Kate Elizabeth Winslet born 5 October 1975.She is an English actress and singer. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader (2008). She has won awards from the Screen Actors Guild, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association among others, and has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award for television acting, winning once for her role as Mildred Pierce in the 2011 mini-series of the same name. In 2012 she received the Honorary Cesar Award for her life and acting career.

Brought up in Berkshire, Winslet studied drama from childhood, and began her career in British television in 1991. She made her film debut in Heavenly Creatures (1994), for which she received her first notable critical praise. She achieved recognition for her subsequent work in a supporting role in Sense and Sensibility (1995) and for her leading role in Titanic (1997), the highest-grossing film at the time.

Since 2000, Winslet's performances have continued to draw positive comments from film critics, and she has been nominated for various awards for her work in such films as Quills (2000), Iris (2001), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Little Children (2006), The Reader (2008) and Revolutionary Road (2008). Her performance in the last of these prompted New York magazine critic David Edelstein to describe her as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation".The romantic comedy The Holiday and the animated film Flushed Away (both 2006) are among the biggest commercial successes of her career.

Winslet was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2000. She has been included as a vocalist on some soundtracks of works she has performed in, and the single "What If" from the soundtrack for Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) was a hit single in several European countries.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left for Los Angeles for a weekend of events that include a polo match in Santa Barbara and a visit to Skid Row. Prince William and Kate launched the Calgary Stampede to wild cheering on Friday, then headed for Los Angeles, having endeared themselves to Canadian crowds with a skillful mix of royal pomp and playful informality on their first official trip abroad since marrying.

The pair, sporting white cowboy hats, waved from their car at crowds of well wishers lined 10 deep along the 2.8 mile parade route under sunny skies. They later joined hands and pushed a red button to launch the parade, one of the world's largest. The Calgary Stampede is a 10 day exhibition and rodeo that celebrates the western Canadian way of life.

Canada is the first official overseas trip for the couple since their April 29 wedding, and the newlyweds were cheered almost everywhere they went. They celebrated Canada Day with hundreds of thousands on Parliament Hill, did an impromptu walkabout in Quebec City, raced in dragon boats on bucolic Prince Edward Island and went canoeing in the wilds of the Northwest Territories.

A much talked about highlight was the race in Prince Edward Island when the prince's boat defeated Kate's. William's consoling hug and Kate's playful response, she shoved the prince as if to push him into the water, revealed their competitive, loving and fun side, and warmed Canadians' hearts.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge left for Los Angeles for a weekend of events that include a polo match in Santa Barbara and a visit to Skid Row. There was a moment on Thursday that almost amounted to a faux pas, when the young prince and his bride appeared to snub their western Canadian host by not donning white cowboy hats upon arrival at airport, a time honored Calgary tradition. But ruffled feathers were smoothed when the royal duo turned up for a rodeo show later in full western regalia, including the hats.

Well, this is different, the prince said with a laugh as he touched the tip of his cowboy hat at a reception Thursday night. We have been hugely struck by the diversity of this beautiful country: from Ottawa to Quebec from Prince Edward Island to the Northwest Territories and now the excitement of Calgary and what about these fantastic white hats. William said the nine day trip to Canada exceeded expectations and promised to return. The couple was decked out in western wear, with buttoned down shirts and jeans.