Kate Winslet Biography (3)

English born actress Kate Winslet grew up in a family of actors and began performing in British television when she was thirteen. At the age of seventeen, she made her name internationally in Peter Jackson's feature film Heavenly Creatures. She followed that in 1995 with her role as Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility. Winslet received her first Academy Award nomination for this performance and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. She then went on to win the BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild Award.

In her next film, she co-starred with Christopher Eccleston in Michael Winterbottom's Jude and then as Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet. She then went on to appear as the amazing Rose in James Cameron's Titanic opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. At the age of 22, Winslet received her second Academy Award nomination for this role, and the honor of being the youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards. Winslet was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance.

Up next in 1997, Winslet starred as Julia in Hideous Kinky directed by Gillies McKinnon, and in 1998 co-starred with Harvey Keitel in Jane Campion's comedic drama Holy Smoke. Most recently, she starred in Philip Kaufman's Quills along with Geoffrey Rush, Joaquin Phoenix and Michael Caine.

Winslet can currently be seen in Iris, for which she received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.

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