Filmography:

(movies)

*Heavenly Creatures (1994) - Juliet Hulme
*A Kid In King Arthur's Court (1995) - Princess Sarah
*Sense and Sensibility (1995) - Marianne Dashwood 
*Jude (1996) - Sue Bridehead
*Hamlet (1996) - Ophelia
*Titanic (1997) - Rose DeWitt Bukater
*Hideous Kinky (1998) - Julia
*Plunge (1998) - Clare
*Holy Smoke (now filming) - unknow

Other Info:

*Full name: Kate Elizabeth Winslet

*Birthdate: October 5th, 1975 (making Kate a Libra)

*Birthplace: Reading, England

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*Physical appearance: 

*natural hair color is blonde
*blue eyes, 
*5'8"
*Size 10 (Kate is famous for her large feet she could 
 swap shoes with "Titanic" costar Leo DiCaprio as 
they wore the same size)

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*Family: Kate is the second of four children -
 Anna (25) actor
 Beth (20) actor
 Joss (17) actor (maybe)

*Father: Roger Winslet: actor 
*Mother: Sally: trained as a nanny, acted
*Kate's grandparents managed a sixty-seat
 theatre in their backyard in Reading, they
 presented musicals and plays. 

*Kate's uncle: Robert Bridges,remembered as Mr. Bumble
  in the original West End production of "Oliver!". 

"It wasn't necessarily that I knew acting was what 
 I wanted to do," she says. "It's just that I knew
 it's what I would end up doing." -Kate Winslet

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*Growing up: Apparently in her teen years 
 Kate battled with a weight "problem" 
 (her classmates nicknamed her "Blubber"!) and 
 depression. 

"Since I was thirteen or fourteen, 
I've always felt older than I actually am," 
Kate recalls.

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Favorites: 

*Music - Classical, Gregorian chants, Indigo Girls, 
        Portishead, The Verve, Oasis, Crowded House, 
        The Sundays
*Movies - Reservoir Dogs, The Piano, The Silence of 
          the Lambs, Grease
*Car - She drives a black Jeep Cherokee.

Other info:

*Starbucks is one of her favorite places in the States 
(they don't have it in Great Britain, of course). 
 as she's a big coffee drinker. She also enjoys 
 shopping, cooking, and working out. 
 Kate apparently is fond of Doc Martens and big combat 
boots, hence her nickname, "Combat Kate". 

Awards:

1995

Kate:
*New Zealand Film Award winner: 
   Best Foreign Actress (H.C.)

1996

Kate:
*Golden Globe nominee: Best Supporting Actress 
 ("Sense and Senseablity")
*Academy Award nominee: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
*BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Awards)
 winner: Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
*Screen Actors Guild winner: 
   Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
*Premiere magazine Award nominee: 
   Best Supporting Actress (S&S)
*Also chosen as one of People magazine's 
  "50 Most Beautiful People In The World"

1997

Kate:
*London Evening Standard Film Award winner: 
   Best Actress/Supporting Actress 
  (jointly for "Jude" and "Hamlet")

1998

Kate:
*Golden Globe nominee: 
   Best Actress ("Titanic")
*Academy Award nominee: 
   Best Actress ("Titanic")
*Screen Actors Guild nominee: 
   Best Actress ("Titanic")
*Blockbuster Entertainment Award winner: 
   Best Female - Drama ("Titanic")
*Empire Magazine Award winner: 
   Best British Actress ("Hamlet," oddly enough.)
*MTV Movie Award nominee: 
   Best Female Performance ("Titanic") 

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