Kate Winslet
Biography
Kate Winslet is an English actress known for playing headstrong women, often in independent films and period dramas. Born in Reading, she trained in drama at Redroofs Theatre School and first appeared on screen at fifteen in the television series Dark Season (1991). Her film debut came in Heavenly Creatures (1994), as a teenager involved in a murder. She won a BAFTA for her role as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995), and became a global star after starring in Titanic (1997). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) marked a turning point, and she earned further acclaim for films including Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), and The Reader (2008). For The Reader she received both the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Actress. Later she played real-life people in Steve Jobs (2015) and Lee (2023). She also won two Primetime Emmy Awards, for Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021).
51years old
Turns 52 on October 5in 352 days
- Born Reading
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Kate Elizabeth Winslet (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 45
- Career span
- 31 years1994 to 2025
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A first
Winslet filmed two Avatar sequels in 2017 and 2018, working with motion capture. For her part she trained in freediving and held her breath underwater for seven minutes, a record for a filmed underwater scene.
Behind the award
Winslet narrated a short story for the audiobook Listen to the Storyteller in 1999, and that narration earned her a Grammy Award.
Big break
While promoting Heavenly Creatures in Los Angeles, Winslet tried out for Lucy Steele, a minor part, in the 1995 film of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Emma Thompson, who wrote and starred in it, was impressed and gave her the larger part of Marianne Dashwood.
A role that slipped away
Winslet chose to do Hideous Kinky, a low-budget drama, instead of taking offers to star in Shakespeare in Love and Anna and the King. The film was shot before Titanic came out and was her only release of 1998.
Getting ready for a role
Winslet played paleontologist Mary Anning in Ammonite, a 2020 period drama set in 1840s England. She left Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch so she could prepare more for the project.
Kate Winslet movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 Drama, Romance, Sci-Fias Clementine Kruczynski
IMDb rating 8.31.2M votes
Most often with
James Cameron directed three of these films. Jude Law appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jude Law's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Timothy Spall's page
Johnny Depp's page
Sigourney Weaver's page
Kathy Bates's page
All films by James Cameron
Also two films together41 more actors
- Stephen LangAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Helen MirrenGoodbye June (2025) and Collateral Beauty (2016)
- Tom WilkinsonEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) and Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Naomi WattsInsurgent (2015) and Movie 43 (2013)
- Hugh JackmanMovie 43 (2013) and Flushed Away (2006)
- Mark RuffaloAll the King's Men (2006) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Giovanni RibisiAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Leonardo DiCaprioRevolutionary Road (2008) and Titanic (1997)
- Zoe SaldanaAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Sam WorthingtonAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- James GandolfiniAll the King's Men (2006) and Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
- Cliff CurtisAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Kathryn HahnRevolutionary Road (2008) and The Holiday (2006)
- Joel David MooreAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Julie ChristieFinding Neverland (2004) and Hamlet (1996)
- Rufus SewellThe Holiday (2006) and Hamlet (1996)
- Andrea RiseboroughGoodbye June (2025) and Lee (2023)
- Jackie Earle HaleyAll the King's Men (2006) and Little Children (2006)
- Marion CotillardLee (2023) and Contagion (2011)
- Jemaine ClementAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Tony GoldwynInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Ioan GruffuddButtons (2018) and Titanic (1997)
- Jane AdamsLittle Children (2006) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Mekhi PhiferInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Edie FalcoAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Gemma JonesAmmonite (2020) and Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Ray StevensonInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Zoë KravitzInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- CCH PounderAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Maggie QInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Shailene WoodleyInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Jai CourtneyInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Miles TellerInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Theo JamesInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Sarah SnookSteve Jobs (2015) and The Dressmaker (2015)
- Stephen MarcusIris (2001) and Quills (2000)
- Ansel ElgortInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Ben Lloyd-HughesInsurgent (2015) and Divergent (2014)
- Pauline McLynnIris (2001) and Quills (2000)
- Jack ChampionAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Brendan CowellAvatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kate Winslet's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$8.2 billion
37 of the 45 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 45 films: 37 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 37Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.3B28.5% of the total
- 2$2.3B27.6% of the total
- 3$1.5B18.1% of the total
- 4$297M3.6% of the total
- 5$289M3.5% of the total
- 6$205M2.5% of the total
- 7$178M2.2% of the total
- 8$138M1.7% of the total
$1.0 billionfrom the other 29 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1996 to 2024, seven of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2009 | Best Actress | The Reader | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2023 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | I Am... | Won |
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Steve Jobs | Won |
| 1996 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Sense and Sensibility | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2011 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Mildred Pierce | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2024 | CineMerit Award | Won | |
| 2024 | Crystal Award | Won | |
| 2021 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2014 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
| 2012 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.