

** Done completely intentionally with ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''. [DiCaprio] and Winslet knew that their next film collaboration couldn’t bear any resemblance with ''Titanic'' so they did the exact opposite; star-crossed lovers contrasted against a couple in a marriage going nowhere.

She first appeared in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (directed by Creator/PeterJackson), at age 17, which awarded her the British Actress of the Year. She then starred in the 1995 version of ''Film/SenseAndSensibility''. Her performance as Marianne Dashwood, the sister of Creator/EmmaThompson's Elinor Dashwood, brought her universal acclaim, with nominations for a UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe, and wins in SAG, BAFTA and British Film Awards at the age of 19.

She performed in the period dramas ''Film/{{Jude}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' , winning a British Film Award for the former, and an Empire Award for Best British Actress for the latter.

Kate Elizabeth Winslet, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] is a British actress, born October 5, 1975 in Reading, England. Defined by her versatile and immaculate performances, she is widely considered by fans and critics alike as one of the finest actors to ever grace the screen.

She first appeared in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (directed by Creator/PeterJackson), at age 17, to critical acclaim and several accolades, among them British Actress of the Year. She then starred in the 1995 version of ''Film/SenseAndSensibility''. Her performance as Marianne Dashwood, the sister of Creator/EmmaThompson's Elinor Dashwood, brought her universal acclaim, with nominations for a UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe, and wins in SAG, BAFTA and British Film Awards, only a year following her film debut, at the age of 19.

She performed in the period dramas ''Film/{{Jude}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' , winning a British Film Award for the former, and an Empire Award for Best British Actress for the latter. Her portrayal of Orphelia in ''Hamlet'' is considered to be the greatest ever performed.

In 1997, Winslet stared in the cultural-phenomenon ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' launching her into mega-stardom overnight. She received her second UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at age 22 for her role as Rose [=DeWitt=] Bukater, as well as being nominated for practically every award possible. This role truly cemented her as a once-in-a-generation-talent.

In an effort to escape the insane pressure, Kate made a conscious decision to act in independent movies that she loved and challenged her, including ''Film/HolySmoke!'', ''Film/{{Quills}}'' and ''Iris''; the latter scoring her another Oscar nomination.

In 2004, Kate played against type in the film ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind''. The destruction of the ManicPixieDreamGirl in Clementine marked a turning point in Kate’s career as an extremely versatile and daring actress, scoring her 4th Oscar nomination.

In 2006, Kate starred as Sarah Pierce in ''Film/LittleChildren'', a haunting portrayal of a dissatisfied wife. Her two roles in the 2008 films-''Literature/TheReader'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''- awarded her two [[UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe Golden Globes]] on the same night. Her portrayal as a German Nazi guard in ''The Reader'' awarded her the Oscar in 2009.

In 2012, for playing the title role in the period drama ''Film/MildredPierce'', Winslet won a Golden Globe, SAG award and an Emmy.

* ''Film/Ammonite'' (2020)

* ''Ammonite'' (2020)

She performed in the period dramas ''Film/{{Jude}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' , winning a British Film Award for the former, and an Empire Award for Best British Actress for the latter.

In 1997, she stared in the cultural-phenomenon ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' launching her into mega-stardom overnight. She received her second UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at age 22 for her role as Rose [=DeWitt=] Bukater, as well as being nominated for practically every award possible.

Kate is best known for playing EnglishRose types, for [[MsFanservice being naked]] in almost every role she's done and [[AwardSnub being snubbed]] at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] (until 2009).

She first appeared in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (directed by Creator/PeterJackson), at age 17, to critical acclaim and several accolades, among them British Actress Of The Year. She then starred in the 1995 version of ''Film/SenseAndSensibility''. Her performance as Marianne, the sister of Creator/EmmaThompson, brought her universal acclaim, with nominations for a UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe, and wins in SAG, BAFTA and British Film Awards, only a year following her film debut, at the age of 19.

