Kate Facts

NAME: Kate Winslet
NICKNAMES: Combat Kate, Corset Kate
BIRTHDAY: October 5, 1975
STARSIGN: Libra
PLACE OF BIRTH: Reading, England
HEIGHT: 5ft 8
HAIR: Blond
EYES: Blue
LIVES IN: Soho, London
MOTHER: Sally
FATHER: Roger, actor
OLDER SISTER: Anna, actor
YOUNGER SISTER: Beth, actor
BROTHER: Joss (youngest)
SHOE SIZE: 11. They are the same size as Leo's. He'd always tease her about how monsterous they were.
CAR: Jeep
HANGS OUTS: Starbucks
FAVOURITE ACTORS: John Travolta
FAVOURITE MOVIES: The Piano, Reservoir Dogs, Silence of the Lambs, Santa Claus: The Movie, Grease
FAVOURITE CLOTHES: Workmen's Boots
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Classical DISLIKES: Flossing, "I floss very rarely"

KATES   MOVIES


1998: Holy Smoke: a religious cult member
1998: Plunge: A roadsweeper
1998: Hideous Kinky: Maretta
1997: Titanic: Rose DeWitt Bukater
1996: Jude: Sue Bridehead
1996: Hamlet: Ohphelia
1995: Sense & Sensibility: Miss Marianne Dashwood
1994: Heavenly Creatures: Juliet Hulme
1994:A Kid in King Arthur's Court: Princess Sarah


Kate's Men

She dated Rufus Sewell for three months then they both decided that it was just a friendship.
Stephen Tredre, they were together for 4.5 years. She said that she talked to him everyday. He was diagnosed with bone cancer and died on December 8, 1997. She sang at his funeral. A song she wouldn't reveal the name. She said he always liked her singing it.
Jim Threapleton, her current boyfriend.


Kates Nominations and Winnings

1995-Won Best Foreign Actress at the New Zealand Film Awards.
1995-Won Best Actress at the Toronto Film Awards.
1996-Nominated for Best Actress as Marianne Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility.
Nominated for best actress in Titanic at the golden globes and the oscars.
1998-5th Place on People's Online 50 Most Beautiful People 1998.


Interesting things

During the filming of Titanic, Leo and Kate became great friends. "He was my rock. I love him to death." Kate recieved many offers for films after Titanic. She tried out for the part of Juliet on Leo's Romeo & Juliet. It was her dream to play Abigail on The Crucible. She was jealous when W. Ryder got the part. But on Oscar night, Kate recieve a bunch of roses from Winona Ryder wishing her good luck.