Editing Kate Winslet (section)

==Career==
===Early work and breakthrough (1994–1996)===
Winslet was among 175 women to audition for [[Peter Jackson]]'s psychological drama ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]'' (1994), and was cast after impressing Jackson with the intensity she brought to her part.<ref name="Sibley2006">{{cite book |last = Sibley |first = Brian |title = Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ljcdAQAAIAAJ |year = 2006 |publisher = HarperCollins Entertainment |isbn = 978-0-00-717558-1 |page = 243 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104133/https://books.google.com/books?id=ljcdAQAAIAAJ |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref> The New Zealand-based production is based on the [[Parker–Hulme murder case]] of 1954, in which Winslet played [[Anne Perry|Juliet Hulme]], a teenager who assists her friend, Pauline Parker (played by [[Melanie Lynskey]]), in the murder of Pauline's mother. She prepared for the part by reading the transcripts of the girls' murder trial, their letters and diaries, and interacted with their acquaintances.<ref name="ways">{{cite news |last = Dening |first = Penelope |title = Winslet ways |work = [[Irish Times]] |url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/winslet-ways-1.33997 |date = 9 March 1996 |access-date = 26 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171101132225/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/winslet-ways-1.33997 |archive-date = 1 November 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> She has said she learnt tremendously from the job.<ref name="hrinterview" /> Jackson filmed in the real murder locations, and the experience left Winslet traumatised.<ref name="premiere">{{cite journal |title = The New Passions of Kate Winslet |journal = [[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |date = November 1999 |asin = B000A7IUZA |pages = 127–140 |last = Millea |first = Holly }}</ref> She found it difficult to detach herself from her character, and said that after returning home, she often cried.<ref name="ways" /> The film was a critical breakthrough for Winslet;<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heavenly_creatures/ |title = Heavenly Creatures |date = 16 November 1994 |publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date = 6 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141029003015/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/heavenly_creatures/ |archive-date = 29 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last = Masters |first = Tim |title = Kate Winslet: 'I wish I'd had help dealing with fame' |date = 3 April 2014 |publisher = BBC News |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26856910 |access-date = 26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027024550/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26856910 |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> [[Desson Thomson]], a reviewer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', called her "a bright-eyed ball of fire, lighting up every scene she's in".<ref>{{cite news |author = Howe, Desson |title = Heavenly Creatures |newspaper = The Washington Post |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heavenlycreaturesrhowe_a02149.htm |date = 25 November 1994 |access-date = 2 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319074913/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heavenlycreaturesrhowe_a02149.htm |archive-date = 19 March 2012}}</ref> Winslet recorded "Juliet's Aria" for the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web |title = Heavenly Creatures (Original Soundtrack) |url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heavenly-creatures-original-soundtrack/id385637044 |date = 1 January 1994 |publisher = [[BMG Rights Management]] |access-date = 6 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171106112553/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heavenly-creatures-original-soundtrack/id385637044 |archive-date = 6 November 2017}}</ref> Also that year, she appeared as Geraldine Barclay, a prospective secretary, in [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|the Royal Exchange Theatre]] production of [[Joe Orton]]'s farce ''[[What the Butler Saw (play)|What the Butler Saw]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title = Venice Preserved |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SGwIAQAAMAAJ |year = 1994 |journal = [[Plays and Players]] |page = 32 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104133/https://books.google.com/books?id=SGwIAQAAMAAJ |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref>

While promoting ''Heavenly Creatures'' in Los Angeles, Winslet auditioned for the minor part of Lucy Steele for a [[Sense and Sensibility (film)|1995 film adaptation]] of [[Jane Austen]]'s novel ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'', written by and starring [[Emma Thompson]]. Impressed by her reading, Thompson cast her in the much larger part of the recklessly romantic teenager [[Marianne Dashwood]].<ref name="one">{{cite news |last = Elias |first = Justine |title = Kate Winslet: No 'Period Babe' |date = 7 December 1995 |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/07/arts/film-kate-winslet-no-period-babe.html |access-date = 2 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111140645/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/07/arts/film-kate-winslet-no-period-babe.html |archive-date = 11 November 2012}}</ref> The director [[Ang Lee]] wanted Winslet to play the part with grace and restraint&mdash;aspects that he felt were missing from her performance in ''Heavenly Creatures''&mdash;and thus asked her to practise [[tai chi]], read [[gothic literature]], and learn to play the piano.<ref name="one" /> David Parkinson of ''[[Radio Times]]'' considered Winslet to be a standout among the cast, and [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' took note of how well she portrayed her character's growth and maturity.<ref>{{cite news |last = Parkinson |first = David |url = http://www.radiotimes.com/film/8hfz/sense-and-sensibility/ |title = Sense and Sensibility |work = Radio Times |access-date = 1 September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120829235909/http://www.radiotimes.com/film/8hfz/sense-and-sensibility |archive-date = 29 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="sfgate">{{cite news |url = http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Fine-Sensibility-Emma-Thompson-adapts-Jane-3018044.php |title = A fine 'Sensibility', Emma Thompson adapts Jane Austen's classic story |work = San Francisco Chronicle |date = 13 December 1995 |first = Mick |last = LaSalle |access-date = 31 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115337/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/A-Fine-Sensibility-Emma-Thompson-adapts-Jane-3018044.php |archive-date = 26 October 2012 }}</ref> The film grossed over $134&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=senseandsensibility.htm |title = Sense and Sensibility (1995) |publisher = [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date = 23 August 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120725111841/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=senseandsensibility.htm |archive-date = 25 July 2012 }}</ref> She won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Screen Actors Guild]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|British Academy Film Award]] for Best Supporting Actress, and received an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]] nomination in the same category.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title = The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher = [[Screen Actors Guild]] |access-date = 13 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140118090218/http://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/2nd-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date = 18 January 2014}}<br />{{cite news |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/emma-thompson-adds-bafta-to-oscar-trophies-1306175.html |title = Emma Thompson adds Bafta to Oscar trophies |first = Marianne |last = Macdonald |work = The Independent |location = UK |date = 22 April 1996 |access-date = 13 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126094103/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/emma-thompson-adds-bafta-to-oscar-trophies-1306175.html |archive-date = 26 January 2012}}<br />{{cite web |url = http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/68nominees.html |title = Nominees & Winners for the 68th Academy Awards |publisher = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date = 13 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155958/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/68nominees.html |archive-date = 1 February 2014 }}</ref> Also in 1995, Winslet featured in the poorly received [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] film ''[[A Kid in King Arthur's Court]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Nashawaty|first1=Chris|title=24 Stars' Worst Movies|url=https://ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/daniel-craig-a-kid-in-king-arthurs-court-1995|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=16 February 2018|date=2 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202832/http://ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/daniel-craig-a-kid-in-king-arthurs-court-1995/|archive-date=17 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Winslet had roles in two period dramas of 1996&mdash;''[[Jude (film)|Jude]]'' and ''[[Hamlet (1996 film)|Hamlet]]''. As with ''Heavenly Creatures'', her roles in these films were those of women with a "mad edge".<ref name="ways" /> In [[Michael Winterbottom]]'s ''Jude'', based on the novel ''[[Jude the Obscure]]'' by [[Thomas Hardy]], she played Sue Bridehead, a young woman with [[suffragette]] leanings who falls in love with her cousin, Jude (played by [[Christopher Eccleston]]). The critic [[Roger Ebert]] believed the part allowed Winslet to display her acting range, and praised her for the defiance she brought to the role.<ref>{{cite news |last = Ebert |first = Roger |url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jude-1996 |title = Jude Movie Review |date = 1 November 1996 |work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date = 26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026214703/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/jude-1996 |archive-date = 26 October 2017}}</ref> After unsuccessfully auditioning for [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s 1994 film ''[[Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (film)|Mary Shelley's Frankenstein]]'', she was cast in the part of [[Ophelia]], the doomed lover of the [[Prince Hamlet|title character]], in [[Hamlet (1996 film)|Branagh's adaptation]] of the [[William Shakespeare]] tragedy ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref name="one" /> Twenty-year-old Winslet was intimidated by the experience of performing Shakespeare with established actors such as Branagh and [[Julie Christie]], saying the job required a level of intellect that she thought she did not possess.<ref name="ways" /> Mike Jeffries of ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' believed that she had played the part "well beyond her years".<ref>{{cite news |last = Jeffries |first = Mike |url = https://www.empireonline.com/movies/hamlet-2/review/ |title = Hamlet Review |date = 1 January 1996 |work = Empire |access-date = 26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026215406/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/hamlet-2/review/ |archive-date = 26 October 2017}}</ref> Despite the acclaim, ''Jude'' and ''Hamlet'' earned little at the box office.<ref name="box office">{{cite web |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=katewinslet.htm |title = Kate Winslet Movie Box Office Results |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027024809/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=katewinslet.htm |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="rt">{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kate_winslet/ |title = Kate Winslet |publisher = Rotten Tomatoes |access-date = 26 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170830083345/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kate_winslet |archive-date = 30 August 2017}}</ref>

