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Kate Winslet had the luxury accorded to few
actors of bursting onto the scene with immediate success. The young
Brit quickly captured the attention of cinema lovers across the globe.
This is not to say that she didn't have to work at her craft first.
Winslet comes from a long line of actors. Her parents are stage actors,
her maternal grandparents managed a repertory theater, and her late
uncle Robert Bridges acted in several West End productions; so you
could say that acting is in her blood. Winslet also started her career
on the stage in many diverse productions. She then moved to television
and appeared in several television programs, most notably Dark Season
and Get Back.
It was shortly after Get Back that she burst onto the international
scene with her role in New Zealander Peter Jackson's independent film,
Heavenly Creatures. She won the Best Foreign Actress Award at the
New Zealand Film and Television Awards. While the role demonstrated
her passion for her craft and her astounding acting abilities, her
next role didn't quite match up. She appeared in the Disney film,
A Kid in King Arthur's Court.
However, after that failure she bounced right back with a string
of period pieces. She fell in with the likes of Kenneth Branagh and
Emma Thompson, the king and queen of period pieces. She appeared in
Thompson's Sense and Sensibility for which she earned an Oscar nomination
and won an SAG award, Branagh's Hamlet as Ophelia, as well as Sue
in Jude, an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
With the danger of being typecast in mind, Winslet has chosen to
make a departure from Victorian era adaptations and move closer to
present day. She secured herself a role in James Cameron's much anticipated
Titanic, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. While the film is still a period
piece it was a big step in the right direction. When you consider
that it also happens to be the most successful movie of all time,
it can’t help but have been a good move. The film also earned
her a second Oscar nomination.
Bigger and better things will definitely be forthcoming for Kate
Winslet. She brings sophistication and style to the world of young
actors and will definitely prove to be a notable name as the continues
to mature. Rather than continue with big budget blockbusters, she
has returned to small independent films which allow her to really
use her remarkable talent to full effect .Kate
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