Kate Winslet

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Kate Winslet at the film premiere of The Dressmaker in September 2015

Kate Elizabeth Winslet , CBE (born October 5, 1975 in Reading , Berkshire ) is a British actress and singer . It has received the following film awards , among others : an Oscar , four Golden Globe Awards and three BAFTA Awards , the Emmy TV Award and the Grammy Music Award . She gained worldwide fame through her role as Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's drama Titanic , which was considered the most commercially successful film of all time for ten years . In 2009 she was awarded the Oscar for best leading actress for her portrayal of Hanna Schmitz in the literary film Der Vorleser . With her vocal debut What If , which appeared on the soundtrack of the animated film A Christmas Tale, she reached the top ten of the singles charts in numerous countries and landed at number 1 in Ireland, among others. She also read Roald Dahl's children 's novel Matilda as an audio book and was honored with the Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production.

life and career

1975 to 1994

Winslet comes from a family with an acting tradition. Her maternal grandparents ran the Reading theater . Her parents, Sally Ann Bridges and Roger John Winslet, were actors and her uncle Robert Bridges was a celebrated star in the musical Oliver! in London's West End . Her younger sister Beth and older sister Anna Winslet are also actresses.

Winslet began her career in 1986 at the age of eleven when she took acting classes at the Redroofs Theater School in Maidenhead and got her first acting role in a breakfast cereal commercial. She made her television debut in the seven-episode British television drama Shrinks (1990). This was followed by appearances in the hospital series Casualty (1990), the science fiction series Dark Season (1991), the sitcom Get Back (1992) and in the three-part miniseries Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1992). She also played theater. In the early 90s she was seen as Pandora in the musical The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 , as Miss Hannigan in Annie and as Wendy in Peter Pan . From April 7th to May 7th, 1994 she played Geraldine Barclay in What The Butler Saw in Manchester and was nominated for best supporting actress by the renowned British "Manchester Evening News Theater Awards". In 1995 she also played Sarah in A Game Of Soldiers in Bristol .

1994 to 1998

Kate Winslet played her first movie role in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures in 1994 . In it, she embodied an underage murderer. In 1995 she had her breakthrough as Marianne Dashwood in Ang Lee's film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility ; she starred in it alongside a number of successful British actors such as Emma Thompson , Hugh Grant , Alan Rickman and Greg Wise . For her portrayal, she was also nominated for an Oscar for the first time as best supporting actress; at the award ceremony on March 25, 1996 she was defeated by Mira Sorvino ( Beloved Aphrodite ) .

In 1996 she played the rebellious Sue Bridehead in Michael Winterbottom's drama Hearts in Turmoil . After she had also successfully played Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare film Hamlet in the same year , Hollywood noticed her.

Since Gwyneth Paltrow and Claire Danes had refused, Winslet was hired by the US director James Cameron for his filming of the sinking of the Titanic for one of the leading roles. At the side of Leonardo DiCaprio , she played the role of the young Rose DeWitt Bukater. For this performance she was nominated for an Oscar for best actress. Titanic itself received eleven prizes at the award ceremony on March 23, 1998, including best film and best director; Winslet, on the other hand, had to give priority to Helen Hunt ( it couldn't be better ) .

The participation in the hitherto most successful film gave her the ultimate breakthrough and the chance for further leading roles in major Hollywood productions. Winslet initially waived such offers; they preferred smaller film projects such as the low-budget film Marrakech by Gillies MacKinnon , the 1999 10th place of the German box office reached.

1998 to 2005

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
What if
  DE 6th 
gold
gold
11/26/2001 (20 weeks)
  AT 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 12/09/2001 (18 weeks)
  CH 4th 
gold
gold
12/09/2001 (28 weeks)
  UK 6th 
silver
silver
12/08/2001 (18 weeks)

After appearing in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke (1999), she played other demanding roles in the independent films Quills - Power of Obsession (2000) and Enigma - The Secret (2001).

In 2001 she also voiced the character Belle in the animated film A Christmas Tale of the Christmas classic A Christmas Carol and recorded the song What If , which was written and produced by Steve Mac , for the soundtrack . In November 2001 What If was released as a single and reached the top 10 in the charts in Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland, and first place in Ireland, Belgium and Austria. Winslet donated the proceeds from CD sales to charities. The video for the song was shot by Paul Donnellon and produced by Chris Horton. Despite the great success as a singer, Winslet turned down a career in the music business.