===Worldwide recognition and independent films (1997–2003)===
Winslet was keen on playing Rose DeWitt Bukater, a socialite aboard the ill-fated [[Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], in [[James Cameron]]'s epic romance ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997). Cameron was initially reluctant to cast her, preferring the likes of [[Claire Danes]] and [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], but she pleaded with him, "You don't understand! I am Rose! I don't know why you're even seeing anyone else!"<ref name="www.ew.com">{{cite magazine |title=Titanic|magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date = 24 January 2010 |pages = 1–7 |url = https://ew.com/article/1997/11/07/titanic-10/|date = 7 November 1997 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010192823/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290182,00.html |archive-date = 10 October 2008 }}</ref> Her persistence led him to give her the part.<ref name="www.ew.com" /> [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] featured as her love interest, Jack. ''Titanic'' had a production budget of $200&nbsp;million, and its arduous principal photography was held at [[Baja Studios]] where a replica of the ship was created.<ref name="unsinkable" /> Filming proved taxing for Winslet; she almost drowned, caught influenza, experienced hypothermia, and had bruises on her arms and knees. The workload allowed her only four hours of sleep per day and she felt drained by the experience.<ref>{{cite news |last = Gritten |first = David |title = Back From the Abyss |date = 11 May 1997 |work = Los Angeles Times |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-11-ca-57559-story.html |access-date = 27 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170204164303/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-11/entertainment/ca-57559_1_winslet-characterized-cameron |archive-date = 4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Perez |first = Lexy |title = Kate Winslet, Stephen Colbert Reenact 'Titanic' Ending |date = 1 December 2017 |work = The Hollywood Reporter |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-stephen-colbert-reenact-titanic-ending-1063389 |access-date = 23 June 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190623083554/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-stephen-colbert-reenact-titanic-ending-1063389 |archive-date = 23 June 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> Writing for ''[[Newsweek]]'', [[David Ansen]] commended Winslet for capturing her character's zeal with delicacy,<ref>{{cite news |last = Ansen |first = David |title = Rough Waters |date = 14 December 1997 |work = Newsweek |url = http://www.newsweek.com/rough-waters-170336 |access-date = 27 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161013103504/http://www.newsweek.com/rough-waters-170336 |archive-date = 13 October 2016}}</ref> and [[Mike Clark (critic)|Mike Clark]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' considered her to be the film's prime asset.<ref>{{cite news |last = Clark |first = Mike |title = Flashback: Read our original review of 'Titanic' |work = USA Today |url = https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2012-03-29/flashback-original-titanic-review/53870824/1 |access-date = 27 October 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170516160137/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2012-03-29/flashback-original-titanic-review/53870824/1 |archive-date = 16 May 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> Against expectations, ''Titanic'' went on to become the [[List of highest-grossing films|highest-grossing film]] to that point, earning over $2&nbsp;billion in box office receipts worldwide,<ref name="www.ew.com" /><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |title = Worldwide Grosses |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 18 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010716094602/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archive-date = 16 July 2001}}</ref> and established Winslet as a global star.<ref name="daft">{{cite news |last = Riding |first = Alan |title = For Kate Winslet, Being a Movie Star iIs 'a Bit Daft' |date = 12 September 1999 |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/movies/the-new-season-film-hollywood-for-kate-winslet-being-a-movie-star-iis-a-bit-daft.html |access-date = 27 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170103220103/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/movies/the-new-season-film-hollywood-for-kate-winslet-being-a-movie-star-iis-a-bit-daft.html |archive-date = 3 January 2017}}</ref> The film won eleven [[Academy Awards]]&mdash;tied for most for a single film&mdash;including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], and earned the 22-year-old Winslet a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Jason |last = Davis |title = Love story that won the heart of the Academy: The love story that stole the world's hearts |publisher = BBC News |access-date = 11 September 2007 |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/oscars/69009.stm |date = 24 March 1998 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080308052908/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/03/98/oscars/69009.stm |archive-date = 8 March 2008}}</ref> She also received [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|SAG]] nominations for Best Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/titanic|title=Titanic - Golden Globes|publisher=Golden Globes|access-date=13 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201154636/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/titanic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|publisher=Screen Actors Guild Awards|access-date=13 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501220959/https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards}}</ref>

