Official Celebrity Spokesperson for Lancôme. [2007]

Was offered the role of Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).

Purchased a $3 million (US) home in London with boyfriend (later husband) Sam Mendes. They also bought a home in New York City.

Was named one of '50 Most Beautiful' by People Magazine in 2005.

Son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on December 22, 2003, in New York, and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces.

Born in the same year and on the same day as Parminder Nagra.

Kate married Sam Mendes, who was a childhood friend of Tom Hollander, with whom he went to Cambridge University and whom he directed in several plays. Tom and Kate were both in the film Enigma (2001).

Runner-Up for Best Actress, National Society of Film Critics for Holy Smoke (1999). [2000]

Dated Stephen Tredre. [1991-1995]

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Premiere Magazine for Sense and Sensibility (1995)). [1995]

Her performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is her personal favorite.

Offered the role of Tessa in The Constant Gardener (2005) but turned it down to do Finding Neverland (2004).

Recorded a song for the soundtrack for the movie Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). Producers were so impressed at her efforts they have decided to release the ballad - called "What If?" - as a single. It reached the top ten in the UK, peaking at number six. [June 2001]

Won Sexiest Actress, Entertainment Insider Awards. [1998]

First screen kiss was with Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures (1994).

As of 2007, she is the youngest actress to rack up 5 Oscar nominations.

Her daughter Mia had to be delivered by Cesarean section, which made Kate feel she hadn't given birth properly. She admitted to it only after giving birth to her son Joe (who had been delivered naturally).

Won Best Actress, Toronto Film Festival for Heavenly Creatures (1994), shared with Melanie Lynskey. [1995]

Along with Vanessa Redgrave (for Julia (1977)) and Mare Winningham (for Georgia (1995)), she is the only performer to be nominated for an Supporting Oscar (for Iris (2000)) for playing the title role in a movie. As of 2006, Redgrave is the only one to win.

Parents: Roger Winslet (actor) and Sally Bridges-Winslet.

Has a nephew, George.

Daughter Mia's name is Italian for "mine".

Very close friends with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

She sold her North London home in Belsize Park to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.

Is a fan of Rufus Wainwright's CD, "Poses" (mentioned in one of her ads for AmEx).

In an interview for the London Evening Standard, she revealed she has taken a year off (from April 2006 to April 2007) from her career, to spend more time with her family. [2007]

Announced that she and husband James Threapleton are splitting up. [3 September 2001]

Nominated for Best Actress, Roughcut.com Internet Movie Award for Holy Smoke (1999). [2000]

Runner-Up for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Holy Smoke (1999). [1999]

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996]

On the day she had to film the straitjacket scene in Hamlet (1996), she learned she had won the role of Rose in Titanic (1997).

Won Film Actress of the Year, Variety Club of Great Britain. [1999]

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award for her theatre role in "What the Butler Saw" as Geraldine Barclay. [1994]

Her children refer to close friend Leonardo DiCaprio as "Uncle Leo".

[November 2001] Confirms that she is dating director Sam Mendes.

Nominated for Best Actress in a Dramatic Performance, Excellent Dynamic Activism (EDA) Awards/The Alliance of Women Journalists for Little Children (2006). [2006]

Was born in the same hospital as her husband, Sam Mendes.

Bust size 1996 - 34C.

Dated Rufus Sewell.

Chris Tookey, of the British newspaper "Daily Mail," chose her as Best Actress of the Year for her roles in The Holiday (2006) and Little Children (2006). [2006]

Kate met husband James Threapleton on the set of her movie Hideous Kinky (1998), where he was working as an assistant director.

Filmed her 2005 American Express commercial in Camden Town, London, England.

Is the first actress to receive four Oscar nominations before turning 30.

Won Best Film Actress, Smash Hits Magazine. [1998]

Won Best Spoken Word Album for Children, Grammy Awards, shared with Graham Greene. [2000]

Married director Sam Mendes in a private ceremony whilst on holiday in the West Indies in May, 2003.

Has sung in 5 of her films.

Her first acting job was dancing with the Honey Monster in a commercial for Sugar Puffs cereal.

Was considered for the role of Bridget in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) but it was then decided she was too young to portray the role.

Has very large feet and wears size 11 shoes.

Missed the premiere of Titanic (1997) because she was attending the funeral of close friend and former boyfriend, Stephen Tredre.

Runner-Up for Best Actress, New York Film Critics Circle for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). [2004]

Sprained her ankle on the set of Romance & Cigarettes (2005) in May 2004.

Sister of Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet.

While serving as host of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) one week after Ashlee Simpson's "recorded song malfunction," she opened the show by singing and dancing live.

She has a younger brother, Joss.

Her performance as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is ranked #81 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

The youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards (for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Titanic (1997)) (Aged 20 and 22 respectively). [1998]

Daughter Mia was born (in England) on the 12th October 2000, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces.

Resides in both London, England, and New York City, America. Her main home, however, is in Cotswolds, England.

After her first success in the film Heavenly Creatures (1994), a reviewer predicted that she would always be associated with that character and would never be a big star.

At age 11, she began attending the acting school Redroofs in Maidenhead, England, UK.

Prefers to wear boots rather than ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are "firmly on the ground."

When interviewed on "Good Morning America" (1975) to promote her film The Holiday (2006), they surprised her by showing a clip which was supposedly Winslet on the Sugar Puff Commercial in 1987. However, the girl in the clip shown was not her. Winslet did not point out the error because she did not want to embarrass the researcher and get the person fired. She was then praised by the media for her caring and consideration of other people. [2006]

She holds a unique position in Academy Awards history: Only twice have two actresses been nominated for playing the same character in the same film. The first two were Gloria Stuart and Kate in Titanic (1997). The second two were Judi Dench and Kate in Iris (2001/I).

Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in Anna and the King (1999).