![]() Heavenly Creatures (1994)Īfter a string of appearances in several BBC TV shows (shout-out to Dark Season and/or Get Back fans), Winslet made her feature-film debut in Peter Jackson’s deliciously twisted Heavenly Creatures. ![]() Her own boldness constantly helps reshape the way we understand, say, a rebellious English girl sailing aboard the Titanic, or a young gifted writer with a zest for life.Īs her return to television in HBO’s addictive new murder-mystery drama Mare of Easttown ushers in renewed attention on the gifts of one of her generation’s greatest actors, we’re counting down the British actress’s essential performances. Such a modern vision of female interiority is perhaps why she’s so drawn to - and so excels in - period pieces they’ve offered her a chance to wrestle her characters away from their historical frames. But that also means it’s just as easy to forget why we do so.įrom Shakespearean tragedies and Austen dramas to Kaufman romances and Sorkin triptychs, Winslet has assembled a truly eclectic filmography full of daring performances of complicated women who refuse to let themselves be defined by their circumstances. Considering she received her first Oscar nomination when she was just 20 years old (with an additional six nominations and one win in its wake), it’s hard to think back to a time when she wasn’t lauded for her work. ![]() There’s a lived-in quality to the women Winslet brings to the screen to talk about them as “fully fleshed out” feels all too literal. The actress’s magnetism, deployed so often in romantic dramas to full effect (who wouldn’t fall for her?), is the kind that feels both ineffable and wholly grounded. There is something about Kate Winslet that draws you in.
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