Line #7 Creator/KateWinslet


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4	->''"Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character."''
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6	Kate Elizabeth Winslet, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born 5 October 1975 in Reading, England) is a British actor widely regarded as one of the finest actors to ever grace the screen.
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8	Winslet is known for her versatile and passionate performances, chameleonic acting style, work in independent films (specifically period dramas), affinity for portraying complicated female characters, the frequency with which she [[MsFanservice gets naked]] for her roles[[note]]which she only does after considering the nudity's purpose in the story and to promote a positive body image for women[[/note]], and being perpetually [[AwardSnub snubbed]] at the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] until 2009, when she won for Best Actress for ''Film/TheReader''. Amusingly, her ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'' co-star (and good friend) Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was similarly known for his Oscar snubs before winning for ''Film/TheRevenant'' in 2016, leading some fans to jokingly suggest that ''Titanic'' was cursed.
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10	Winslet first appeared in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (directed by Creator/PeterJackson) at age 17, for which she earned the British Actress of the Year award. 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 the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward and UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe, and wins in SAG, BAFTA and British Film Awards at the age of 19.
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12	In 1997, Winslet starred opposite [=DiCaprio=] in ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'', which became a massive box office hit and launched her into mega-stardom. She received her second UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination at age 22 for her role as Rose [=DeWitt=] Bukater, and was nominated for practically every other award possible. In an effort to escape the insane pressure, 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.
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14	Winslet's roles in the 2000s included Clementine in ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', a [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype deconstruction]] of the ManicPixieDreamGirl trope, Sarah Pierce in ''Film/LittleChildren'', Hannah Schmitz in ''Literature/TheReader'' and April Wheeler in ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', the latter two winning her two Golden Globes in the same night.
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16	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 (''Film/{{Labor Day}}'', ''Wonder Wheel'' and ''Film/{{Ammonite}}''), villain roles (''Film/{{Divergent}}'', ''Triple 9''), a thriller (''[[Film/Contagion2011 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. She also won an MediaNotes/EmmyAward for the TV miniseries adaptation of ''Film/MildredPierce'' in 2021, and won a second of those a decade later for ''Series/MareOfEasttown''; she played the title character in both.
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18	Winslet has mastered a wide range of accents which allows her to pull almost any FakeNationality convincingly: Australian, Moroccan, American, Russian, German, Polish-Armenian-American, Dorset and Delco.
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20	She additionally won a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album[[note]]for the children's audiobook ''Listen to the Storyteller''[[/note]], making her just a Tony Award away from an [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs EGOT]].
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22	She has been married three times, and is the mother of three children, one by each of her husbands (two sons, one daughter). Winslet is currently married to Edward Abel Smith.
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24	!!Filmography:
25	* ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' (1994) as Juliet Hulme
26	* ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'' (1995) as Princess Sarah
27	* ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' (1995) as Marianne Dashwood
28	* ''Film/{{Jude}}'' (1996) as Sue Bridehead
29	* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (1996) as Ophelia
30	* ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'' (1997) as Rose [=DeWitt=] Butaker
31	* ''Hideous Kinky'' (1998) as Julia
32	* ''Film/HolySmoke'' (1999) as Ruth Barron
33	* ''Film/{{Quills}}'' (2000) as Madeleine
34	* ''Film/{{Enigma\|2001}}'' (2001) as Hester Wallace
35	* ''Iris'' (2001) as Young Iris Murdoch
36	* ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale'' (2003) as Bitsey Bloom
37	* ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' (2004) as Clementine Kruczynski
38	* ''Film/FindingNeverland'' (2004) as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies
39	* ''Film/RomanceAndCigarettes'' (2005) as Tula
40	* ''Film/LittleChildren'' (2006) as Sarah Pierce
41	* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' (2006) (voice) as Rita Malone
42	* ''Literature/AllTheKingsMen'' (2006) as Anne Stanton
43	* ''Film/TheHoliday'' (2006) as Iris
44	* ''Literature/TheReader'' (2008) as Hannah Schmitz
45	* ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'' (2008) as April Wheeler
46	* ''Film/MildredPierce'' (2011) (TV miniseries) as Mildred Pierce
47	* ''Film/Contagion2011'' as Erin Mears
48	* ''Film/Carnage2011'' as Nancy Cowan
49	* ''Film/Movie43'' (2013) as Beth
50	* ''Film/LaborDay'' (2013) as Adele Wheeler
51	* The ''Divergent'' series as Jeanine Matthews
52	** ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' (2014)
53	** ''Film/TheDivergentSeriesInsurgent'' (2015)
54	* ''Film/ALittleChaos'' (2014) as Sabine De Barra
55	* ''Film/SteveJobs'' (2015) as Joanna Hoffman
56	* ''Film/TheDressmaker'' (2015) as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
57	* ''Triple 9'' (2016) as Irina Vlasov
58	* ''Film/CollateralBeauty'' (2016) as Claire Wilson
59	* ''Film/TheMountainBetweenUs'' (2017) as Alex Martin
60	* ''Film/WonderWheel'' (2017) as Ginny Rannell
61	* ''Film/{{Blackbird\|2019}}'' (2019) as Jennifer
62	* ''[[Literature/TheMoomins Moominvalley]]'' (2019-2020) as Mrs. Fillyjonk (voice)
63	* ''Film/{{Ammonite}}'' (2020) as Mary Anning
64	* ''Series/MareOfEasttown'' (2021) (TV miniseries) as Mare Sheehan (also served as executive producer)
65	* ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' (2022) as Ronal
66	* ''Series/TheRegime'' (2024) as the Chancellor
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68	!!Associated Tropes:
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70	* ActorShipping: [[invoked]] After acting together as a pair of lovers in ''Titanic'', everyone shipped Winslet with her ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'' co-star Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, although the two have never been more than friends.
