The daughter of actor parents, Winslet began training at age 10 at the Redroofs Theatre School in England.She has an odd quirk: “I’m a little bit obsessive about my feet.”As a result of her close friendship with LeonardoDiCaprio after making Titanic, Winslet’s three children call him “Uncle Leo.“After finding out she had the “drawing room” scene in Titanic that required her to be nude in front of DiCaprio, she broke the ice by flashing him.
In 2011, Winslet was lauded for her heroism the night RichardBranson’s Caribbean home caught on fire and she helped carry out his 90-year-old mother, Eve.In Titanic, she was the only actor not to wear a wetsuit while filming the water scenes.Her daughter MiaThreapleton (with ex JimThreapleton) appeared with her in A Little Chaos (2014).Before her career took off, she worked in a deli and was allegedly making a pastrami sandwich when her agent informed her that she’d landed the role of Juliet Hulme in Heavenly Creatures.Kate was originally cast as Nola Rice in WoodyAllen’s Match Point but had to drop out at the last minute. The role then went to ScarlettJohansson.Winslet turned down the GwynethPaltrow role in Shakespeare in Love and the JodieFoster role in Anna and the King.
Winslet’s first screen kiss was with MelanieLynskey in Heavenly Creatures.Winslet learned how to sew for her role in The Dressmaker.Her favorite movies she appears in are Heavenly Creatures, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road, The Reader and Steve Jobs.She made her acting debut in a Sugar Puffs cereal commercial at age 11.She is a vegetarian and has appeared in PETA videos.Her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio walked her down the aisle when she married businessman NedRocknroll in 2012.In addition to her Oscar, she has a Grammy award for her spoken-word album Listen to the Storyteller.She wrote The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism to raise awareness of the disorder.
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