Kate Winslet
British actress, born October 5, 1975, best known for playing English Rose types and being snubbed at the Oscars (until 2008). She first appeared in Heavenly Creatures (directed by Peter Jackson), went on to star in the 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Little Children, and The Reader. She won her Oscar for her role in The Reader.
She was married to director Sam Mendes between 2003-2010.
Partial filmography:
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
- Jude (1996)
- Titanic (1997)
- Quills (2000)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Flushed Away (2006) (voice)
- The Holiday (2006)
- The Reader (2008)
- Revolutionary Road (2008)
- Mildred Pierce (2011) (TV film)
- Contagion (2011)
- Carnage (2011)
Kate Winslet provides examples of the following tropes:
- English Rose
- Platonic Life Partners: Has stayed close friends with her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, to the point where her kids call him "Uncle Leo". DiCaprio mentioned this made filming Revolutionary Road slightly weird as kissing Kate was like kissing "a family member." (Not to mention that her then-husband Sam Mendes was directing the film, and thus, watching all of it.)