Winslet did not view ''Titanic'' as a platform for larger salaries. She avoided parts in blockbuster films in favour of independent productions that were not widely seen, believing that she "still had a lot to learn" and was unprepared to be a star.<ref name="hrinterview" /><ref name="golden" /><ref name="box office" /> She later said her decision ensured career longevity.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news |last = Mackenzie |first = Suzie |title = Perfecting the illusion |date = 10 April 2004 |work = [[The Guardian]] |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/10/features.weekend |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027131442/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/apr/10/features.weekend |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> ''[[Hideous Kinky (film)|Hideous Kinky]]'', a low-budget drama shot before the release of ''Titanic'', was Winslet's sole film release of 1998.<ref name="hideous">{{cite news |last = Maslin |first = Janet |title = Life With Mother Can Be Erratic, to Say the Least |date = 16 April 1999 |work = The New York Times |url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E3D9153BF935A25757C0A96F958260 |access-date = 4 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120222094112/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A01E3D9153BF935A25757C0A96F958260 |archive-date = 22 February 2012}}</ref> She turned down offers to star in ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'' (1998) and ''[[Anna and the King]]'' (1999) to do the film.<ref>{{cite news |last = Wloszczyna |first = Susan |title = A Revolutionary Road for Titanic friends DiCaprio, Winslet |date = 23 December 2008 |work = USA Today |url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-22-dicaprio-winslet_N.htm |access-date = 4 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081228084039/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-22-dicaprio-winslet_N.htm |archive-date = 28 December 2008}}</ref> Based on the [[Hideous Kinky|semi-autobiographical novel]] by [[Esther Freud]], ''Hideous Kinky'' tells the story of a single British mother yearning for a new life in 1970s Morocco.<ref name="daft" /><ref name="hideous" /> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' credited Winslet for her decision to follow-up ''Titanic'' with such an offbeat project and highlighted how well she captured her character's "obliviousness and optimism".<ref name="hideous" />

[[Jane Campion]]'s psychological drama ''[[Holy Smoke!]]'' (1999) featured Winslet as an Australian woman who joins an Indian religious cult. She found the script brave and was challenged by the idea of playing an unlikeable, manipulative woman.<ref name="daft" /><ref name="guardian1" /> She learnt to speak with an Australian accent and worked closely with Campion to justify her character's vileness.<ref name="daft" /><ref>{{cite news |last = Gerrard |first = Nicci |title = Kate gets real |date = 12 March 2000 |work = The Guardian |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/12/niccigerrard |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181631/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/12/niccigerrard |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> The film required her to perform explicit sex scenes with co-star [[Harvey Keitel]], and featured a scene in which her character appears naked and urinates on herself.<ref name="daft" /><ref>{{cite news |last = Brook |first = Tom |title = Holy Smoke: Winslet's back |date = 5 November 1999 |publisher = BBC News |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/03/99/tom_brook/506621.stm |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027183815/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/03/99/tom_brook/506621.stm |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "Showing the kind of courage few young thesps would be capable of and an extraordinary range&nbsp;... from animal cunning to unhinged desperation, [Winslet] holds nothing back."<ref>{{cite news |last = Rooney |first = David |title = Holy Smoke |date = 7 September 1999 |work = Variety |url = https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/holy-smoke-1117752088/ |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027182234/http://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/holy-smoke-1117752088/ |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> That same year, she voiced a fairy for the animated film ''[[Faeries (1999 film)|Faeries]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title = Festive TV treat for Winslet fans |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/526260.stm |date = 18 November 1999 |publisher = BBC News |access-date = 5 February 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080308165128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/526260.stm |archive-date = 8 March 2008}}</ref> and won the [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children]] for narrating the short story "The Face in the Lake" for the children's audiobook ''Listen to the Storyteller''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Listen to the Storyteller – A Trio of Musical Tales from Around the World |url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/listen-to-storyteller-trio-musical-tales-from-around/158474154 |date = 17 August 1999 |publisher = [[Sony Classical Records]] |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028005618/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/listen-to-storyteller-trio-musical-tales-from-around/id158474154 |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="grammy">{{cite web |title = Grammy Award Results for Kate Winslet |url = https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/kate-winslet |publisher = [[The Recording Academy]] |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104133/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/kate-winslet |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref>

In ''[[Quills (film)|Quills]]'' (2000), a biopic of the erratic [[Marquis de Sade]], starring [[Geoffrey Rush]] and [[Joaquin Phoenix]], Winslet played the supporting role of a sexually repressed laundress working in a mental asylum.<ref>{{cite web |last = Allen |first = Jamie |title = 'Quills' scribe channels sadistic Sade |publisher = [[CNN]] |url = http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/15/quills/ |date = 15 December 2000 |access-date = 31 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070624092733/http://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/15/quills/ |archive-date = 24 June 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Thomas |first = Rebecca |title = Quills Ruffling Feathers |publisher = BBC News |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1081669.stm |date = 28 December 2000 |access-date = 27 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201013743/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1081669.stm |archive-date = 1 February 2008}}</ref> Hailing her as the "most daring actress working today", James Greenberg of ''[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]]'' magazine praised Winslet for "continuing to explore the bounds of sexual liberation".<ref name="Communications2000">{{Cite journal|last=Greenberg|first=James|title=Say Anything|journal=Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BF4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|date=November 2000|pages=54–55|issn=1522-9149|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104133/https://books.google.com/books?id=BF4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|archive-date=30 October 2017}}</ref> She received a SAG Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title = The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |year = 2001 |publisher = Screen Actors Guild Award |access-date = 22 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160317231639/http://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date = 17 March 2016}}</ref> The following year, she played a fictitious mathematician involved in the cracking of the [[Cryptanalysis of the Enigma|Enigma ciphers]] in [[Michael Apted]]'s espionage thriller ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]''. Winslet's character was vastly expanded from a subsidiary love-interest in the [[Enigma (novel)|novel]] it was based on to a prominent code-breaker in the film.<ref>{{cite news |last = Mottram |first = James |title = Interview – Kate Winslet |date = 20 August 2001 |publisher = BBC News |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/08/20/kate_winslet_interview.shtml |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070405145440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/08/20/kate_winslet_interview.shtml |archive-date = 5 April 2007}}</ref> She was pregnant while filming, and to prevent this from showing, she wore corsets under her costume.<ref>{{cite web |title = Winslet Hid Pregnancy Under Corsets |date = 20 August 2001 |publisher = [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=102917&page=1 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181508/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=102917&page=1 |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref>

The biopic ''[[Iris (2001 film)|Iris]]'' (2001) featured Winslet and [[Judi Dench]] as the novelist [[Iris Murdoch]] at different ages. The director [[Richard Eyre]] cast the two actresses after finding a "correspondence of spirit between them".<ref>{{cite news |last = Turan |first = Kenneth |title = Connecting with the Poignant 'Iris' |date = 14 December 2001 |work = Los Angeles Times |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-14-et-iris14-story.html |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151017162347/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/14/entertainment/et-iris14 |archive-date = 17 October 2015}}</ref> Winslet was drawn to the idea of playing an intellectual and zesty female lead, and in research, she read Murdoch's novels, studied [[John Bayley (writer)|her husband]]'s memoir ''[[Elegy for Iris]]'', and watched televised interviews of Murdoch.<ref name="iris">{{cite news |last = Youngs |first = Ian |title = The importance of being Iris |date = 24 February 2002 |publisher = BBC News |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1839316.stm |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027183740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1839316.stm |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> The project was filmed over four weeks and allowed Winslet to bring her daughter, who was six months old at the time, on set.<ref name="iris" /> Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Martin Amis]] remarked that "the seriousness and steadiness of [Winslet's] gaze effectively suggest the dawning amplitude of the Murdoch imagination".<ref>{{cite news |last = Amis |first = Martin |title = Age will win |date = 21 December 2001 |work = The Guardian |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/21/artsfeatures.fiction |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181327/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/21/artsfeatures.fiction |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> She received her third Oscar nomination for ''Iris'', in addition to BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress.<ref name="iris" /><ref>{{cite news |last = Irvine |first = Chris |title = Oscar nomination 2009: Kate Winslet will join list of great Oscar losers if she is defeated |date = 23 January 2009 |work = The Daily Telegraph |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4319387/Oscar-nomination-2009-Kate-Winslet-will-join-list-of-great-Oscar-losers-if-she-is-defeated.html |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100326172142/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4319387/Oscar-nomination-2009-Kate-Winslet-will-join-list-of-great-Oscar-losers-if-she-is-defeated.html |archive-date = 26 March 2010}}</ref>

