Nude Filmography:
>> Holy Smoke (1999)
>> Hideous Kinky (1998)
>> Titanic (1997)
>> Jude (1996)
>> Heavenly Creatures (1994)
>> Quills
>> Iris
Mini Biography :
>> Ask Kate Winslet what she liked about any of her characters,
and the word "ballsy" is bound to pop up at least once. The British
actress has made a point of eschewing straightforward pretty-girl
parts in favor of more devilish damsels; as a result, she's built
an eclectic résumé that runs the gamut from Shakespearean tragedy
to modern-day mysticism and erotica.
>> Born into a family of thespians--parents Roger and Sally
were both stage actors, maternal grandparents Oliver and Linda Bridges
ran the Reading Repertory Theatre, and uncle Robert Bridges was a
fixture in London's West End theatre district--Kate came into her
talent at an early age. She scored her first professional gig at 11,
dancing opposite the Honey Monster in a commercial for a kids' cereal.
>> She started acting lessons around the same time, which led
to formal training at a performing arts high school. Over the next
few years she appeared on stage regularly and landed a few bit parts
in sitcoms. Her first big break came at age 17, when she was cast
as an obsessive adolescent in Heavenly Creatures (1994).
>> The film, based on the true story of two fantasy-gripped
girls who commit a brutal murder, received modest distribution but
was roundly praised by critics. Still a relative unknown, Winslet
attended a cattle call audition the next year for Ang Lee's Sense
and Sensibility (1995).
>> She made an immediate impression on the film's star, Emma
Thompson, and beat out more than a hundred other hopefuls for the
part of plucky Marianne Dashwood. Her efforts were rewarded with both
a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting
Actress. Winslet followed up with two more period pieces, playing
the rebellious heroine in Jude (1996) and Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's
Hamlet (1996).
>> The role that transformed Winslet from art house attraction
to international star was Rose DeWitt Bukater, the passionate, rosy-cheeked
aristocrat in James Cameron's Titanic (1997). Young girls the world
over both idolized and identified with Winslet, swooning over all
that face time opposite heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and noting her
refreshingly healthy, un-emaciated physique.
>> Winslet's performance also garnered a Best Actress nomination,
making her the youngest actress to ever receive two Academy nods.
After the swell of unexpected attention surrounding Titanic (1997),
Winslet was eager to retreat into independent projects.
>> Rumor has it that she turned down the lead roles in both
Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anna and the King (1999) in order to
play adventurous soul searchers in Hideous Kinky (1998) and Holy Smoke
(1999). The former cast her as a young single mother traveling through
1960s Morocco with her daughters in tow; the latter, as a zealous
follower of a guru tricked into a "deprogramming" session in the Australian
outback.
>> The next year found her back in period dress as the Marquis
de Sade's chambermaid and accomplice in Quills (2000). Off camera,
Winslet is known for her mischievous pranks and familial devotion.
She has two sisters, Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet (both actresses),
and a brother, Joss.
>> In 1998 she married James Threapleton, whom she met on the
set of Hideous Kinky (1998); the pair had a daughter, Mia, in October
of 2000.
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