Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She is the youngest person to accrue six Academy Awards nominations, and won the Academy Awards for best actress for
The reader (2008). Winslet has been acclaimed for both dramatic and comedic work in projects ranging from period to contemporary films, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicised indie films. She has won awards from the, and the Hollywood foreign among others, and has been nominated for an Emmy award for television acting.
Raised , Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut in (1994), for which she received her first notable critical praise. She achieved recognition for her subsequent work in a supporting role in
sens and sensibility (1995) and for her leading role in
Titanic (1997), the highest grossing film for more than 12 years until 2010.
