Her role in Titanic catapulted her to stardom.
Kate Winslet is one of the most well-known and highly appreciated British actors and actresses.
The Titanic actress was born into a low-income family where her mother worked as a nanny and waiter, and her father was a rising actor.
Despite her A-list popularity, the celebrity always remembers her roots in Reading, where she was born.
Mary Berry gives an intimate tour of her 2.6 million pound mansion.
Away from prying eyes, the celebrity now resides in Sussex, where she purchased a coastal home in 2015. She leads a very solitary existence there.
As a child, Winslet attended St. Mary and All Saints’ Church primary school on Wensley Road, Reading’s Coley Park neighbourhood.
She shared an apartment on Oxford Road with her mother, father, and two sisters, Anna and Beth, who aspired to be performers.
Beth has appeared in several television episodes, films, and short films, including The Shadow Within and The Hybrid. Her older sister, Anna, currently manages a small theatre production company.
Kate studied at the Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. During her time as a student, she participated in school performances of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe, and Peter Pan.
Winslet also performed in hundreds of theatre shows with Reading’s Starmaker Theatre Company.
Her first job in the entertainment world was in a television commercial for Sugar Puffs.
Winslet has approximately 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry and is estimated to be worth more than £50 million.
Her most well-known roles include Rose in Titanic and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility.
This year, the actress also received an Emmy for her performance as Mare Sheehan in the play Mare of Easttown.
Winslet had lived in West Wittering since 2015 when she sold her penthouse in New York City for a home on the English coast. This contrasts the typical Hollywood lifestyle, in which actors live in Beverly Hills homes.
The Oscar winner resides in a four-million-dollar house with eight bedrooms.
Winslet erected an underground swimming pool, a pool house, and a garage after settling into the Grade II-listed property.
She even considered building a massive seawall to preserve the area, but after receiving pushback from various environmental groups, she opted against it.
