Kate Winslet believed that the small set they used helped them to develop their character's strained relationship. Hailing Winslet as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation", David Edelstein of "New York" magazine wrote that "there isn't a banal moment in Winslet's performance—not a gesture, not a word". To avoid a scheduling conflict with "Revolutionary Road", Winslet turned down an offer to star in "The Reader". After her replacement Nicole Kidman left the project due to her pregnancy, Winslet was signed to it. Directed by Stephen Daldry, "The Reader" is based on Bernhard Schlink's novel "Der Vorleser" and is about Hanna
Kate Winslet "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) and "Steve Jobs" (2016). She has also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries for "Mildred Pierce" (2011), and the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for narrating the children's audiobook "Listen to the Storyteller" (1999). She is among the few actresses to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Kate Winslet Kate Elizabeth Winslet, (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. She is particularly known for her work in period dramas and tragedies, and is often drawn to portraying troubled women. Winslet is