71	* AndStarring:
72	** She's credited this way in the opening credits of ''Film/{{Divergent}}''.
73	** Was ''And Introducing'' in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures''.
74	* 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''.
75	* BreakawayPopHit: She recorded a song called "What If" to go along with a 2001 animated version of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. The film flopped and is mostly forgotten. But the song was a Number 1 in three different countries and came close to winning the Christmas top spot in the UK. The song is remembered more than the film these days.
76	* TheCastShowOff: She sings on screen in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' and ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', and recorded a single to tie in with ''A Christmas Carol''.
77	* CreatorBacklash:
78	** Despite ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'' making her famous and her forming a friendship with Leonardo [=DiCaprio=], she is embarrassed by her performance and accent in it - describing it as like watching an old home movie of herself. She also stated that she would not work for Creator/JamesCameron again unless she got paid a lot of money, noting that his HairTriggerTemper made him difficult to work with. She eventually worked with Cameron again in ''Avatar: The Way of Water'' over twenty years later, and noted she had a far more positive experience with the director this time, saying he'd mellowed with age. More than the film itself, she's also made it clear she's come to despise the theme song "My Heart Will Go On", mostly because of it being heavily overplayed or referenced around her. She jokingly said that she'd throw up if she had to hear "My Heart Will Go On" again, and also joked that if you’re hosting a party she’s attending, and she isn’t taking the hint that it’s time to leave, just play the Celine Dion song, and she’ll be gone before you turn around.
79	** She doesn't have fond memories of ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'', since she was told to lose weight for the role, and became sick as a result.
80	** She's expressed regret for working with both Creator/WoodyAllen in ''Film/WonderWheel'' and Creator/RomanPolanski in ''Film/{{Carnage\|2011}}''.
81	* CreatorBreakdown: Following the death of her mother in 2017, she took a two-year break from acting.
82	* DawsonCasting:[[invoked]] Juliet is thirteen when ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' starts, but Kate was already eighteen. Arguably justified, given how the film covers a couple of years and features some intimate scenes requiring an older actress.
83	* DyeingForYourArt:
84	** Dyed her hair red for ''Titanic''.
85	** Contrary to popular belief, Clementine’s hair colours in ''Eternal Sunshine'' were achieved through multiple wigs.
86	* EnforcedMethodActing:
87	** She and Emma Thompson lived together while filming ''Sense and Sensibility'' in order to develop a natural sisterly chemistry.
88	** EnforcedMethodActing: She came onto the set of ''Divergent'' a little later than everyone else and initially kept her distance from the young actors, resulting in them being quite intimidated by her.
89	* EnglishRose: She plays these a lot because she has the classic naturally beautiful looks of the archetype and the right accent.
90	* FakeAmerican: She's English but many of her most famous roles are American characters. ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'', ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale'', ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/AllTheKingsMen'', ''Film/LittleChildren'', ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', ''Film/MildredPierce'', ''Film/Contagion2011'', ''Film/{{Carnage\|2011}}'', ''Labor Day'', ''Film/{{Divergent}}'', ''Insurgent'', ''Film/SteveJobs'', ''Collateral Beauty'', ''Wonder Wheel'', ''The Mountain Between Us'', ''Blackbird'', ''Mare Of Easttown.'' ''Steve Jobs'' was especially tricky to pull off, as Joanna Hoffman was a Polish immigrant whose accent was a mix between that and American..
