Kate Winslet

British actress Kate Winslet displays her CBE, for services to drama, which was awarded to her by Queen Elizabeth II, during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in central London, Nov. 21, 2012.

Actress Kate Winslet of "Mildred Pierce" poses in the press room after winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie during the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 18, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Actress Kate Winslet attends the "Carnage" premiere at the Palazzo Del Cinema during the 68th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 1, 2011, in Venice, Italy.

Actress Kate Winslet accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "The Reader" at the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. It was her first Oscar and her sixth nomination.

Winslet poses with the two Golden Globe Awards she won - for Best Actress (Drama) for "Revolutionary Road," and Best Supporting Actress for "The Reader" - backstage at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 11, 2009.

In 2008, Winslet appeared in two acclaimed literary adaptations: reteaming with "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio as a struggling 1950s couple in "Revolutionary Road"; and a woman who has an affair with a younger man in post-war Germany in "The Reader."

Kate Winslet arrives at the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. After her marriage to James Threapleton, she began a relationship with director Sam Mendes. They wed on May 24, 2003, and separated in 2010. She and Mendes have a son, Joe Alfie. Winslet also has a daughter, Mia Honey, from her marriage to Threapleton.

Actress Kate Winslet arrives at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts tea party held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Jan. 14, 2007, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Born Oct. 5, 1975, in Reading, Berkshire, England, Winslet caught the drama bug early. Both her parents are actors and her grandfather managed a repertory theater company.

Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Kate Winslet pose for photographers at the world premiere of their film, "The Holiday," in New York on Nov. 29, 2006.

Director Todd Field and actress Kate Winslet attend the London premiere of "Little Children" Oct. 25, 2006. Her first major movie role was Juliet Hulme in "Heavenly Creatures" (1994). She was working part-time in a deli and was in the midst of making a sandwich when she got the phone call, notifying her that she had won the part.

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Below are glimpses of Winslet in, clockwise from top left: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004); as a suburban mom who has an affair with stay-at-home dad Patrick Wilson in "Little Children" (2006); "Romance and Cigarettes" (2005); and "Finding Neverland" with Johnny Depp (2004).

Kate Winslet met her first husband, James Threapleton, on the set of the movie "Hideous Kinky" (1998), where he was working as an assistant director. Here, on a break from filming Sept. 22, 1998, Threapleton holds a camera with his right hand and Winslet with his left hand as they make their way through Delhi's Paharganj bazaar. They divorced in 2001.

Director James Cameron is flanked by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio after Cameron won the award for best director for "Titanic" at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 18, 1998. "Titanic" also won best film in the drama category.

While making "Titanic," directed by James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet became good friends. Her other leading men have included Geoffrey Rush ("Quills"), Jim Carrey ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," for which she was nominated for another Oscar), and Johnny Depp ("Finding Neverland").

Kate Winslet starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in "Titanic" (1997) and was nominated for a best actress Oscar. (The movie itself was nominated for 14 Academy Awards.)

Kate Winslet was nominated for an Oscar for the first time in 1996, when she was up for best supporting actress for her role as Marianne Dashwood in "Sense and Sensibility." Here, she arrives for the Oscar ceremony March 25, 1996.