Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. Winslet has been acclaimed for both dramatic and comedic work in projects ranging from period to contemporary films, and from major Hollywood productions to less publicised indie films. Raised in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. Since 2000, Winslet’s performances have continued to draw positive comments from film critics, and she has been nominated for various awards for her work in such films as Quills (2000), Iris (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), The Reader (2008) and Revolutionary Road (2008). At the age of 12, Winslet appeared in a television advertisement directed by filmmaker Tim Pope for Sugar Puffs cereal. in 1992, Winslet attended a casting call for Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures in London. She won the role over 175 other girls.
Contagion: Watch Gwyneth Paltrow Get Sick and Die [Video] Here’s the trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Contagion, in which Gwyneth Paltrow plays the Patient Zero of an avian flu epidemic that [SPOILER ALERT] kills a lot of people. Including Gwyneth! No kale juice cleanses or hot stone massages are going to clear up this nasty little bug, no sir. As if that isn’t a selling point already, you get Matt Damon as her “grieving” husband (he’s so good, you almost believe him), Kate Winslet as a recovering Purellaholic, and Marion Cotillard as a sneeze-ballistics expert. And we haven’t even mentioned Jude Law or Morpheus yet! But whatever, the real breakout star of this movie is the bearded doctor who gets to say, “Your wife is dead.” That guy is about to become the most popular man on the planet. Congrats, dude! You made it. [via NYM] More » [link]