Winslet's third film release of 2001 was the animated film ''[[Christmas Carol: The Movie]]'', based on [[Charles Dickens]]' [[A Christmas Carol|novel]]. For the film's soundtrack she recorded "[[What If (Kate Winslet song)|What If]]", which proved to be a commercial hit.<ref name="singer">{{cite news |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jun/25/news4 |title = Kate Winslet tunes up for a singing career |work = The Guardian |date = 25 June 2001 |access-date = 3 December 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131225063842/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jun/25/news4 |archive-date = 25 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1676426.stm |title = Winslet launches festive chart bid |publisher = BBC News |date = 26 November 2001 |access-date = 4 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170126073103/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1676426.stm |archive-date = 26 January 2017}}</ref> After a year-long absence from the screen, Winslet starred as a headstrong journalist interviewing a professor on [[death row]] in the thriller ''[[The Life of David Gale]]'' (2003). She agreed to the project to work with the director [[Alan Parker]], whom she admired, and believed the film raised pertinent questions about capital punishment.<ref>{{cite news |last = Lee |first = Alana |title = Kate Winslet: The Life of David Gale |date = 10 March 2003 |publisher = BBC News |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/03/10/kate_winslet_the_life_of_david_gale_interview.shtml |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060627025622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/03/10/kate_winslet_the_life_of_david_gale_interview.shtml |archive-date = 27 June 2006}}</ref> Mick LaSalle thought the film had muddled the subject and disliked both the film and Winslet's performance.<ref>{{cite news |last = LaSalle |first = Mick |title = Lack of mystery undermines 'David Gale' / Muddled treatise on death penalty |date = 21 February 2003 |work = San Francisco Chronicle |url = http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Lack-of-mystery-undermines-David-Gale-Muddled-2633168.php |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027181811/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Lack-of-mystery-undermines-David-Gale-Muddled-2633168.php |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref>

===Career progression (2004–2007)===
[[File:Kate Winslet 2006 Toronto.jpg|thumb|upright|Winslet at the [[2006 Toronto International Film Festival]]|alt=A casual Kate Winslet looks away from the camera.]]

To avoid [[typecasting]] in historical dramas, Winslet actively looked for roles in contemporary-set films.<ref name="age">{{cite news |last = Bunbury |first = Stephanie |title = Mother Superior |url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Mother-superior/2005/01/01/1104345034348.html |work = [[The Age]] |date = 2 January 2005 |access-date = 7 February 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218192000/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Film/Mother-superior/2005/01/01/1104345034348.html |archive-date = 18 February 2009}}</ref> She found it in the science fiction romance ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (2004), in which she played a neurotic and impetuous woman who decides to erase memories of her ex-boyfriend (played by [[Jim Carrey]]).<ref>{{cite news |last = Rosen |first = Christopher |title = Kate Winslet Remembers How 'Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind' Helped Change Her Career |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kate-winslet-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind_n_4989538|work = [[HuffPost]] |date = 19 March 2014 |access-date = 28 February 2020|url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232123/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/kate-winslet-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind_n_4989538 |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="eternal">{{cite news |title = Kate Winslet: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/kate-winslet-1117915626/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050314230754/http://www.variety.com/ac2005_article/VR1117915626?nav=actress&categoryid=1815 |archive-date = 14 March 2005 |last = Oei |first = Lily |date = 2 January 2005 |work = Variety |access-date = 28 February 2020}}</ref> Unlike her previous assignments, the role allowed her to display the quirky side to her personality.<ref name="index">{{cite news |last = Holmes |first = A.M. |title = Kate Winslet, 2004 |url = http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kate_winslet.shtml |work = [[Index Magazine]] |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170528054927/http://www.indexmagazine.com/interviews/kate_winslet.shtml |archive-date = 28 May 2017}}</ref> Gondry encouraged Winslet and Carrey to improvise on set, and to keep herself agile she practised kickboxing.<ref name="eternal" /> ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' proved to be a modest financial success and several critics have regarded it as one of the best films of the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news |title = Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |publisher = Box Office Mojo |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eternalsunshine.htm |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510065632/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eternalsunshine.htm |archive-date = 10 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |title = The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films |date = 23 August 2016 |publisher = BBC News |access-date = 16 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170131124228/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |archive-date = 31 January 2017}}<br />{{cite news |last1 = Dargis |first1 = Manohla |last2 = Scott |first2 = A.O. |title = The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far |url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html |work = The New York Times |date = 9 June 2017 |access-date = 8 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170708065541/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html |archive-date = 8 July 2017}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described it as a "uniquely funny, unpredictably tender and unapologetically twisted romance" and found Winslet to be "electrifying and bruisingly vulnerable" in it.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-91692/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080622052028/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5948633/review/5948634/eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind |archive-date = 22 June 2008 |last = Travers |first = Peter |date = 10 March 2004 |magazine = Rolling Stone |access-date = 28 February 2020 }}</ref> A journalist for ''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' magazine commended her for abandoning her "corseted [[English rose (epithet)|English rose]] persona", and ranked it as the 81st greatest film performance of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.premiere.com/List/The-100-Greatest-Performances-of-All-Time/The-100-Greatest-Performances-of-All-Time-100-75 |title = The 100 Greatest Performances of All Time: 100–75 |work = Premiere |access-date = 30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090331131542/http://www.premiere.com/List/The-100-Greatest-Performances-of-All-Time/The-100-Greatest-Performances-of-All-Time-100-75 |archive-date = 31 March 2009 }}</ref> Winslet considers it to be a favourite among her roles, and she received Best Actress nominations at the Oscar and BAFTA award ceremonies.<ref name="empire" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005 |title = Nominees & Winners for the 74th Academy Awards |year = 2005 |publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date = 22 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170502002335/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005 |archive-date = 2 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="today">{{cite web |url = https://www.today.com/popculture/bafta-gives-winslet-two-best-actress-nods-wbna6840150 |title = BAFTA gives Winslet two best actress nods |date = 19 January 2005 |work = [[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027233539/https://www.today.com/popculture/bafta-gives-winslet-two-best-actress-nods-wbna6840150 |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> She has said the film marked a turning point in her career and prompted directors to offer her a wide variety of parts.<ref name="hrinterview" />

