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35 postsWinslet plays Bitsey Bloom, a New York journalist, in this crime thriller directed by Alan Parker. David Gale (Kevin Spacey) on death row for murder, agrees to let Bloom interview him. Co-starring Laura Linney.
Winslet plays Clementine Kruczynski, a free spirited young woman, in this science fiction romance directed by Michel Gondry. After breaking up with Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) following a two year relationship, Clementine goes to Lacuna, Inc. to have all her memories of him and their time together wiped from her mind. Co-starring Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, and Kirsten Dunst.
Clementine was the most eccentric part that I’ve ever played. I just had so much fun doing her. When I was sent the script and was asked to do it, I just thought, Well, there’s no way I’m not going to do this because I knew that it would be a totally new experience and very challenging, which it was both of those things.
Winslet voices Suki, a lioness cub, in this BBC family drama directed by John Downer. Suki rebels against her pride and becomes a vegetarian, leaving them to find her own way. Co-starring Helen Mirren and Rupert Graves.
Winslet plays Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, widowed mother to four young boys, in this biographical family drama directed by Marc Forster from the play by Allan Knee. During an outing to Kensington Gardens, Sylvia and her sons meet J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp), a playwright. They form a fast friendship that inspires Barrie to write Peter Pan. Co-starring Julie Christie and Dustin Hoffman.
J. M. Barrie really came into Sylvia’s life at a time when, you know, she’d dealt with a lot. Her own husband had passed away not long before and she was left with four children to deal with all on her own. And, you know, I think that he put happiness and affection back into her world.
Winslet plays a heightened version of herself in a cameo appearance in the BBC series written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Winslet is an actress playing a nun in a movie about Nazis. Co-starring Gervais, Merchant, and Ashley Jensen.
Winslet plays Anne Stanton, daughter of the former governor, in this drama written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren. Anne is caught up in Louisiana politics, beginning an affair with Willie Stark (Sean Penn), the new governor. Co-starring Mark Ruffalo, Jude Law, and Anthony Hopkins.
When I was the last person to be cast in this movie I literally felt like, you know, I felt like I’d won the last golden ticket.
Winslet voices Rita, a sewer scavenger rat, in this animated family adventure directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. After Roddy (Hugh Jackman), a pet rat, gets flushed down the toilet, he meets Rita who takes him along with her as she works to provide for her large rat family. Co-starring Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis. Directors Bowers and Fell on Winslet:
Kate has done a lot of serious movies, but she is very funny and she is a natural comedian.
Winslet plays Sarah Pierce, a suburban housewife, in this drama written and directed by Todd Field. Sarah begins a friendship that turns into something more with neighborhood dad, Brad (Patrick Wilson). Co-starring Jennifer Connelly.
When you first meet Sarah in the beginning, she is struggling to take care of herself, let alone her child. She miserably denies the fact that she is now a mother, someone responsible for the upbringing of another. She wants to hang onto a part of herself that she has lost, but she fears that she no longer recognizes who that person is.
Winslet plays Iris Simpkins, a British woman with relationship problems, in this romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers. After her boyfriend gets engaged to another woman, Iris, needing to get away, swaps homes for the holidays with Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) from Los Angeles and begins to recover. Co-starring Jude Law and Jack Black.
The Holiday is not a chick flick. I dont feel like this is a chick flick. Thats not me trying to sort of plug or sell the movie in a whole other way, but I dont because you know it really is about relationships. Its about two separate relationships that happen with women and men.
Winslet discusses her life, career, children, and being comfortable in her skin. On what she enjoys most about being a mother:
I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.
Winslet plays Tula, a lingerie sales girl, in this romantic comedy musical written and directed by John Turturro. Tula is having an affair with Nick (James Gandolfini) until his wife finds out and kicks him out. Co-starring Susan Sarandon, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Eddie Izzard, and Elaine Stritch. Turturro on casting Winslet:
I always thought of Kate, because Kate is from a working class family and she was so uninhibited in that strange Jane Campion movie, Holy Smoke. I needed someone who could play this girl and show you her crude side but also her tender side. I don’t see how her performance could be better.
