Kate Winslet’s dating history

Kate Elizabeth Winslet is a British actor, born on October 5, 1975, in Berkshire, England. She has been interested in acting since a young age, always participating in school plays and local theatre productions. Kate got accepted into Redroofs Theatre School at the age of 11, where she performed a lot of plays. She started her career with a role in the TV show Dark Season in 1990. Kate made her film debut with Heavenly Creatures in 1994. She portrayed Juliet Hulme, a teenager involved in a notorious murder case, and received praise for her performance.

Over the years, she has given critically acclaimed performances and also won many awards, including 5 Golden Globe Awards, 5 BAFTA awards, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Winslet got international recognition for playing Rose in Titanic (1997). She has also been part of many projects like Sense and Sensibility (1995), Quills (2000), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), The Holiday (2006), Revolutionary Road (2008), The Dressmaker (2015), etc. Her personal life and relationships have been in the spotlight since early in her career.

Stephen Tredre

Stephen Tredre was a British actor and writer. He met Kate on the set of Dark Season (1991). Kate was just 15 when she was in a relationship with Stephen. They were together for five years before they broke up in 1995. In an interview with Sunday’s Parade magazine, Kate said, "He was the most important person in my life, next to my family.” Kate was fond of Stephen, and she was devastated when he died in 1997. She shared with the magazine, "I had a lot of pain, and I was confused about who I was." She didn’t even attend the Titanic (1997) premiere as she was at Stephen's funeral.

Jim Threapleton

Jim Threapleton is a British film director and writer. Kate and Jim met on sets of the film Hideous Kinky (1997). Jim was the assistant director of the film. They dated for a year and got married in November 1998, at her local family church. They also have a daughter together, named Mia, born on 12 October 2000. Their marriage was short-lived as they got divorced a year after their daughter’s birth. She shared about her failed marriage in an interview with Index, saying, “My relationship with Mia’s dad was a mess. In the last year and a half of our marriage, I became a completely different person. I was isolated from my family and my friends.”

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes is a British director, screenwriter, and producer. Sam and Kate met when he offered her roles in his play. The 2 plays he was doing were the Donmar Double Bill of Uncle Vanya and Twelfth Night. Although Kate did not do the role, she did end up dating him. In 2008, in an interview with Vanity Fair, she said, "Didn't want to do the plays, definitely wanted to get his phone number." They got married on the island of Anguilla, in May 2003. They had their son Joe Mendes later that year. They eventually decided to part ways and filed for divorce in 2010. After divorce, in an interview with Britain’s OK! Magazine, she said, “It’s not the easiest situation being a single mother, but Sam has been very good in helping me with the kids.”

Edward Abel Smith

Edward Abel Smith is a businessman and nephew of billionaire businessman Richard Branson. They met each other when Kate was on vacation at Branson's private island. Richard Branson introduced them to each other. They started dating soon, keeping it private. A year later, they got engaged in private, and in the same year, they got married in December 2012, in New York, with a few family members and friends including her long-time friend Leonardo DiCaprio. They also welcomed their son Bear Blaze Winslet in 2013, a year after their marriage. In an interview in 2015, with WSJ magazine she said, “Thank God for Ned—really. He’s just so incredibly supportive, and he’s so much fun. He’s absolutely everything to me. And to all of us.”