Her next release of the year was the drama ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]'', about the relationship between [[J. M. Barrie]] (played by [[Johnny Depp]]) and the [[Llewelyn Davies boys]], which inspired Barrie to write [[Peter Pan]]. Winslet was paid £6&nbsp;million to play the boys' mother, [[Sylvia Llewelyn Davies|Sylvia]], and despite her reluctance to star in another period piece, she agreed to the project after empathising with Sylvia's love for her children.<ref>{{cite news |last = Irvine |first = Chris |title = Kate Winslet 'worth £60&nbsp;million' to British economy |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6524675/Kate-Winslet-worth-60-million-to-British-economy.html |work = The Daily Telegraph |date = 8 November 2009 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091111001845/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6524675/Kate-Winslet-worth-60-million-to-British-economy.html |archive-date = 11 November 2009}}</ref><ref name="age" /><ref>{{cite news |last = Hohenadel |first = Kristen |title = Behind the Writer Behind Peter Pan |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/movies/moviesspecial/behind-the-writer-behind-peter-pan.html |work = The New York Times |date = 7 November 2004 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027233027/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/movies/moviesspecial/behind-the-writer-behind-peter-pan.html |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> [[Ella Taylor]] of ''[[LA Weekly]]'' found her to be "radiant and earthy as ever", and [[CNN]]'s [[Paul Clinton]] thought she was "exceptional in a delicate and finely tuned performance".<ref>{{cite news |last = Taykor |first = Ella |title = The Other Dr. Strangelove |url = http://www.laweekly.com/film/the-other-dr-strangelove-2139063 |work = LA Weekly |date = 11 November 2004 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027233423/http://www.laweekly.com/film/the-other-dr-strangelove-2139063 |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last = Clinton |first = Paul |title = Review: 'Finding Neverland' a joy to see |url = http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/19/review.neverland/index.html |publisher = CNN |date = 19 November 2004 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160512121548/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/19/review.neverland/index.html |archive-date = 12 May 2016}}</ref> She received a second Best Actress nomination at that year's BAFTA Award ceremony.<ref name="today" /> With a box office gross of $116&nbsp;million, ''Finding Neverland'' became her most widely seen film since ''Titanic''.<ref name="box office" /><ref>{{cite web |title = Finding Neverland |publisher = Box Office Mojo |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingneverland.htm |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170405172502/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=findingneverland.htm |archive-date = 5 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2005, Winslet took on a guest role in an episode of the British comedy sitcom ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'', starring [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]]. She played a satirical version of herself in it&mdash;an actress, who in an effort to win an Oscar, takes the role of a nun in a [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] film.<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Ryan |first = Amy |title = Snap Judgment: 'Extras' |url = https://ew.com/article/2005/09/26/snap_judgment_e-2/ |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date = 26 September 2005 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232900/http://ew.com/article/2005/09/26/snap_judgment_e-2/ |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> She received a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] nomination.<ref name="emmy">{{cite web |title = Kate Winslet: Awards and nominations |publisher = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |url = https://www.emmys.com/bios/kate-winslet |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027234338/https://www.emmys.com/bios/kate-winslet |archive-date = 27 October 2017}}</ref> Within three months of giving birth to her second child, Winslet returned to work on ''[[Romance & Cigarettes]]'', a musical romantic comedy directed by [[John Turturro]], in which she played Tula, a promiscuous and foul-mouthed woman.<ref name="tula">{{cite news |title = Winslet swears by role |last = Schaefer |first = Stephen |date = 27 November 2007 |work = [[Boston Herald]] |page = 27 }}</ref> The part required her to sing and dance, and it helped her lose weight gained during the pregnancy.<ref name="age" /><ref>{{cite news |first = Stephen |last = Holden |title = Blue Collar Guy Loses His Heart and Ruins His Lungs |url = https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/movies/07roma.html |work = The New York Times |date = 7 September 2007 |access-date = 3 December 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090417032524/http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/movies/07roma.html |archive-date = 17 April 2009}}</ref> She twisted her ankle while filming one of the dance sequences.<ref name="age" /> [[Derek Elley]] of ''Variety'' wrote that despite her limited screen time, Winslet had "the showiest role and filthiest one-liners".<ref>{{cite news |last = Elley |first = Derek |title = Romance & Cigarettes |url = https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/romance-cigarettes-1200523448/ |date = 5 September 2007 |work = Variety |access-date = 7 February 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151104104121/http://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/romance-cigarettes-1200523448/ |archive-date = 4 November 2015}}</ref> She turned down an offer from [[Woody Allen]] to star in ''[[Match Point]]'' (2005) to spend more time with her children.<ref name="age" />

[[File:Kate Winslet at the BAFTAs 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Winslet at the [[60th British Academy Film Awards]] in 2007, where she received her fifth [[BAFTA Award]] nomination|alt=A profile view of Winslet as she speaks into a microphone.]]

Winslet had four film releases in 2006. She first appeared in ''[[All the King's Men (2006 film)|All the King's Men]]'', a political thriller set in 1940s [[Louisiana]], featuring [[Sean Penn]] and [[Jude Law]]. She played the supporting part of the love interest to Law's character.<ref name="empire">{{cite journal |title = In Conversation with Kate Winslet |journal = Empire |date = November 2006 |pages = 159–164 |last = Richards |first = Olly }}</ref> The film received negative reviews for its lack of political insight and narrative cohesiveness, and failed to recoup its $55&nbsp;million investment.<ref>{{cite web |title = All The King's Men (2006) |date = 22 September 2006 |publisher = Rotten Tomatoes |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_kings_men/ |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170830120315/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_kings_men |archive-date = 30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=All the King's Men |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl574850561/ |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232032/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allthekingsmen.htm |archive-date = 27 October 2017 }}</ref> Her next release, the [[Todd Field]] drama ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]'', was better received. Based on the [[Little Children (novel)|novel of the same name]], the film tells the story of Sarah Pierce, an unhappy housewife who has an affair with a married neighbour (played by [[Patrick Wilson]]). Winslet was challenged by the role of an uncaring mother, as she did neither understand nor respect her character's actions.<ref>{{cite news |last = Chang |first = Justin |title = Kate Winslet, 'Little Children' |url = https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/kate-winslet-little-children-1117955604/ |date = 12 December 2006 |work = Variety |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043627/http://variety.com/2006/film/awards/kate-winslet-little-children-1117955604/ |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref> Scenes requiring her to be hostile towards the child actress playing her daughter proved upsetting for her.<ref name="empire" /><ref name="body and soul">{{cite news |last = Hiscock |first = John |title = Why Winslet bared body and soul |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3656133/Why-Winslet-bared-body-and-soul.html |date = 27 October 2006 |work = The Daily Telegraph |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150831194717/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3656133/Why-Winslet-bared-body-and-soul.html |archive-date = 31 August 2015}}</ref> Having borne two children, she was nervous about the sex scenes in which she had to be nude; she took on the challenge to present a positive image for women with, in her words, "imperfect bodies".<ref name="body and soul" /> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''The New York Times'' wrote that Winslet successfully "registers every flicker of Sarah's pride, self-doubt and desire, inspiring a mixture of recognition, pity and concern".<ref>{{cite news |url = https://movies.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/movies/29chil.html |title = Playground Rules: No Hitting, No Sex |last = Scott |first = A.O. |date = 29 September 2006 |work = The New York Times |access-date = 29 September 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071113112515/http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/09/29/movies/29chil.html |archive-date = 13 November 2007}}</ref> Once again, she received BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress; the latter making her, at 31, the youngest performer to accrue five Oscar nominations.<ref>{{cite news |title = Baftas 2007: The winners |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6254717.stm |publisher = BBC News |date = 11 February 2007 |access-date = 30 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305225930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6254717.stm |archive-date = 5 March 2016}}<br />{{cite news |title = In profile: Best actress nominees |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6278069.stm |publisher = BBC News |date = 23 January 2007 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028045534/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6278069.stm |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref>

