Kate Winslet Biography

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"Sense and Sensibility", Kate displayed such an excellent performance as Marianne Dashwood so that she was bestowed Best Supporting Actress nomination in four prestigious award events by 1996, namely BAFTA Awards, Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards in which she later won the title. This great attainment automatically provoked the spotlight to direct its bright light upon her yet it was James Cameron's "Titanic" (1997) that truly catapulted her to widespread recognition together with considerable popularity as it turned out to be the highest grossing film of all time with tremendous worldwide income of more than 1.8 billion U.S. dollar. Furthermore, this romantic drama feature guided her to acquire her second nomination at Academy Awards in 1998, this time in the category of Best Actress in Leading Role.

Much to everyone's surprise, Kate unexpectedly chose to be involved in a smaller project entitled "Hideous Kinky" (1999) instead of continuing to star in other Hollywood blockbuster movies after the sensational result of "Titanic." Previously dated Stephen Tredre and Rufus Sewell, she then fell in love with the film's third assistant director, James Threapleton, subsequently held her marriage ceremony on November 22, 1998. In the meantime, her career ...

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ran on steady path as she kept being busy in filming Jane Campion's "Holy Smoke" (1999) opposite Harvey Keitel and "Quills" (2000) together with Geoffrey Rush, Michael Caine, also Joaquin Phoenix. She then went on to take shoot for "Enigma" (2001), a British drama picture set in World War II, from April to June 2000 in spite of her pregnancy.

Giving birth to Mia Honey Threapleton on October 12, 2000, Kate took her time to nurture this baby girl before announced her next project, a biopic feature of British writer Iris Murdoch, by March 2001. Six months later she made a shocking statement of her separation with James and by December, the couple officially had their divorce papers signed off. Meanwhile, "Iris" (2001), in which she played the young version of this celebrated literary figure, garnered rave reviews from the critics, leading her to once again became the Best Supporting Actress nominee at Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and BAFTA Awards in 2002. Marked February 2003 with her wonderful enactment in "The Life of David Gale," this particular year also saw the green-eyed beauty happily married to acclaimed director Sam Mendes on May 24 and the couple's joy as they ...