Portrait · Colleen Sturtevant; existing crop by PaulLim11 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Kate Winslet

Actor and director

Born 1975

Kate Winslet is an English actor and director, born in Reading in 1975. She grew up in a family familiar with performing and the practical work needed to support it. Her father acted but also took other jobs; her mother worked in restaurants while raising four children. In the ALL ARTS documentary, Winslet recalls playing the Ace of Hearts in an Alice in Wonderland production at eleven, an early experience of belonging onstage. Youth theatre at Reading’s Starmaker Theatre Company and training at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead developed that interest. She described Redroofs as her only formal acting training, and remembered hoping that the work might lead to occasional theatre jobs. Screen roles arrived sooner than she expected. She approached characters through close attention to scripts and their lives beyond the scenes shown. Her television beginnings included Dark Season and Get Back. Heavenly Creatures took the teenage actor to New Zealand for her first feature role. She recalled receiving the news while working at a Reading delicatessen: her child agent telephoned to tell her the audition had succeeded. At BAFTA, she described a career built through collaboration, moving between unfamiliar characters rather than seeking a fixed screen identity. Sense and Sensibility cast her as Marianne Dashwood. Titanic followed with Rose DeWitt Bukater, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind brought the unpredictable Clementine Kruczynski. The Reader placed her in the role of Hanna Schmitz. That performance won the 2009 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role. Revolutionary Road reunited her with DiCaprio as April Wheeler. Television continued to provide substantial roles. Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown each earned a lead-acting Emmy; the Academy also recognised her producing work on Mare with a nomination. The Regime later cast her as Chancellor Elena Vernham and credited her as executive producer. Lee brought the role of photographer Lee Miller and a producing credit. Goodbye June became her feature directing debut after her son Joe Anders wrote its screenplay. She had first intended to act and produce, then realised she wanted to direct the family drama herself. Her discussion with Krista Smith describes hiring first-time department heads and arranging the set to give the performers room to work together. The film reached Netflix in December 2025, with Winslet playing Julia and also serving as a producer. Her narration work continued with Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, which debuted worldwide on Prime Video in February 2026. She also became an ambassador for The King’s Foundation in June 2025. The Hunt for Gollum is a future acting project: the April 2026 casting announcement names her as Marigol, a Stoor settlement matriarch, in Andy Serkis’s film scheduled for December 2027.

Verified identityCore facts checked against named sources.

Keep exploring

Connected people

ConnectionLeonardo DiCaprioCo-star in Titanic and Revolutionary Road.

ConnectionJoe AndersHer son and the screenwriter of Goodbye June.

ConnectionEllen KurasDirector of Lee, which Winslet stars in and produces.

Kate Winslet at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2017. — Profile image · Somewhere In Toronto; existing crop by Krimuk2.0 and David Levy / CC BY-SA 2.0

NewBroadcast19 Jun 2026

ALL ARTS traces her approach to acting

The PBS broadcast listing and available captions revisit her Reading childhood and search for authenticity in performance.

Latest Index

2026

NewsChecked against a primary source or trusted newsroom.

ScopeOnly attributable updates about Kate Winslet's work and public record.

Project
Marigol joins The Hunt for Gollum
The casting announcement identifies Winslet’s Stoor matriarch role. Andy Serkis’s film is scheduled for December 17, 2027.
14 Apr 2026Source checked
VerifiedRead more
Project
Finding Harmony debuts on Prime Video
Winslet narrates Nicolas Brown’s documentary about King Charles’s environmental philosophy; the film debuts worldwide on February 6.
6 Feb 2026Source checked
VerifiedRead more
Project
Goodbye June brings her directing debut to Netflix
The family drama began streaming on December 24, with Winslet directing, producing and playing Julia.
29 Dec 2025Source checked
VerifiedRead more
Project
She discusses directing her first feature
In Krista Smith’s interview, Winslet describes moving from actor and producer to director of Joe Anders’s screenplay.
16 Dec 2025Source checked
VerifiedRead more
News
The King’s Foundation appoints her ambassador
The charity announces her appointment and interest in sustainability and its community work.
27 Jun 2025Source checked
VerifiedRead more
Broadcast
Food and family stories on Table Manners
The producer description records her discussion of childhood roast dinners, vegan and vegetarian recipes, and Lee.
11 Sept 2024Source checked
VerifiedRead more

Selected Credits

View all

Year	Title	Role
2025	DreamScapesdocumentaryIMDb	Mother Earth / Narrator
2025	Avatar: Fire and AshfilmIMDb	Ronal
2025	Goodbye JunefilmIMDb	Julia
2026	Finding Harmony: A King’s VisiondocumentaryIMDb	Narrator
2027	The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for GollumfilmIMDb	Marigol — forthcoming

Timeline

1975—2026

197510 05: Born in Reading, England.
YouthPlays the Ace of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland at eleven.
SchoolTrains at Redroofs and performs with Reading’s Starmaker Theatre Company.
1991Appears as Reet in Dark Season.
1992Begins Get Back as Eleanor Sweet.
1994Heavenly Creatures is her first feature film.
1995Plays Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility.
1996Receives a supporting-actress BAFTA for Sense and Sensibility.
1997Plays Rose in Titanic.
2000Wins a shared children’s spoken-word Grammy for Listen to the Storyteller.
2001Records What If for Christmas Carol: The Movie.
2004Plays Clementine in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
2007Receives BAFTA Britannia’s British Artist of the Year honour.
2008The Reader and Revolutionary Road introduce Hanna Schmitz and April Wheeler.
2009Wins the leading-actress Oscar for The Reader.
2011Mildred Pierce earns her a lead-acting Emmy.
201206 16: The Birthday Honours announcement names her for a CBE.
2015Plays Joanna Hoffman in Steve Jobs.
2016Wins a supporting-actress BAFTA for Steve Jobs.
2020Ammonite casts her as Mary Anning.
2021Mare of Easttown earns her a second lead-acting Emmy.
2022Plays Ronal in Avatar: The Way of Water.
2023Receives a leading-actress BAFTA for I Am Ruth.
202308 20: Reads Blueberries for Sal at Camp Bestival.
2023Lee credits Winslet as Lee Miller and producer.
2024Stars in and executive produces The Regime.
202506 27: Becomes a King’s Foundation ambassador.
202512 19: Avatar: Fire and Ash is released.
202512 24: Goodbye June reaches Netflix as her feature directing debut.
202602 06: Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision debuts worldwide.
202606 19: PBS lists A Quest for Authenticity for broadcast.
FutureThe Hunt for Gollum is scheduled for December 17, 2027, with Winslet as Marigol.

ALL ARTS traces her approach to acting

Latest Index

Marigol joins The Hunt for Gollum

Finding Harmony debuts on Prime Video

Goodbye June brings her directing debut to Netflix

She discusses directing her first feature

The King’s Foundation appoints her ambassador

Food and family stories on Table Manners