Who doesn’t remember Kate Winslet starring in Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater, alongside a very young Leonardo DiCaprio in one of the most unforgettable cinematic love stories? And now at 39 years old, with an Oscar won in 2009 for her outstanding interpretation in The Reader as Best Actress in a Leading role and 5 Oscar nominations under her belt, here she is with lots of new upcoming projects.
She will star in new and highly anticipated Robert Schwentke’s Insurgent, the movie in which the protagonist, Beatrice Prior (played by Shailene Woodley) fights in a hypothetical future against enemies who are trying to threaten to tear her reign apart. The movie an impressive cast: from Miles Teller to Theo James, Naomi Watts and Jai Courtney, and it will be released on the 20th March 2015.
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Kate is also cast in the forthcoming John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine alongside Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Gal Gadot and Teresa Palmer, released on the 11th of September 2015 and telling the story of a criminal gang planning a murder with the help of corrupt cops.
She is also one of the protagonists in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker, the movie based on the homonymous novel by Rosalie Ham, telling the story of a fashion addict woman, coming back to her small rural hometown in Australia with her sewing machine. A film about the theme of revenge and creativity in which you will see Kate starring alongside Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Snook and Hugo Weaving.
Do you want more? Here you are: she will also star in the highly anticipated Danny Boyle (and written by Aaron Sorkin) Steve Jobs, the biopic on the extraordinary life of Steve Jobs alongside Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook and Katherine Waterton, which will be released in 2016. So, while waiting to watch her on big screen Swide reveals some little curiosities you possibly didn’t know about Kate Winlset.
HER REAL NAME IS…
Probably not all amongst you did know it but…her real name is Kate Elizabeth Winslet.
YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN HER IN A POPULAR CEREAL COMMERCIAL
Even if many have doubts about, allegedly Kate’s first TV appearance was in a commercial Sugar Puffs cereal when she was 12. Watch the video and judge for yourself!
KATE BELONGS TO A FAMILY OF ARTISTS
That of Kate is truly an artistic family if you think that both her parents and her older and younger sisters are actors. Her dad Roger is also in pop punk group Bidgie Reef and The Gas, who’ve supported Pete Doherty’s group Babyshambles.
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KATE: VOICE OF AN ANGEL?
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In 1994, at only only 17 Kate was cast for Heavenly Creatures, a movie based on the story of two girls committing a murder. And you know what? Heavenly Creatures includes Winslet’s singing debut, and her a cappella version of “Sono Andati”, an aria from La Bohème was featured on the film’s soundtrack. She also recorded a song of the soundtrack for the 2001 movie Christmas Carol. The ballad called “What If?” became a successful single, reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom.
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SHE CONFESSED HER LOVE FOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO AT THE 2009 GOLDEN GLOBES
Kate Winslet recently admitted, “Leo is the love of my life.” But do you know the reason why they never dated? “I think the reason that friendship works is because there was never any romantic thing. It’s so disappointing for people to hear that, because in the soap opera of the Kate and Leo story we fell in love at first sight and had a million snogs, but actually we never did. He always saw me as one of the boys. I’ve never really been a girly-girl.” Kate told Marie Claire UK. While during the 2009 Golden Globes she publically admitted, “I love you Leo”.
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SHE LOVES TO GET MARRIED
Kate boasts an enviable lists of husbands: in 1998, she married assistant director Jim Threapleton (they have a daughter, Mia) but in 2001 they divorced. Then, in 2003, she married director Sam Mendes (they have a son, Joe Alfie Winslet-Mendes) but even this marriage didn’t finished well, since, after seven years they separated in 2010. In 2011, Winslet started dating Ned Rocknroll (Virgin’s Richard Branson’s nephew) and they married with a private ceremony in New York in 2012. Their son Bear Blaze Winslet was born in 2013.
SHE SOLD A HOUSE TO GWYNETH PALTROW AND CHRIS MARTIN
Kate Winslet sold her North London home in Belsize Park to actress Gwyneth Paltrow and singer Chris Martin.
KATE IS A FIGHTING VEGETARIAN
Did you know Kate was vegetarian? Actually, in 2010, she narrated a video for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) encouraging chefs to remove foie gras based dishes from their menus.
SHE COULD HAVE STARRED AS BRIDGET JONES
Kate was considered for the role of Bridget Jones in Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), but eventually producers then decided she was too young to interpret the role.
THEIR SONS HAVE A FAMOUS UNCLE…UNCLE LEO!
Did you know her children refer to Leonardo DiCaprio as Uncle Leo? Yes, and if it’s not enough, he also bought Kate an inscribed gold ring, after they filmed Revolutionary Road in 2008. The most interesting thing? Kate has always kept the inscription a secret!
SHE IS DEFINITELY NOT HIGH MAINTENANCE
She once confessed, “I was on the tube just before Christmas and this girl turned round to me and said, “Are you Kate Winslet?” And I said, “Well, yes. I am actually.” And she said, “And you’re getting the tube?” And I said, “Yes”. And she said, “Don’t you have a big car that drives you around?”. And I said, “No”. And she was absolutely stunned that I wasn’t being driven round in some flash car all the time. It was ludicrous.”
SHE MISSED TITANIC PREMIER TO ATTEND A CLOSE FRIEND’S FUNERAL
While filming TV series Dark Season, Kate met actor and writer Stephen Tredre. They had had a relationship and they remained close even after their separation so much that after his death (from bone cancer) during the opening week of Titanic, she decided to miss the film’s Los Angeles premiere to attend his funeral in London.
SHE HAS NEVER WANTED TO WEAR A WETSUIT DURING WATER SCENES IN TITANIC
Kate Winslet was one of the few actors in Titanic who didn’t want to wear a wetsuit during the water scenes. As a result, she got pneumonia.
SHE FLASHED DICAPRIO THE FIRST TIME THEY MET
Do you know her reaction after she found out she was going to be naked in front of Leonardo DiCaprio? Well, she flashed him the first time they met.
KATE IS THE YOUNGEST ACTOR EVER HONORED WITH FOUR ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Kate is the youngest actor ever honored with Academy Award nominations (the fourth nominations came when she was only 29!). And that’s not all: in Academy Awards history, only twice have two actresses been nominated for playing the same character in the same film: Judi Dench and Kate in Iris (2001) and guess who were the first couple? Gloria Stuart and Kate in 1997’s Titanic.
Cover Credits
Kate Winslet is wearing Dolce&Gabbana SS2015
Publication: Harper’s Bazaar UK March 2015 issue
Photographer: Palexi Lubomirski
Stylist: Miranda Almond