For the film Iris (2001), in which she played the writer Iris Murdoch in her younger years, Winslet was again nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress. Her film colleagues Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent also received nominations for their achievements. At the award ceremony on March 24, 2002, however, only Broadbent won an Oscar for best supporting actor, while Dench and Winslet had to admit defeat to Halle Berry ( Monster's Ball ) and Jennifer Connelly ( A Beautiful Mind ) .

After her appearance in the thriller The Life of David Gale at the side of Kevin Spacey and Laura Linney , she was seen in two films in 2004 that were equally acclaimed by audiences and critics. On the one hand alongside Johnny Depp and Dustin Hoffman in the drama When dreams learn to fly and on the other hand alongside Jim Carrey and Kirsten Dunst in Forget Mine Not! .

Forget Me Not! gave Winslet her next Oscar nomination for best actress. At the award ceremony on February 27, 2005, Hilary Swank was not honored again for a million dollar baby . Kate Winslet was the first actress to be nominated four times for an Oscar before her 30th birthday.

2005 to 2007

Winslet at the 2006 premiere of the King's Men in Toronto

In Romance & Cigarettes she played with James Gandolfini , Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken and not only showed her singing talent again, but for the first time also her comedic and dance talent. Among other things, she sang Connie Francis ' Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me? and - under water - Ute Lemper's Little Water Song .

In 2006 she directed the political thriller The Game of Power with Sean Penn , Jude Law and again James Gandolfini . With a budget of 55 million US dollars, the film only grossed 9 million US dollars in America and, according to Forbes magazine, is considered the biggest flop of 2004 to 2009. The animated film Flutsch und weg , in which Winslet played the Rat Rita lent her voice.

In the comedy Love Doesn't Need a Vacation by director Nancy Meyers , Winslet and Cameron Diaz played two women who, because of lovesickness, need a change of scenery and simply swap their houses and living conditions. Love does not need a vacation reached number 2 in the German cinema charts at the beginning of 2007 and thus for Winslet the best placement of a film with her participation since Titanic .

Winslet received her fifth nomination for an Oscar in early 2007 for Best Actress in the film Little Children (2006), in which she plays a young mother who has to watch her family break up and therefore into the arms of one Lover escapes. At the Academy Awards on February 25, 2007, Winslet had to admit defeat to her British colleague Helen Mirren , who had previously been traded as a favorite with her portrayal of British Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen . With five nominations at the age of 32, Winslet broke the record as the youngest actress from Olivia de Havilland , who received her fifth Oscar nomination in 1949 at the age of 33.

Winslet at the 2007 British Academy Film Awards

2007 to 2009

Ten years after Titanic , Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio were back in front of the camera in April 2007. Directed by Winslet's then husband Sam Mendes , the two played the Wheelers in the film Times of Turmoil , which is based on Richard Yates' 1961 novel of the same name , and in the 1950s they appear happy and harmonious. whose love threatens to wither. In the same year, Winslet was directed by Stephen Daldry in the film adaptation of the bestseller The Reader by Bernhard Schlink . Winslet was asked for the role of Hanna Schmitz, but she could not accept due to a scheduling conflict. So Nicole Kidman was hired, but she had to cancel because of her pregnancy and Winslet was asked a second time. Stephen Daldry directed and David Hare wrote the script. Most of the film was shot in Germany, co-financed with German funding and also starred with German actors such as David Kross and Alexandra Maria Lara .

The Golden Globe ceremony on January 11, 2009 was a surprising triumph for Kate Winslet. She was not only honored for her role as April Wheeler in times of turmoil in the category Best Leading Actress , but also received the award for best supporting actress for her role as Hanna Schmitz in Der Vorleser .

Winslet reached her preliminary career high point at the Academy Awards on February 22, 2009. In the sixth attempt, she received the trophy for best leading actress for The Reader . The film, which opened in Germany four days after the award ceremony, immediately reached number 1 in the German cinema charts and became the most successful film for Winslet since Titanic . With 2.2 million viewers, Der Vorleser was also the fourth most successful German film production in 2009 after Michael Herbig's Wickie and the Strong Men , Til Schweiger's Zweiohrküken and Sönke Wortmann's Die Päpstin .

