– Fainted during a scene in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND where she and co-star Jim Carrey are in an oversized kitchen sink, because the tub was too hot.
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– Says she lied stating her daughter Mia was born naturally because she felt a failure. She said, I just said I had a natural birth because I was so completely traumatized by the fact I hadn't given birth. I felt like a complete failure.
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– Plans a yoga trip to India with her family, in a bid to rediscover her inner spirit. (March 4, 2004)
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– Winslet has confirmed she and director beau Sam Mendes have married but admits their decision to exchange wedding vows was a spontaneous one. (June 11, 2003)
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– Winslet has become the latest actress to be seduced by the idea of appearing in a musical -- She is the most recent signing to John Turturro's new film, ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES, that will feature all its stars singing and dancing and will be produced by the director's good friends Joel and Ethan Coen. (May 20, 2003)
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– Winslet is holding herself responsible for the media's obsession with her weight ? She admitted Monday that she raised the issue of her size at the start of her career because she felt the pressure on actresses to be slim was insane. (February 20, 2003)
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– Winslet has slammed a British magazine after it went too far by airbrushing out her curves after a sexy photo shoot -- Winslet has previously defended women's rights to look as they like. This is me, like it or lump it. I had to starve myself for TITANIC and it just wasn't me. I'm not a twig and I refuse to be one. I'm happy with the way I am. I'm not like American film stars. I'm naturally curvy. (January 14, 2003)
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– Winslet and Sam Mendes' hopes of buying a Manhattan love nest have been dashed - residents of a co-op building have refused to let them move onto their sprawling apartment block. The apartment owners apparently thought Kate was too famous to live there and believed the couple would not help with communal activities.
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– Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. (1996)
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– The youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards. (SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, 1995, and TITANIC, 1997)
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– Announced that she and husband James Threapleton are splitting up. (September 3, 2001)
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– Purchased a rural home in Southern England for 1.75 million. (August 2000)
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– Recorded a song for the soundtrack for the movie CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MOVIE (2001). (June 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.
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– Has very large feet and wears size 10 shoes.
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– Her first acting job was dancing with the Honey Monster in a commercial for Sugar Puffs cereal.
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– Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award for her role in WHAT THE BUTLER SAW.
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– Was forced to use the men's bathroom backstage at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday - because the queue for the ladies' was too long. The British actress admits she guzzled too much water during the ceremony in preparation for her presentation of the film clip of Best Film nominee LORD OF THE RINGS.
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– Grew up in a family rich in theatrical talent and background.
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– Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in ANNA AND THE KING (1999).
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– After finding out that she had to be naked in front of DiCaprio, she decided to break the ice, and when they first met, she flashed him.
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– On a fellow actor's advice, she drank 3 vodka-and-tonics for a scene involving her being drunk in HOLY SMOKE (1999).
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– She didn't even audition for the role of Ophelia in HAMLET (1996). Winslet had previously auditioned for the Helena Bonham Carter role in Branagh's Frankenstein, and Branagh was so impressed, he offered her the role in Hamlet without so much as a reading.
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– Starring as Ophelia, she learned on the day that she had to shoot the mad scene in a straight jacket, that she had just been given the role of Rose in TITANIC (1997).
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– The scene in which Rose meets Jack to thank him for saving her life was improvised by the two actors at James Cameron's request, and the spitting scene was almost all ad-lib. Cameron also credits Winslet with writing the heart-wrenching This is where we first met line during the final sinking, as well as suggesting Rose spit in Cal's face rather than (as scripted) jab him with a hairpin (TITANIC-1997).
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– Winslett and assistant director James Threapleton met on the set of HIDEOUS KINKY (1998) production in Morocco. They got married in November 1998.
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– Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at Academy Awards for IRIS (2002)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for IRIS (2002)
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– Nominated for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role at BAFTA Awards for IRIS (2002)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for QUILLS (2001)
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– Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for TITANIC (1998) - shared with Leonardo DiCaprio
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– Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for TITANIC (1998) - shared with Leonardo DiCaprio
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– Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for TITANIC (1998)
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for TITANIC (1998)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards for TITANIC (1998)
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– Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for TITANIC (1998)
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