After ''Little Children'', Winslet took on a part she found more sympathetic in [[Nancy Meyers]]'s romantic comedy ''[[The Holiday]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last = Weintraub |first = Steve |title = Collider Interviews Kate Winslet and Nancy Meyers – 'The Holiday' |url = https://collider.com/collider-interviews-kate-winslet-and-nancy-meyers-the-holiday/ |work = [[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date = 8 December 2006 |access-date = 27 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042216/http://collider.com/collider-interviews-kate-winslet-and-nancy-meyers-the-holiday/ |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref> She played a Briton who temporarily [[Home exchange|exchanges homes]] with an American (played by [[Cameron Diaz]]) during the Christmas holiday season. It became her biggest commercial success in nine years, grossing over $205&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title = The Holiday |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holiday.htm |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 7 February 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090129214313/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=holiday.htm |archive-date = 29 January 2009}}</ref> The critic [[Justin Chang]] found the film formulaic yet pleasing, and took note of Winslet's radiance and charm.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-holiday-1200511718/ |title = The Holiday |last = Chang |first = Justin |date = 30 November 2006 |work = Variety |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043644/http://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-holiday-1200511718/ |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref> In her final release of the year, she voiced Rita, a scavenging sewer rat, in the animated film ''[[Flushed Away]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stuart |first = Jen |url = http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etmovie4956340nov03,0,1061487.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines |title = A puppet's life goes down the toilet |work = [[Newsday]] |date = 3 November 2006 |access-date = 8 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061126111144/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etmovie4956340nov03,0,1061487.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines |archive-date = 26 November 2006 }}</ref> Her sole project of 2007 was as the narrator for the English version of the French children's film ''[[The Fox and the Child]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last = Quinn |first = Anthony |title = The Fox and the Child (U) |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-fox-and-the-child-u-887951.html |work = The Independent |access-date = 2 April 2014 |date = 8 August 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407122914/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-fox-and-the-child-u-887951.html |archive-date = 7 April 2014}}</ref>

===Awards success (2008–2011)===
Winslet had two critically acclaimed roles in 2008.<ref name="award09">{{cite magazine |author = Harris, Mark |url = https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1880650,00.html |title = Best Actress: Kate Winslet's Moment |magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date = 19 February 2009 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104147/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1880650,00.html |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref> After reading [[Justin Haythe]]'s script for ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'', an adaptation of [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]]'s [[Revolutionary Road|debut novel]], Winslet recommended the project to her then-husband, director [[Sam Mendes]], and her ''Titanic'' co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.<ref name="deneuvely">{{cite news |last = Smith |first = Krista |title = Isn't she Deneuvely? |url = https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/winslet200812 |work = [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date = 3 November 2008 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170103220131/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/12/winslet200812 |archive-date = 3 January 2017}}</ref> The film traces the tribulations of a young married couple in 1950s suburban America. Winslet was drawn to the idea of playing a woman whose aspirations had not been met,<ref name="guardian08">{{cite news |last = Cochraine |first = Kira |title = 'I did have moments where I'd say, Oh my God&nbsp;...' |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/dec/19/kate-winslet-film-the-reader-revolutionary-road |work = The Guardian |date = 19 December 2008 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029012619/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/dec/19/kate-winslet-film-the-reader-revolutionary-road |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> and she read ''[[The Feminine Mystique]]'' to understand the psychology of unhappy housewives from the era.<ref name="deneuvely" /><ref name="guardian08" /> Mendes encouraged Winslet and DiCaprio to spend time together, and she believed the small set they used helped them to develop their characters' strained relationship.<ref name="deneuvely" /> Hailing her as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation", [[David Edelstein]] of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine wrote that "[t]here isn't a banal moment in Winslet's performance&mdash;not a gesture, not a word."<ref name="season">{{cite news |last = Edelstein |first = David |title = 'Tis the Season&nbsp;... |url =https://nymag.com/movies/reviews/52914/ |work = New York |date = 12 December 2008 |access-date = 10 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090131083540/http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/52914/ |archive-date = 31 January 2009}}</ref>

[[File:KateWinsletAAFeb09.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|Winslet at the [[81st Academy Awards]] in 2009, where she won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]|alt=Kate Winslet smiles and waves at the camera.]]

To avoid a scheduling conflict with ''Revolutionary Road'', Winslet turned down an offer to star in ''[[The Reader (2008 film)|The Reader]]''. After her replacement [[Nicole Kidman]] left the project due to her pregnancy, Winslet was signed to it.<ref>{{cite news |first = Ed |last = Meza |author2 = Fleming, Michael |url = https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/winslet-replaces-kidman-in-reader-1117978660/ |title = Winslet replaces Kidman in 'Reader' |work = Variety |date = 8 January 2008 |access-date = 10 January 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151104104323/http://variety.com/2008/film/awards/winslet-replaces-kidman-in-reader-1117978660/ |archive-date = 4 November 2015}}</ref> Directed by [[Stephen Daldry]], ''The Reader'' is based on [[Bernhard Schlink]]'s novel ''[[Der Vorleser]]'' and is about Hanna Schmitz, an illiterate [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] guard (Winslet), who has an affair with a teenage boy. Winslet researched the Holocaust and the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] guards. To educate herself on the stigma of illiteracy, she spent time with students at the Literacy Partners, an organisation that teaches adults to read and write.<ref name="huffington" /> She was unable to sympathise with Schmitz and struggled to play the part honestly without humanising the character's actions.<ref name="award09" /><ref name="huffington">{{cite news |first = Brad |last = Balfour |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/actress-kate-winslet-stru_b_152832|title = Actress Kate Winslet Struggles With Making The Reader, The Nazi Era and Oscar Buzz |work = HuffPost |date = 23 January 2009 |access-date = 28 February 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160928100028/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/actress-kate-winslet-stru_b_152832.html |archive-date = 28 September 2016}}</ref> Despite this, some historians criticised the film for making Schmitz an object of the audience's sympathy and accused the filmmakers of [[Holocaust revisionism]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Tim |last = Shipman |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4624573/Kate-Winslets-Oscar-chances-hit-by-The-Reader-Nazi-accusation.html |title = Kate Winslet's Oscar chances hit by The Reader Nazi accusation |work = The Daily Telegraph |date = 15 February 2009 |access-date = 8 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160814101831/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4624573/Kate-Winslets-Oscar-chances-hit-by-The-Reader-Nazi-accusation.html |archive-date = 14 August 2016 }}</ref> Writing for ''Variety'', [[Todd McCarthy]] commended Winslet for "suppl[ying] a haunting shell to this internally decimated woman," and Sukhdev Sandhu of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' considered her to be "absolutely fearless here, not just in her willingness to expose herself physically, but her refusal to expose her character psychologically."<ref>{{cite news |first = Todd |last = McCarthy |url = https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/the-reader-3-1200472005/ |title = The Reader |work = Variety |date = 30 November 2008 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201208/http://variety.com/2008/film/awards/the-reader-3-1200472005/ |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Sukhdev |last = Sandhu |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/sukhdev-sandhu/4014816/The-Reader-review.html |title = The Reader – review |work = The Telegraph |date = 29 December 2008 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151128150718/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/sukhdev-sandhu/4014816/The-Reader-review.html |archive-date = 28 November 2015}}</ref>