On November 26, 2009, Winslet received the Bambi Media Prize in the "International Actress" category. It is the second important German award for the Oscar winner after the Golden Camera , which she received in 2001 in this very category.

2010 to 2011

In April 2010, Winslet shot the five-part miniseries Mildred Pierce , a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by James M. Cain , for the American broadcaster HBO . HBO aired the series in March and April 2011. Other leading roles played Evan Rachel Wood ( The Wrestler ) and Guy Pearce ( The King's Speech ). The audience ratings for the station were disappointing despite good reviews. Nevertheless, Mildred Pierce received 21 nominations, the most nominations for the 63rd Emmy Awards, which took place on September 18, 2011 in Los Angeles . While the series itself failed to live up to its role of favorite, Winslet received the award for best leading actress in a miniseries for her performance in Mildred Pierce .

US director and Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh hired Winslet for the action thriller Contagion , for which she starred in front of the camera with Matt Damon , Jude Law , Gwyneth Paltrow , Marion Cotillard and Laurence Fishburne , among others . The film describes the worldwide spread of a deadly virus and accompanies various characters in their attempts to analyze and stop the epidemic. In her efforts, Winslet succumbs in her role as Dr. Erin Mears herself to the virus. Scott Z. Burns, the film's screenwriter, praised her talent as an actor after filming.

In the spring of 2011, Winslet, Jodie Foster , John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz began shooting Der Gott des Gemetzels , a film adaptation of the play of the same name by Yasmina Reza, directed by Roman Polański in Paris .

Both Contagion and The God of Carnage celebrated their respective world premieres in the presence of Kate Winslet at the Venice International Film Festival , which took place from August 31 to September 10, 2011. In honor of jury member Todd Haynes , who wrote the screenplay for Mildred Pierce , the Winslet-starred multi-part was also presented there.

The thriller Contagion , which received positive reviews from critics , opened in American cinemas on September 9, 2011 and grossed over 22 million US dollars over the opening weekend . With this result, the film landed at the top of the US cinema charts. For Winslet, it was the first number one film in the US since Titanic . Her films also got off to a successful start in Germany: Contagion opened in third place on October 24, 2011, and Der Gott des Gemetzels in second place on November 28, 2011.

On December 15, 2011, Winslet was nominated for her roles in Mildred Pierce and The God of Carnage each for a Golden Globe for best leading actress in a miniseries or a television film or for best leading actress in a comedy or musical. At the Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2012, she received the award for Mildred Pierce . Thanks to her performance in the miniseries, Winslet also received the first Satellite Award of her career in 2011 . Since 1996 already seven times a. a. nominated for Titanic and Der Vorleser , only her eighth mention for Mildred Pierce in the category Best Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie earned her the award.

Since 2012

Kate Winslet at the film premiere of The Destiny - Divergent in March 2014

In 2013, Winslet starred in Jason Reitman's film adaptation Labor Day , based on Joyce Maynard's novel The Scent of Summer , alongside Josh Brolin .

In March 2014, the feature film The Determination - Divergent , based on the novel The Determination by Veronica Roth , was released. Winslet embodies Jeanine Matthews . Winslet can also be seen again in the role in the second part, The Determination - Insurgent , published in 2015 . It was the first time she starred in a sequel .

In Danny Boyle's biopic Steve Jobs (2015), Winslet played the role of Apple marketing manager Joanna Hoffman . For her performance, she was nominated for a Golden Globe for best supporting actress in 2016 - her eleventh mention since 1996. In fact, Winslet received the trophy at the Golden Globes ceremony on January 10, 2016. Just four days later, she was also nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in Steve Jobs . At the 2016 Academy Awards , however, the award went to Alicia Vikander ( The Danish Girl ), who was previously a favorite.

The film The Dressmaker , which was based on the novel of the same name by the Australian writer Rosalie Ham and in which Winslet played the lead role of the tailor Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, became a great success, especially in Hams' homeland and in New Zealand. For the Australian AACTA Awards , The Dressmaker received nominations in 12 categories. At the award ceremony on December 9, 2015, the film received five awards, including for Winslet for best leading actress. For her performance in Steve Jobs , she was also nominated for the AACTA International Awards 2016 for best supporting actress; however, the award went to Rooney Mara  ( Carol ).

