Kate Winslet was born on 5 October 1975 in Reading. An English actress born in Reading, Winslet first attracted notice in Heavenly Creatures and then in Sense and Sensibility, which earned her an Oscar nomination. She became a global star as Rose in Titanic in 1997, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. She has since built a career choosing demanding roles, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Revolutionary Road and The Reader, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2009. She also won an Emmy for the television drama Mare of Easttown and returned for Avatar: The Way of Water. She has been outspoken about body image and the treatment of women in the film industry.
Before and after
- 27 August 1975Death of Haile Selassie I
- 9 September 1975Launch of Viking 2
- 17 September 1975Birth of Jimmie Johnson
- 30 September 1975Discovery of Themisto
- 5 October 1975Birth of Kate Winslet
- 5 October 1975Origins of Swedish Hockey League
- 11 October 1975Premiere of Saturday Night Live
- from 30 October 1975 to 6 September 1991Western Sahara War
- 31 October 1975Bohemian Rhapsody
More in Art, literature & culture
- 17 August 1945Publication of Animal Farm
- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- 1960Construction of Aswan Dam
- 1978Publication of Garfield
- 2004Construction of Cam Ranh International Airport
- from 24 September 2007 to 16 May 2019Premiere of The Big Bang Theory
The era
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