She is the youngest actress to ever receive seven Academy Award nominations, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, starred in Titanic and is valued at £ 45 million.
But Kate Winslet refuses to let it go to her head and remembers the wise words of her mother Sally: “Nobody likes a show-off.”
Kate, 45, says, “We both had a great hatred of showing off.
“My mother would say, ‘Just promise me you won’t get intrusive.’ That really stuck with me. It influences my work and my approach. “
Unfortunately, Sally died of ovarian cancer in 2017, but Kate’s dad Roger also made sure to keep her on the ground.
Kate says, “My dad always says, ‘You’re only as good as your last gig, baby.’ And I still believe that to this day. “
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Her current “gig” is Ammonite, a romantic drama set to be released in the UK next month. Kate plays paleontologist Mary Anning alongside Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.
It could enrich Kate’s honors, which include an Oscar for best actress for the 2008 film The Reader, three BAFTAs, four Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Emmy.
She says, “How did I do all of this? How did I get all of these nominations and win all of these badges and awards?
“It’s really amazing. I didn’t set out to do any of that. “The fame, the film festivals, and the glamorous awards ceremonies were never the reason she got into acting.
Her mother Sally – who died in 2017 – wanted her to stay on the ground
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She says, “I don’t like being in the spotlight. I am not a passionate career woman. I just love to act.
“It never turned my head, really never. I’ve always been able to see this side of business as the “wow factor,” great moments that come and go, then you come back to your reality. “
Born and raised in Reading, Berks, her maternal grandparents ran the Reading Repertory Theater Company and her father worked as an actor. At 11, Kate won a spot at a local theater school and soon got roles in shows like Casualty.
Award-winning star Kate in Mare of Easttown
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Her big break came in 1994 in Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures, a true story about two New Zealand girls who conspire to kill one of their mothers while trying to end their friendship.
In 1995, Kate starred with Emma Thompson in Sense and Sensuality and two years later she got the role of Rose in Titanic, which grossed £ 1.5 billion and was the top-grossing film of all time until Avatar overtook her in 2009.
She earned around £ 1.5 million for her role but also found a lifelong friend in co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Kate tells Samira Ahmed’s How I Found My Voice podcast: “Leo and I were so connected, so close and really close.
“That was pretty unusual. He would have done anything for me, I would have done anything for him. We stood up for each other and literally held hands in ice cold water for 10 hours a day. We held hands under the water and he said, ‘One more thing, we can go on’.
“If Jack and Rose are on the ship before it goes down, that was a separate part of the set. We got hooked on this thing like a fairground. It would break regularly.
“We’d be stuck up there, nobody could reach us for hours. We’d make up songs, we’d have such a great time. It was at night, we are out under the stars and chat. ”The customer review has been automatically translated from German.
Titanic turned her into a giant star almost overnight, unable to even drink a glass of milk without being recognized. It has been a difficult transition for a very private person, and she credits Emma Thompson for helping her with it.
Kate with Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
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Kate says, “It has changed the rhythm of my everyday life dramatically. The only thing that hasn’t changed was me and who I am. I remember feeling pretty lonely. I thought, ‘Who am I talking to?’ Emma was one of them and I made it through. “
She was married three times, has three children, one of each man, and once said: “I know a lot of people who are not in public and who have had multiple marriages, I really do. And these are exactly the cards that life has dealt me. I didn’t plan it that way. And fuck me, it wasn’t easy. “
Her first marriage was to filmmaker Jim Threapleton in 1998. They have a daughter, 20-year-old Mia Honey, who divorced in 2001.
Kate married film director Sam Mendes “on a whim” in 2003. In 2010 they separated on friendly terms. Their son Joe is 17 years old.
Since 2012 Kate has been happily married to Sir Richard Branson’s nephew, Edward Abel Smith, 43.
He works for his uncle’s virgin galactic space company and they have a seven year old son, Bear Blaze.
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It was named after a fire on Branson’s Necker Island in 2011. Says Kate, “Bear’s middle name is Blaze because my husband and I met over a house fire.
“The house burned down and we survived, but we wanted something from the fire and so was the name we came up with.”
She and her family live in a £ 3 million 17th century oceanfront home in West Wittering, West Sussex.
Kate, who will play a detective in the upcoming HBO television drama Mare of Easttown, insists she’s like any other working mom.
She says, “It’s funny when you get known because people don’t expect you to see you in the supermarket or to pick up your kids.
“I remember one time I was riding the tube in London and a girl noticed me and was horrified that I was on the tube and not in the back of a chauffeured limousine.
“I’m just not – I’m Kate from Reading.”