Winslet received significant awards attention for her performances in ''Revolutionary Road'' and ''The Reader''.<ref>{{cite news |author = Graham, Mark |url = https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/01/kate_winslets_unprecedented_os.html |title = Getting to the Bottom of Kate Winslet's Unprecedented Oscar Snubs |work = New York |date = 23 January 2009 |access-date = 30 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090127002636/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/01/kate_winslets_unprecedented_os.html |archive-date = 27 January 2009}}</ref> She won a Golden Globe Award for each of these films, and for the latter, she was awarded the Academy Award and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="award09" /> At age 33, she surpassed her own record as the youngest performer to accrue six Oscar nominations.<ref name="award09" /> She also became the third actress in history to win two Golden Globe Awards at the same ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.goldenglobes.com/trivia-0 |title = Trivia |publisher = Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201804/https://www.goldenglobes.com/trivia-0 |archive-date = 28 October 2017}}</ref> Exhausted by the media attention during this period, Winslet took two years off work until she was ready to creatively engage again.<ref name="vogue11">{{cite journal |title = Solo Act |journal = Vogue |date = April 2011 |pages = 218–225 |last = Ellison |first = Jo }}</ref>

Winslet returned to acting with the five-part [[HBO]] series ''[[Mildred Pierce (miniseries)|Mildred Pierce]]'' (2011), an adaptation of [[James M. Cain|James M. Cain's]] [[Mildred Pierce|novel]] from the director [[Todd Haynes]]. It is about the titular heroine (Winslet), a divorcée during the [[Great Depression]] struggling to establish a restaurant business while yearning for the respect of her narcissistic daughter (played by [[Evan Rachel Wood]]). Winslet, who had recently divorced Mendes, believed certain aspects of her character's life mirrored her own.<ref name="vogue11" /> She was intimidated by the scope of the production, as she featured in every scene of the 280-page script.<ref name="mildred1">{{cite news |url = http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-06-24/interview-kate-winslet-on-mildred-pierce/ |title = Interview: Kate Winslet on Mildred Pierce |work = Radio Times |date = 24 June 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029012947/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-06-24/interview-kate-winslet-on-mildred-pierce/ |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> She was disturbed and upset by the story, and was particularly fascinated by the complex relationship between the mother-daughter pair.<ref name="mildred1" /><ref name="mildred2">{{cite web |last = Raddish |first = Christina |url = https://collider.com/kate-winslet-todd-haynes-interview-mildred-pierce/ |title = Kate Winslet and Director Todd Haynes Interview: Mildred Pierce |publisher = Collider |date = 2 February 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013040/http://collider.com/kate-winslet-todd-haynes-interview-mildred-pierce/ |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> She collaborated closely with the production and costume designers, and learnt to bake pies and prepare chickens.<ref name="mildred1" /> The broadcast received a limited audience but gained positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news |first = Scott |last = Collins |title = HBO's 'Mildred Pierce' With Kate Winslet Opens To Disappointing Ratings |url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/03/hbos-mildred-pierce-with-kate-winslet-opens-to-disappointing-ratings-.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0147e38f2bc3970b |work = Los Angeles Times |date = 29 March 2011 |access-date = 21 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110405165743/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/03/hbos-mildred-pierce-with-kate-winslet-opens-to-disappointing-ratings-.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef0147e38f2bc3970b |archive-date = 5 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.metacritic.com/tv/mildred-pierce |title = Mildred Pierce |publisher = [[Metacritic]] |access-date = 21 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110830213125/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/mildred-pierce |archive-date = 30 August 2011}}</ref> [[Matt Zoller Seitz]] of ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' called the series a "quiet, heartbreaking masterpiece" and described Winslet's performance as "terrific&mdash;intelligent, focused and seemingly devoid of ego".<ref>{{cite web |first = Matt Zoller |last = Seitz |url = http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/03/24/mildred_pierce_hbo_overview/index.html |title = ''Mildred Pierce'' Is A Quiet, Heartbreaking Masterpiece |work = Salon |date = 24 March 2011 |access-date = 21 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604142652/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/feature/2011/03/24/mildred_pierce_hbo_overview/index.html |archive-date = 4 June 2011 }}</ref> She won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|SAG Award]] for Best Actress in a miniseries.<ref>{{cite web |last = Wicks |first = Kevin |url = http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/live-tweeting-the-primetime-emmys |title = Emmys: 'Downton' Nearly Sweeps, Kate Winslet Edges Toward EGOT |work = BBC America |publisher = [[BBC America]] |date = September 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023073928/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/live-tweeting-the-primetime-emmys/ |archive-date = 23 October 2013}}<br />{{cite web |url = http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/26376 |title = Mildred Pierce |publisher = Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date = 16 January 2012 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120025335/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/26376 |archive-date = 20 January 2012}}<br />{{cite web |url = http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title = The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisher = Screen Actors Guild |access-date = 30 January 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/68XjVAcAZ?url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date = 19 June 2012}}</ref>