Following this, Kate performed in the critical-acclaimed period dramas ''Film/{{Jude}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' , winning a British Film Award for the former, and an Empire Award for Best British Actress for the latter. Her portrayal of Orphelia in ''Hamlet'' is widely regarded as the greatest ever performed.


In 1997, she stared in the cultural-phenomenon ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' launching her into mega-stardom overnight. She was the lead of the biggest and most successful commercial film of all time. She received her second UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at age 22 for her role as Rose [=DeWitt=] Bukater, as well as being nominated for practically every award possible. This role cemented her as one of the most talented film stars of all time, and launched her status as a sex symbol and celeb crush for millions of viewers.

In 2006, Kate starred as Sarah Pierce in ''Film/LittleChildren'', a haunting portrayal of a dissatisfied wife, becoming the youngest ever actress to receive 5 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. Her two roles in the 2008 films-''Literature/TheReader'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''- awarded her two [[UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe Golden Globes]]''''' on the same night''''', a feat only three actors have ever achieved. Her portrayal as a German guard in ''The Reader '' ''finally '' awarded her the Oscar in 2009.

In 2012, for playing the title role in the universally-acclaimed drama ''Film/MildredPierce'', Winslet won a Golden Globe, SAG award and an Emmy. Her performance is considered to be on par to that of [[Creator/JoanCrawford Joan Crawford,]] who won an Oscar in the 1945 film.

In 2016, Kate won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe and BAFTA and scored nominations for the SAG award and her 7th UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for her portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in ''Film/SteveJobs''.

Winslet is famous for her multi-faceted, heart-wrenching performances. Possessing a heavenly quality, she play with a character’s nuances just through the subtly of her eyes, and delivers without fail timeless, haunting, thought-provoking performances. Her ability to completely metamorphosis into her characters is unlike any actress before, and a frequent compliment she receives is that audiences don’t know she’s in a film until her name appears in the end credits. Her impressive range of accents in film is nothing short of spectacular and dialect coaches have acknowledged her as having the best sound in the business over a wide range of accents: [[FakeNationality Australian, Moroccan, American, Russian, German and Polish-Armenian-American.]]

Is almost an EGOT winner, after winning a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album.

Very close friends with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.

* AndStarring: She's credited this way in the opening credits of ''Film/{{Divergent}}''.

* {{Biopic}}: Quite a few. Juliet Hulme, Sylvia Davies, Joanna Hoffman, Mary Anning.

* EnforcedMethodActing: She and Emma Thompson lived together while filming ''Film/Sense and Sensibility'' in order to develop a natural sisterly chemistry.
* EnglishRose: She plays these a lot because she has the classic naturally beautiful looks of the archetype and the right accent. For a lot of people, she ''is'' this trope personified.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The building relationship between Jack and Rose in ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' takes on a sweeter tone due to Leo and Kate’s deep friendship through the shoot, which blossomed into one of the closest and longest in Hollywood. Both have described their bond as “family”, which has lasted for more than 24 years.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Her role in ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'' involved yelling and screaming at [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio,]] one of her dearest and closest friends. InvokedTrope as they stated that it made it so much easier having that relationship, as their trust for each other was so strong.
* MsFanservice: Often is naked or in revealing outfits. The famous scene in ''Titanic'' made her inadvertently a sex symbol and sparked her becoming the world’s celeb crush.
* PeriodPiece: Loads. Because of her affinity of doing these early in her career, her nickname became 'Corset Kate'.

** Done completely intentionally with ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''. Leo and Kate knew that their next film collaboration couldn’t bear any resemblance with ''Titanic'' so they did the exact opposite; star-crossed lovers contrasted against a couple in a marriage going nowhere.
* SexySoakedShirt: In a thin and tight dress in ''Titanic''. In ''Sense and Sensibility'', she is rain-soaked quite a bit.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: In a lot of her films, her character smokes. In ''Titanic'', after her mother says she doesn't like her doing this, she blows smoke in her face.
* TheFifties: Due to her stunning looks, she seamlessly fits into this aesthetic. She’s played four characters in this time period.