Photos: Happy Birthday, Kate Winslet: Through the Years [PHOTOS]
By Peggy Truong | Oct 05, 2011 12:26 PM EDT
Kate Winslet is having a great year. In August, the British actress was deemed an instant hero when she saved Richard Branson's mother from a burning house while vacationing with the Virgin tycoon and his family in the Caribbean.
In September, Winslet received a Primetime Emmy Award for her role of the title character in the HBO miniseries, "Mildred Pierce." In the same month, she appeared alongside a star-studded cast in the Steven Soderbergh virus thriller, "Contagion."
On Wednesday, Winslet celebrates her 36th birthday.
From "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) to "Titanic" (1997), "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004) to "Revolutionary Road" (2008), Winslet remains one of the hardest working and most respected actresses in Hollywood.
Her illustrious career has also earned her six Academy Award nominations. In 2008, Winslet won the coveted golden man for her role in "The Reader."
Winslet, who separated from director Sam Mendes in 2010 after a seven-year marriage, recently spoke about her new lease on life.
"I do truly feel that I'm back . . . I feel that I'm just at the beginning of a new narrative, and it's incredibly exciting. It's complicated, I know, and uncertain - but it's where life happens, between the cracks. It can be a painful process, but I truly hope that never stops for me," she told Harper's Bazaar.
Winslet next appears with Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly in "Carnage," based on the Yasmina Reza play "God of Carnage." The film comes out Dec. 16.
Here's a photo tribute to Kate Winslet, birthday girl.
Actress Kate Winslet arrives for the screening of 'The Reader' during the 59th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, February 6, 2009.
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Actresses Emma Thompson (L) and Kate Winslet received Golden Globe Award nominations as best drama actress and best supporting actress,respectively for their roles in the film "Sense and Sensibility" December 21, 1995.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in a scene from the film "Titanic," an epic, action packed romance set against the ill-fated voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic.
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"Titanic" stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio pose at Paramount Pictures post-Golden Globe Awards party January 18, 1998 in Beverly Hills. "Titanic" won as best motion picture, drama and for best director for James Cameron.
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Actress Kate Winslet, star of the drama film " Holy Smoke", poses at the film's Los Angeles premiere January 12, 2000 in Hollywood. The film is about a young Australian woman who travels to India in search of the exotic
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British actress Kate Winslet and her husband Jim Threapleton show off their baby daughter Mia in the official handout picture released 16 October 2000. The 25-year-old actress was due to return home today with baby Mia who weighed 8lb 9oz after she was born at an undisclosed London hospital last Thursday.
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British actress Kate Winslet poses for photographers with her "Golden Camera" awards of a German TV-magazine after a ceremony at Berlin's "Schauspielhaus" theatre February 6, 2001.
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British actress Kate Winslet and her baby Mia leave their home in north London September 4, 2001. Winslet, star of the blockbuster movie "Titanic", has separated from her film director husband Jim Threapleton after less than three years of marriage. "No other parties are involved in this amicable and respectful separation. Their daughter Mia will remain the first priority for both of them," Winslet's spokesman, Robert Garlock, said in a statement released late on Monday. The announcement will come as a shock to many who perceived Winslet's marriage to Threapleton as the picture of domestic bliss.
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British actress Kate Winslet, star of the film "Iris," arrives at the Oscar nominee luncheon March 11, 2002 in Beverly Hills. Winslet is nominated as best supporting actress for her role in the film.
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Actress Kate Winslet, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film "Iris," arrives with boyfriend and director Sam Mendes at the 74th annual Academy Awards March 24, 2002 in Hollywood.
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British cast member Kate Winslet arrives at the DVD launch party for the film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,' in Los Angeles, September 23, 2004.
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US actor Johnny Depp and U.K actor Kate Winslet arrive for the U.K charity premiere of 'Finding Neverland' in central London, October 17, 2004.
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Actress Kate Winslet, star of the film "Finding Neverland" poses as she arrives at the 10th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California, January 10, 2005.
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British actress Kate Winslet is the brand ambassador for Longines and is ranked sixth.
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British actress Kate Winslet arrives for the premiere of 'All the King's Men' in New Orleans, Louisiana September 16, 2006.
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Actress Kate Winslet arrives for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards at the Royal Opera House in London February 11, 2007.
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British actress Kate Winslet, a best actress nominee for the film "Little Children," arrives at the 79th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 25, 2007.
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Cast member Kate Winslet poses at the premiere of the movie "Revolutionary Road" at the Mann Village theatre in Westwood, California December 15, 2008.
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and actress Kate Winslet pose as she arrives for the European premiere of Revolutionary Road in Leicester Square in London January 18, 2009.
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Actress Kate Winslet, nominated for best actress for her role in "The Reader" arrives at the nominees luncheon for the 81st annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California February 2, 2009.
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Actress Kate Winslet arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the movie 'The Reader' of the 59th Berlinale film festival in Berlin, February 6, 2009.
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British actress Kate Winslet arrives for the 2009 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House, in London February 8, 2009.
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British actress Kate Winslet poses with her Bambi award for best international actress during the 61st Bambi media awards ceremony on Nov. 26, 2009, in Potsdam, Germany.
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British actress Kate Winslet poses at the 82nd Academy Awards in Hollywood March 7, 2010.
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Cast member Kate Winslet arrives at the premiere of the HBO Miniseries "Mildred Pierce" in New York City March 21, 2011.
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Actress Kate Winslet , cast member in the movie "Carnage", waves as she arrives at the Film Cinema's Place in Venice during the 68th Venice Film Festival September 1, 2011.
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Actress Kate Winslet arrives with Guy Pearce (C) and Evan Rachel Wood (L) during a red carpet of their TV miniseries "Mildred Pierce" by director Todd Haynes at the Film Cinema's Place at the 68th Venice Film Festival September 2, 2011.
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Actress Kate Winslet accepts the Emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or movie for "Mildred Pierce" at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 18, 2011.
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