Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader . 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 Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association among others, and has been... nominated twice for an Emmy Award for television acting, winning once for her role as Mildred Pierce in the 2011 mini-series of the same name. Brought up in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut in Heavenly Creatures , for which she received her first notable critical praise.
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| Birthdate: | October 5, 1975 |
| Birthplace: | Reading |
| Age: | 36 |
| Height: | 5' 7" |
| Education: | Redroofs Theatre School |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
| Also known as: | Kate Elizabeth Winslet |