91	* FakeAustralian: Her accent in both ''Holy Smoke'' and ''The Dressmaker'' is highly considered to be the most accurate Australian accent by a non-Australian in film history. Simply put, Winslet articulated one of the world’s most difficult accents to imitate TWICE in films, as perfectly as a native Australian.
92	* FakeNationality: French in ''Film/{{Quills}}'', German in ''Literature/TheReader''
93	* HairyGirl: Allowed her underarm hair to grow out when she played 19th-century paleontologist Mary Anning in ''Film/{{Ammonite}}''.
94	* HideYourPregnancy:
95	** She was five months pregnant while filming ''{{Film/Divergent}}''. Although she only had four weeks of shooting, they could only shoot her from the waist up. She's also carrying folders, files and [=iPads=] to cover the bump in wide shots.
96	** Ditto for ''Enigma'', requiring some trick camera work to hide the bump. Although this trope was defied in the epilogue, when her character was shown to be pregnant as the result of a RelationshipUpgrade with the lead male character which didn't happen in the original novel.
97	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Her role in ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'' involved yelling and screaming at [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio,]] one of her closest friends in the showbusiness. They stated that it made it so much easier having that relationship, as their trust for each other was so strong.
98	* LGBTFanbase: Many lesbians credit her role as Rose in ''Titanic'', especially ''that'' scene, with sparking their sexual awakening. In addition to playing two lesbian characters- in ''Heavenly Creatures'' and ''Ammonite''- and portraying strong, confident women, she’s got quite a big gay following.
99	* MsFanservice: She's often naked or in revealing outfits in her roles. The famous scene in ''Titanic'' in RecliningVenus made her one of the most popular sex symbols in history. 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. In ''The Dressmaker'', she embodies a walking sex-symbol. She wears a lot of tight, form-fitting, sensual costumes that accentuate her curves, with bright red lipstick that features her plump lips. She would later film a lesbian sex scene with Creator/SaoirseRonan in 2020's ''Ammonite''.
100	* OscarBait: Amassed seven nominations and one win. She is one of the most Oscar-nominated actors of all time.
101	* PeriodPiece: She has starred in loads of period films and miniseries. Because of her affinity of doing these early in her career, her nickname became 'Corset Kate'.
102	* PlayingAgainstType:
103	** Her performance in ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' was such an immense change that it truly altered her course as an actor. 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.''
104	** ''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.
105	** In ''{{Film/Divergent}}'' not only playing a ''villain'' but starring in a YA dystopia movie.
106	* PromotedFangirl: She had a '''massive''' crush on Creator/GuyPearce when he was on ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''. The two of them went on to play love interests in ''Mildred Pierce'' and ''Mare Of Easttown''.
107	-->'''Winslet:''' I was completely obsessed with him from the age of 11 years old to the point that I would skip school so I could watch the midday edition as well as the repeat at 5:30. When I did work with Guy on Mildred Pierce, I had to say “Look, I’ve been in love with you since I was 11. And we share the same birthday, which I’ve also known since I was 11 years old.”
108	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Took the part of Jeanne in ''Divergent'' after her kids loved the books.
109	* StarMakingRole: She earned an Oscar nomination for ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'', but ''{{Film/Titanic\|1997}}'' is what turned her into a household name. She however avoided major studio pictures afterwards, and focused only on projects she liked. She became a critical darling as a result.
110	* ThoseTwoActors:
111	** Acted with Creator/AlanRickman in ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'' and ''Film/ALittleChaos''.
112	** Played lovers with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio in ''Film/Titanic1997'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''.
113	** Acted with Creator/JudeLaw in three films: ''All The King's Men'', ''The Holiday'' and ''Contagion''.
114	** Played love interests with Creator/GuyPearce in two HBO miniseries: ''Mildred Pierce'' and ''Mare Of Easttown''.
115	* UnbuiltCastingType:[[invoked]] Before being typecast as English Roses and Proper Ladies, she starred in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'', playing a girl with the appearance and background of an English Rose, but who's soon revealed as a deranged eventual murderer.
116	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
117	** 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).
118	** She was considered for the part of [[Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul Miranda Tate/Talia]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
119	** Almost played '''SAURON''' in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Creator/PeterJackson toyed with the idea of having Sauron pull a OneWingedAngel in the final battle, as an [[LightIsNotGood angelic]] creature to fight Aragorn. She was also offered the role of Eowyn, which eventually went to Miranda Otto.
120	** The producers had Winslet in mind to play the character of River Song on ''Series/DoctorWho''.

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