• Daughter Mia was born (in England) on the 12th October 2000, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces.

• Kate met husband, James Threapleton, on the set of her movie Hideous Kinky (1998), where he was working as an assistant director.

• Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children (2000).

• Turned down the Gwyneth Paltrow role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and the Jodie Foster role in Anna and the King (1999).

• Has very large feet and wears size 11 shoes.

• At age 11, she began attending the acting school Redroofs in Maidenhead, England, UK.

• Dated Rufus Sewell.

• Sister of Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet.

• The youngest actress ever to be nominated for two Academy Awards (for Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Titanic (1997)) (Aged 20 and 22 respectively). [1998]

• Dated Stephen Tredre. [1991-1995]

• Her first acting job was dancing with the Honey Monster in a commercial for Sugar Puffs cereal.

• Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Manchester Evening News Award for her theatre role in "What the Butler Saw" as Geraldine Barclay. [1994]

• Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. [1996]

• Younger brother, Joss.

• Parents: Roger Winslet (actor) and Sally Bridges-Winslet.

• After her first success in the film Heavenly Creatures (1994) a reviewer predicted that she would always be associated with that character, and would never be a big star.

• Recorded a song for the soundtrack for the movie Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001). Producers were so impressed at her efforts they have decided to release the ballad - called "What If?" - as a single. It reached the top ten in the UK. [June 2001]

• Announced that she and husband James Threapleton are splitting up. [3 September 2001]

• [November 2001] Confirms that she is dating director Sam Mendes.

• Purchased a $3 million (US) home in London with boyfriend (later husband) Sam Mendes.

• Holds a unique position in Academy Awards history: only twice have two actresses been nominated for playing the same role in the same film. The first was Gloria Stuart and Kate in Titanic (1997). The second was Judi Dench and Kate in Iris (2001/I).

• Married director Sam Mendes in a private ceremony whilst on holiday in the West Indies in May, 2003.

• Daughter Mia's name is Italian for "mine".

• Has sung in 5 of her films

• Prefers to wear boots rather than ordinary shoes because it makes her feel that her feet are "firmly on the ground."

• Missed the premiere of Titanic (1997) because she was attending the funeral of close friend and former boyfriend, Stephen Tredre.

• Son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on December 22, 2003, in New York, and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces.

• Resides in both London, England and New York City, America.

• Has a nephew, George.

• Sprained her ankle on the set of Romance & Cigarettes (2005) in May 2004.

• She sold her North London home in Belsize Park to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.

• Was considered for the role of Bridget in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) but it was then decided she was too young to portray the role.

• On the day she had to film the straightjacket scene in Hamlet (1996), she learned she had won the role of Rose in Titanic (1997).

• While serving as host of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) one week after Ashlee Simpson's "recorded song malfunction," she opened the show by singing and dancing live.

• Bust size 1996 - 34C.

• Born in the same year and on the same day as Parminder Nagra.

• Is the first actress to receive four Oscar nominations before turning 30.

• Recently bought a home in New York City. Her main home, however, is in Cotswolds, England.

• Was born in the same hospital as her husband, Sam Mendes.

• Filmed her 2005 American Express commercial in Camden Town, London, England.

• First screen kiss was with Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures (1994).

• Her performance as Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) is ranked #81 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

• Her daughter Mia had to be delivered by Cesearian section which made Kate feel she hadn't given birth properly. She only admitted to it after giving birth to her son Joe (who had been delivered naturally).

• Was offered the role of Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).

• Offered the role of Teresa in The Constant Gardener (2005) but turned it down to do Finding Neverland (2004).

• Kate married Sam Mendes, who was the childhood friend of Tom Hollander, with whom he went to Cambridge University and directed him in several plays. Tom and Kate were both in the film Enigma (2001).

• Very close friends with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

• Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Premiere Magazine for Sense and Sensibility (1995)). [1995]

• Won Best Film Actress, Smash Hits Magazine. [1998]

• Won Sexiest Actress, Entertainment Insider Awards. [1998]

• Won Film Actress of the Year, Variety Club of Great Britain. [1999]

• Nominated for Best Actress, Roughcut.com Internet Movie Award for for Holy Smoke (1999). [2000]

• When interviewed on _Good Morning America_ to promote her film _The Holiday (2006)_ , they surprised her by showing a clip which was supposedly Winslet on the Sugar Puff Commercial in 1987. However, the girl in the clip shown was not her. Winslet did not point out the error because she did not want to embarrass the researcher and get the person fired. She was then praised by the media for her caring and consideration of other people. [2006]