Winslet narrates this family drama, which is written and directed by Luc Jacquet. A little girl sees a fox on her way home from school and is fascinated enough to track and befriend the fox over the years. Jacquet on casting Winslet:
It was very important for me, that the film wasn’t just narrated, but it was actually inhabited. She had to find the right tone, which would lead her into her childhood and discover some very deep emotions, while at the same time without overloading. She went straight into the character, brought her own warmth and I found her fascinating.
Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a German tram conductor, in this drama directed by Stephen Daldry and based on the book by Bernhard Schlink. 15 years after WWII, Hanna has an affair with a boy 20 years her junior, who reads literature to her. She moves away abruptly. The boy grows up and while in law school he observes a trial where he sees Hanna accused of war crimes from her time in the SS. Co-starring Ralph Fiennes. On filming the love scenes:
A scene with that level of intimacy involving nudity, you know, it’s always nerve-wracking, and you really have to rehearse those scenes so that everybody knows exactly what’s going on.
Winslet is nominated for Best Actress at the 81st Academy Awards for portraying Hanna Schmitz in The Reader.
I’m extremely happy to have been nominated. And very fortunate. Playing Hanna Schmitz will always remain one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever been blessed with.
Winslet plays April Wheeler, a 1950’s housewife, in this drama directed by Sam Mendes from the novel by Richard Yates. April and her husband Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio), both with big dreams, meet and marry in the late 1940s. Flash forward to married with children suburban life and they both find themselves unsatisfied and unfulfilled, struggling to find a path to happiness. Co-starring Kathy Bates. On reuniting with DiCaprio:
We have a level of understanding which I really don’t have with another actor that I’ve ever worked with at all.
Winslet wins Best Actress at the 81st Academy Awards for portraying Hanna Schmitz in The Reader.
That’s a career-defining moment when you get to stand along someone like Meryl. And so I honestly did not think for one second that it was going to be me.
Winslet plays Mildred Pierce, a divorcee with two daughters during the Great Depression, in this five part miniseries drama directed by Todd Haynes from the novel by James M. Cain. After divorcing her husband, Pierce finds work as a waitress, later opening her own restaurant. Her daughter Veda (Evan Rachel Wood) rebels against her at every turn. Co-starring Melissa Leo and Guy Pearce.
Mildred does a very good job of pretending to be strong — something I think a lot of mothers do. But I don’t think even she realizes how vulnerable she is just beneath the surface of her determination and survival instinct. It had been a really long time since that rawness had to be so alarmingly accessible to me and I didn’t really like it!
Winslet is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Mildred Pierce on Mildred Pierce.
I am completely beside myself with joy that Mildred Pierce has received such tremendous acknowledgment!!!! I am incredibly proud to be a part of this great production.
Branson’s house on Necker Island burns down in a fire as the area is hit by Hurricane Irene. Winslet is among the guests, and carries Branson’s 90-year-old mother, Eve, to safety after his son Sam alerts them to the blaze. Branson:
Around 20 people were in the house and they all managed to get out and they are all fine … We had a really bad tropical storm with winds up to 90mph. A big lightning storm came around 4am and hit the house. It took hold incredibly quickly, with flames 100ft high. It ripped through the house very quickly. Sam heard explosions in the main house and raised the alarm. He and my nephew Jack rushed to the house and helped get everyone out.
Kate Winslet, her boyfriend and her family were there and Holly and some of her friends were also staying. My mother was there and they managed to get her out and she is fine. The main house is completely destroyed and the fire is not yet completely out. My office was based in the house and I have lost thousands of photographs and my notebooks, which is very sad. But all family and friends are well – which in the end is all that really matters.
Winslet plays Nancy Cowan, mother to a boy who hit another boy with a stick, in this drama directed by Roman Polanski from the play by Yasmina Reza. After Nancy’s son Zachary hits Ethan, Nancy and her husband Alan (Christoph Waltz) go to Ethan’s home to discuss what happened with his parents. Co-starring John C. Reilly and Jodie Foster.
If Roman Polanski invites you to join in any project, you really don’t say no. I had seen the play in New York so I was already very much a fan on the piece. I just felt extremely fortunate to be included.
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