Discovering Film: Kate Winslet
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Monday, June 29 on Sky Arts (350)
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Kate Winslet
Season 16, Episode 2
The life and career of the Oscar-winning English actress, who starred in Sense and Sensibility and Titanic and has been Oscar-nominated seven times, winning for The Reader
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Did You Know..
Kate Winslet
(Actor)
Born:
October 05, 1975
in
Reading
Best Known For:
Her role in blockbusting hit Titanic.
Early-life:
Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on October 5, 1975, in Reading. Acting is in her blood. Both her parents, Roger and Sally, tread the boards, her maternal grandparents ran the Reading Repertory Theatre, and an uncle appeared in the original West End production of Oliver! Kate's two sisters also act; her brother is the only sibling not to enter showbiz. Kate stole the show in a series of plays before the age of 11 and she studied at Maidenhead's Redroofs Theatre School.
Career:
Winslet started out on TV, with roles in Casualty and The Dark Season, but it was her film debut in Peter Jackson's acclaimed 1994 drama Heavenly Creatures that set her on the road to success. She gained her first Oscar nod for Sense and Sensibility a year later, and stayed with period pieces for Jude and Hamlet. In 1997 came James Cameron's Titanic, which gained her another Academy Award nomination. Since then, Winslet has featured in an array of films, including Hideous Kinky, Enigma, Iris, The Life of David Gale, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Finding Neverland. She finally won an Oscar for 2008's The Reader. Her recent films include Labor Day and Divergent.
Quote:
'Life is short, and it is here to be lived.'
Trivia:
In 2007, she was a celebrity spokesperson for Lancome.