Private life

While filming the series Dark Season , Winslet met British actor Stephen Tredre, who had two guest appearances there. Winslet, then 15, and Tredre, 28, rented an apartment in London together. Despite their separation after five years of relationship, they maintained a friendship until Tredre's early death from cancer on December 8, 1997. In order to attend his funeral, Winslet waived the Titanic premiere in London.

During the production of her film Marrakech , Winslet entered into a relationship with assistant director Jim Threapleton and married him on November 22, 1998 in their hometown of Reading. Their daughter was born on October 12, 2000. In September 2001, the couple announced the separation.

On May 24, 2003, Winslet married Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes ( American Beauty ) . She gave birth to their son on December 22, 2003 in New York . In April 2007, the couple also went together professionally when Mendes took on the direction of the film adaptation of the novel Times of Turmoil and chose his wife to lead the role of April Wheeler. Winslet was awarded a Golden Globe for their performance, while the film and director went empty-handed. In March 2010, one year after their Oscar for The Reader , Winslet and Mendes announced that their marriage was over after seven years together. The separation takes place by mutual agreement.

At the film festival in San Sebastian, Spain in September 2010, Winslet and Louis Dowler, a model from the Burberry label , appeared as a couple. At the end of November 2010 they were separated again.

In December 2012 she married Ned Rocknroll (maiden name Edward Lyulph Abel Smith), a nephew of the British entrepreneur and balloonist Richard Branson . He works for his uncle's Virgin Galactic company . Best man was Leonardo DiCaprio . She gave birth to her third child, a son, on December 7, 2013.

Filmography (selection)

Dubbing voice

Ulrike Stürzbecher dubbed Kate Winslet in the German versions of Sinn und Sinnlichkeit , Titanic , Holy Smoke! , Quills - Power of Obsession , Enigma - The Secret , The Life of David Gale , Forget Mine Not! , The Destiny - Divergent , The Destiny - Insurgent , The Game of Power , Love Doesn't Need a Vacation , Little Children , Times of Turmoil , The Reader , Contagion , The God of Carnage , Romance & Cigarettes , Labor Day , The Gardener of Versailles , Movie 43 , Steve Jobs , Triple 9 and Hidden Beauty . Stürzbecher Winslet also gave her voice to the animated film A Christmas Tale and the series Extras and Mildred Pierce . Other voice actors were Beate Isfort-Tober (Knightskater - Knights on Rollerblades) , Alexandra Wilcke (Heavenly Creatures) , Madeleine Stolze (Hamlet) and Katrin Fröhlich (hearts in turmoil, Marrakech, Iris, when dreams learn to fly) . Actresses Jessica Schwarz and Dorkas Kiefer dubbed Winslet in the animated film Flutsch und weg! (Black) and in the TV movie Pride - The Law of the Savannah (Pine).

Awards and nominations (selection)

Oscar

Golden Globe Award

  • 1996: Nomination for best supporting actress for sense and sensuality
  • 1998: Nomination for Best Actress - Drama for Titanic
  • 2002: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Iris
  • 2005: Nomination for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Forget Mine Not!
  • 2007: Nomination for Best Actress - Drama for Little Children
  • 2009: Best Actress - Drama for Times of Troubles
  • 2009: Best supporting actress for Der Vorleser
  • 2012: Nomination for best leading actress - comedy or musical for The God of Carnage
  • 2012: Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie for Mildred Pierce
  • 2014: Nomination for Best Actress - Drama for Labor Day
  • 2016: Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs

British Academy Film Award

  • 1996: Best supporting actress for sense and sensuality
  • 2002: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Iris
  • 2005: Nomination for best leading actress for Forget Mine Not!
  • 2005: Nomination for best leading actress for When dreams learn to fly
  • 2007: Nomination for Best Actress for Little Children
  • 2009: Nominated for Best Actress for Times of Turmoil
  • 2009: Best leading actress for Der Vorleser
  • 2016: Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 1996: Best supporting actress for sense and sensuality
  • 1998: Nomination for Best Actress for Titanic
  • 2001: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Quills - The Power of Obsession
  • 2005: Nomination for best leading actress for Forget Mine Not!
  • 2007: Nomination for Best Actress for Little Children
  • 2009: Nominated for Best Actress for Times of Turmoil
  • 2009: Best supporting actress for Der Vorleser
  • 2012: Best Actress in a TV Movie or TV Series for Mildred Pierce
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs

Satellite Awards

  • 1996: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Hamlet
  • 1997: Nomination for Best Actress for Titanic
  • 2000: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Quills - The Power of Obsession
  • 2001: nomination for best supporting actress for Iris
  • 2006: Nomination for Best Actress for Little Children
  • 2008: Nomination for best leading actress for Der Vorleser
  • 2011: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The God of Carnage
  • 2011: Best Actress - Miniseries or TV Movie for Mildred Pierce
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs

Empire Award

  • 1996 : Best British Actress for Heavenly Creatures
  • 1998: Best British Actress for Hamlet
  • 1999: Best British Actress for Titanic
  • 2002: Best British Actress for Enigma - The Secret
  • 2005: Best British Actress for Forget Mine Not!

Note: Awards in the “Best British Actress” category were only given from 1996 to 2005.

César

  • 2012 : Honorary Award

European film award

  • 2009 : Best actress for Der Vorleser
  • 2012 : Nomination for best actress for The God of Carnage

Bambi

  • 2009 : International actress

Golden camera

  • 2001 : International actress for Titanic

Emmy Awards

  • 2006 : Nomination for best guest actress in a comedy series for extras
  • 2011 : Best Actress in a Miniseries for Mildred Pierce

Grammy Award

  • 2000 : Best spoken album for children for Listen to the Storyteller: A Trio of Musical Tales from Around the World by Graham Greene , Kate Winslet and Wynton Marsalis

Web links

Commons : Kate Winslet  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Queen awards medals to Kate Winslet
  2. ↑ Roger Winslet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Robert Bridges in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ Beth Winslet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  5. ↑ Anna Winslet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  6. ↑ alumni Redroofs Theater School
  7. ↑ Chart sources DE AT CH UK
  8. ↑ Awards: DE CH UK
  9. ↑ Phil Gallo: This year's Oscar fun facts ( March 2, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive ), Variety.com, January 23, 2007
  10. ^ "Wickie", the most successful German film in 2009 ( memento from August 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Zeit online from January 6, 2010
  11. ↑ http://www.berlinonline.de/aktuelles/berlin/detail_ddp_2592470140.php  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.berlinonline.de  
  12. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.goldenekamera.de
  13. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/
  14. ↑ http://www.gala.de/stars/ticker/BSBS166941/Kate-Winslet-Zu-talentiert.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gala.de  
  15. ↑ The Deadline Team: TOLDJA! Kate Winslet Joins Summit's 'Divergent'. In: Deadline.com. March 21, 2013, accessed November 13, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Golden Globe nominations 2016 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.screenreels.com
  17. ↑ Kate Winslet accepts ACCTA for The Dressmaker with 'ridiculous' home Video
  18. ↑ Stephen Tredre in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  19. ↑ Kate Winslet mourns the death of her ex-boyfriend. In: Die Welt , December 16, 2008.
  20. ↑ Hopefully this will work out. In: Gala , October 18, 2011.
  21. ↑ Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split. In: BBC News , March 15, 2010.
  22. ↑ Kate Winslet: With a friend at the film festival. In: nachrichten.ch , September 21, 2010.
  23. ↑ Erica Ho: Kate Winslet Weds Ned RocknRoll, Richard Branson's Nephew. In: time.com . 2012-12-27 (English).
  24. ↑ Kate Winslet marries Richard Branson's nephew. In: The world. Retrieved December 27, 2012 .
  25. ↑ Kate Winslet Gives Birth to a Baby Boy, Her First Child With Husband Ned Rocknroll. E! Online, December 10, 2013, accessed March 13, 2017 .
  26. ↑ German dubbing index (Kate Winslet)
personal data
SURNAME Winslet, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winslet, Kate Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Reading , Berkshire, England, United Kingdom