The iconic Kate Winslet, who is celebrating her 46th birthday, is one of the world’s most respected actresses today. Her main role in the romantic drama Titanic, where she was the love of the actor Leonardo DiCaprio (46), whom her children address as “uncle”, brought her great fame. In addition, Kate was never afraid of nudity in front of the camera or lesbian games. These are the 8 most interesting facts of an Oscar-winning actress that you may not have even known about.
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1. She started her career in children’s advertising
Kate Winslet has been taking acting classes since she was ten. She got her first role in advertising for sugar cereals when she was eleven years old. At the age of seventeen, she later appeared in the miniseries Anglo-Saxon Attitudes.
2. Before she became famous, she made sandwiches
Kate has really won her career from the very beginning. Before she started earning money as an actress, she earned extra money by making sandwiches. However, she soon won the role of Juliet in Heavenly Creatures, for which she won the title of British Film Actress of the Year in London in 1996.
3. During the filming of Titanic, she literally froze
Filming the megafilm, where Kate played one of her life roles, was not a walk in the rose garden. As the only actor, she wore no wetsuit during the scenes in which she swam or ran around the frozen water. The actress was really frozen and her “self-sacrificing” role was added to her credibility. It also resulted in pneumonia.
4. Her first long-term partner died of cancer
Her first great love was actor and screenwriter Stephen Trendre, who lost the battle against cancer when the Titanic was completed. Due to his funeral, the actress did not attend the film premiere. After two failed marriages, the actress is married for the third time to British businessman Edward Abel Smith, who changed his name to Ned Rocknroll, but he recently decided to return his birth name.
5. She turned down a role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Kate was offered the role of Eowyn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which eventually came to an end and was taken by actress Miranda Otto.
6. Relationship with Leonard DiCaprio
Kate and Leonard have had a strong bond since the filming of The Titanic, but it has never crossed the line of friendship. “I think it’s proof that he’s a nice person and that people not only really admire him, but also really love and respect him. When I talk about him, I get into emotions, “Winslet told E! Kate’s children, for whom Uncle Leo is a famous actor, also have a great relationship with Leonard DiCaprio.
7. A special obsession
Kate Winslet is one of the personalities who, thanks to her natural expression, often entertains the entire hall during interviews. In one of them, she snapped at herself for being “obsessed with her feet,” which she really cares about, she told Smile for Good Housekeeping.
8. She has an Oscar statue in the bathroom
In 2009, Kate won an Oscar for her role in The Reader. She was 33 at the time, but it was the sixth time she had been nominated for the award, which no one has yet succeeded in doing. By the way, the famous statue from 2009 has “hidden” in the bathroom. She also has a 2006 Emmy Award in her collection, which she received for her role in the British show Extras. She played herself in that.
In the gallery, see how Kate Winslet, who is celebrating her 46th birthday, has changed.
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