Age: 50
female
Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born October 5, 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particularly period dramas, as well as for her portrayals of headstrong and complicated women, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Winslet studied drama at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age 15, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed soon after with her leading role in the epic romance Titanic (1997), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Titanic was the highest-grossing film at the time, after which she eschewed parts in blockbusters in favour of critically acclaimed period pieces, including Quills (2000) and Iris (2001). The science fiction romance Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), in which Winslet was cast against type in a contemporary setting, proved to be a turning point in her career, and she gained further recognition for her performances in Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), and The Reader (2008). For playing a former Nazi camp guard in the latter, she won the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winslet's portrayal of Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs (2015) won her another BAFTA Award, and she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performances in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown (2021). For her narration of a short story in the audiobook Listen to the Storyteller (1999), Winslet won a Grammy Award. She performed the song "What If" for the soundtrack of her film Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). A co-founder of the charity Golden Hat Foundation, which aims to create autism awareness, she has written a book on the topic, The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (2010). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. In 2012, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Divorced from film directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes, Winslet has been married to businessman Edward Abel Smith since 2012. She has a child from each marriage.
Kate Winslet
Agnes Warleigh
for Agnes Warleigh in Tale of Buryshire
Suggested by thecookieprincess
The story is set in medieval England, in a small Buryshire village. At the center of the story is the Bury family. Matthew Bury, owner of the largest farm in the village, is a serious and influential man. Jane Warleigh, a young and beautiful woman, becomes his second wife, even though she is much younger than he is. Jane Warleigh had to marry Matthew Bury because of her family's difficult financial situation. Her parents, Agnes and William, owned a small farm that went into debt due to crop failures and high taxes imposed by the local lord. Matthew Bury, as a wealthy and influential landlord, offered to pay off the Warleigh family's debts in exchange for Jane's hand. The desperate parents agreed to the deal, seeing it as the only way to save the family. Jane Warleigh, a young and beautiful woman, becomes his second wife, even though she is much younger than he is. Her beauty and youth arouse the interest of both Matthew and his son, Antony. The story shows the daily life of the villagers, their work in the fields, rituals and traditions. Family and love dramas play out in the background, and the Buryshire village becomes the arena of numerous conflicts and dilemmas.
