Kate Elizabeth Winslet, CBE (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. She is famous for her indie films, particularly period dramas, aswell being a role model for complex and headstrong women. She has won a variety of awards including an Academy Award and a Grammy Award. Time magazine named Winslet one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the years 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. When she was 15, her first screen appearance was on the British TV series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut as a teenage murderess on Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which was the highest-grossing movie at the time. Winslet then eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed period pieces such as Quills (2000) as well as Iris (2001).
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