Kate Winslet’s path to becoming a world-known award-winning actress was full of struggles
and pain, which took a lot of strength to overcome.
Poverty in childhood, harassment by schoolmates, and then very harsh critique from press and
media.
Despite many difficulties, Kate isn’t gonna give up and she built her position in Hollywood
with determination.
Stay with CurioSips to get to know the challenges this beautiful actress faced in her life and
career!
Kate Winslet, 39, was born on October 5, 1975, in England.
She comes from a family that was all into acting - her grandparents founded the Reading
Repertory Theatre Company, and her parents were actors but not that successful.
In the interviews, Kate mentioned that her father often didn’t get any offers, so he
had to work as a construction worker, driver, and even a postman, while his mother worked
as a nanny or waitress.
This meant that her childhood was rather poor and they only survived on social assistance.
Winslet admitted that they had awful constantly broken down cars, and up to the age of 11,
she was wearing used shoes.
Of course, they didn’t have any money for the vacation, as she only got 10 pence a week
as pocket money.
Despite the difficult experience, the parents encouraged their children in their passion
for acting.
Already in elementary school, Kate took part in performances and amateur plays at the local
youth theater.
At the age of 11, she entered the Redroofs Theater School in Maidenhead.
The school also functions as an agency and often took students to auditions in London.
This gave Kate an opportunity to appear in the cereals commercial and tried herself in
dubbing foreign films.
However, due to her weight and appearance, she faced painful criticism.
One of Winslet’s teachers said that Kate had a chance of building a career in acting
if she was okay with only taking the roles of fat characters!
Other students called her "chubby", closing her in a locker and laughing at her.
Many years later the actress at We Day UK mentioned her unpleasant experiences, but
she also commented proudly that it didn’t break her down and she continued fighting
for her dreams.
She added that she learned to accept herself and she now motivates others to do it too.
That's why in 2003 she criticized the GQ magazine and Vogue in 2013 for photoshopping her body
to make it look slimmer in pictures.
The actress admitted that she doesn’t tolerate such manipulations, and when they happen,
she makes a loud scandal out of them.
In an interview with The Today Show, Winslet admitted that her amazing career, healthy
children and happy life are her own kind of sweet revenge!
Because she had to accept a lot of rejections and go for small roles numerous times before
she finally made her debut on the big screen in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures.
A year later, Kate performed as Marianne Dashwood in Anga Lee's Sense and Sensibility, for which
she received her first Oscar nomination.
Kate has become a real celebrity immediately after the premiere of Titanic.
The role of Rose DeWitt Bukater was originally rejected by Gwyneth Paltrow and Claire Danes,
and the director was looking for an actress in the style of Audrey Hepburn.
Meanwhile, Winslet buried Cameron with letters, and after the audition, she sent him roses
with a note saying From your Rose.
Somehow she managed to convince James and he gave her the role.
The film became a worldwide success, and it opened the door to the international film
industry for the 22-year-old actress.
Also, it brought her the second Oscar nomination.
Years later, Winslet shared how shocked she was because the fame came to the actress so
out of blue!
Kate continued to work hard.
Unlike her co-star, Leonardo Dicaprio, who’s still her friend today, Winslet chose to work
on low-budget but ambitious productions.
She appeared in Quills, Iris and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The actress claims that working with Jim Carrey helped her to truly show all her skills and
that thanks to him she got the role in The Reader, for which she finally got the Academy
award.
But her complete filmography full of successes and her stormy private life is too much to
cover in one video!
Kate Winslet, despite being criticized for appearance, exaggerated perfectionism, even
for public appearances and unusual private life, is still on fire!
And probably she’s not considered as the most beautiful figure!
She’s definitely the most hardworking actress, who loves and respects her work!
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