The ensemble thriller ''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'' from [[Steven Soderbergh]] was Winslet's first film release of 2011. She was cast as a disease detective for the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]], and she modelled her role on [[Anne Schuchat]], the director of the [[National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases|NCIRD]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/14/140464792/cdc-basks-in-contagions-admiring-take-on-disease-detectives |title = 'Contagion': CDC Basks In Hollywood's Admiring Take On Disease Detectives |last = Barclay |first = Eliza |date = 14 September 2011 |publisher = [[National Public Radio]] |access-date = 16 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110916021507/http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/09/14/140464792/cdc-basks-in-contagions-admiring-take-on-disease-detectives |archive-date = 16 September 2011 }}</ref> ''Contagion'' was a commercial success, and [[David Denby]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' credited Winslet for capturing the essence of an exasperated woman.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=contagion.htm |title = Contagion (2011) |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 28 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024181035/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=contagion.htm |archive-date = 24 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first = David |last = Denby |title = Call the Doctor |url = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/19/call-the-doctor-david-denby |magazine = The New Yorker |date = 19 September 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150408223447/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/19/call-the-doctor-david-denby |archive-date = 8 April 2015}}</ref> Her next project was the [[Roman Polanski]]-directed ''[[Carnage (2011 film)|Carnage]]'', adapted from the play ''[[God of Carnage]]'' by [[Yasmina Reza]]. Set entirely inside an apartment, the black comedy follows two sets of parents feuding over their respective children. [[Jodie Foster]], [[John C. Reilly]], and [[Christoph Waltz]] co-starred. The cast rehearsed the script like a play for two weeks, and Winslet brought her children with her to Paris for the eight weeks of filming.<ref>{{cite news |first = Gamerman |last = Ellen |title = On Playing One of Four 'Caged Animals' |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204770404577082821800702602 |work = [[The Wall Street Journal]] |date = 9 December 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150530040427/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204770404577082821800702602 |archive-date = 30 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Michaud |last = Chris |title = Kate Winslet finds delight in "Carnage" |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-katewinslet-carnage/kate-winslet-finds-delight-in-carnage-idUSTRE7BF0Z120111216 |publisher = [[Reuters]] |date = 16 December 2011 |access-date = 28 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029064955/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-katewinslet-carnage/kate-winslet-finds-delight-in-carnage-idUSTRE7BF0Z120111216 |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> Critics found the adaptation to be less compelling than the play, but praised the performances of Winslet and Foster.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carnage |title = Carnage (2011) |publisher = Rotten Tomatoes |access-date = 28 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170830074628/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carnage |archive-date = 30 August 2017}}</ref> They both received Golden Globe nominations for it.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/carnage |title = Carnage |publisher = Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013544/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/carnage |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref>

===Career fluctuations (2012–2019)===
[[File:Labor Day 03 (9766118365).jpg|thumb|upright|Winslet attending the premiere of ''[[Labor Day (film)|Labor Day]]'' at the [[2013 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

Winslet said her workload in 2011 helped her overcome heartbreak from her divorce, and after completing work on ''Carnage'' she took a break from acting to focus on her children.<ref name="bedtime" /><ref name="vogue11" /> A short part that she had filmed four years prior for the anthology film ''[[Movie 43]]'' was her sole screen appearance of 2012, and it received the worst reviews of her career.<ref>{{cite news |last = Sherwell |first = Phillip |title = Movie 43: How Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman lured all-star cast to 'the worst film ever' |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9844090/Movie-43-How-Kate-Winslet-and-Hugh-Jackman-lured-all-star-cast-to-the-worst-film-ever.html |work = The Daily Telegraph |access-date = 2 February 2013 |date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130203042239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9844090/Movie-43-How-Kate-Winslet-and-Hugh-Jackman-lured-all-star-cast-to-the-worst-film-ever.html |archive-date = 3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Roeper |first = Richard |title = There's awful and then there's 'Movie 43' |url = http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/17804431-421/theres-awful-and-then-theres-movie-43.html |work = Chicago Sun-Times |access-date = 26 January 2013 |date = 25 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214142846/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/17804431-421/theres-awful-and-then-theres-movie-43.html |archive-date = 14 February 2014}}</ref> Winslet also performed an audiobook recording of [[Émile Zola]]'s novel ''[[Thérèse Raquin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-audible-books-20120314,0,1816688.story |title = Audiobooks are going Hollywood |work = Los Angeles Times |date = 14 March 2012 |access-date = 14 March 2012 |first = Jessica |last = Gelt |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120314144327/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-audible-books-20120314,0,1816688.story |archive-date = 14 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?Num=72843 |title = Audiobook Review: Thérèse Raquin |work = [[AudioFile (magazine)|AudioFile]] |date = 5 May 2012 |access-date = 5 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121030080252/http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/dbsearch/showreview.cfm?Num=72843 |archive-date = 30 October 2012}}</ref> She was reluctant to accept [[Jason Reitman]]'s offer to star in his 2013 [[Labor Day (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Joyce Maynard]]'s novel ''[[Labor Day (novel)|Labor Day]]'', but agreed after Reitman postponed the production for a year to accommodate Winslet's commitment to her children.<ref name="bedtime" /> Set over a Labor Day weekend, it tells the story of Adele (Winslet), an [[Agoraphobia|agoraphobic]] single mother who falls in love with an escaped convict. Describing Adele's characterisation as having "more vulnerability than strength", Winslet found her a departure from the strong-willed women she typically played.<ref name="bedtime" /> A scene in the film required her to make a pie, for which she drew on her baking experience from ''Mildred Pierce''.<ref>{{cite web |last = Hammond |first = Pete |url = https://deadline.com/2013/12/oscars-kate-winslet-labor-day-interview-654101/ |title = Oscars Q&A: Kate Winslet On 'Labor Day' |website = [[Deadline Hollywood]] |date = 22 December 2013 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170621093639/http://deadline.com/2013/12/oscars-kate-winslet-labor-day-interview-654101/ |archive-date = 21 June 2017}}</ref> Reviews of the film were negative; [[Chris Nashawaty]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' dismissed it as "mawkish and melodramatic" but credited Winslet for adding layers to her passive role.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/labor_day_2013 |title = Labor Day (2014) |publisher = Rotten Tomatoes |access-date = 8 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208013555/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/labor_day_2013/ |archive-date = 8 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last = Nashwaty |first = Chris |url = https://ew.com/article/2014/02/11/labor-day-movie/ |title = Labor Day Movie |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date = 11 February 2014 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173759/http://ew.com/article/2014/02/11/labor-day-movie/ |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> She received her tenth Golden Globe nomination.<ref>{{cite news |title = Making Sense of This Morning's Golden Globe Nominations and Snubs (Analysis) |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/golden-globes-making-sense-mornings-665260 |access-date = 1 January 2014 |work = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 12 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131216095715/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/golden-globes-making-sense-mornings-665260 |archive-date = 16 December 2013}}</ref>

The novelty of playing a villain drew Winslet to the part of Jeanine Matthews in the science fiction film ''[[Divergent (film)|Divergent]]'' (2014).<ref name="divergent">{{cite news |last = Alexander |first = Bryan |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/16/divergent-kate-winslet-pregnant/2507183/ |title = On set of 'Divergent', Kate Winslet is pregnant and mean |work = USA Today |date = 6 July 2013 |access-date = 17 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140218062408/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/16/divergent-kate-winslet-pregnant/2507183/ |archive-date = 18 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="jeanine">{{cite magazine |last = Feeney |first = Nolan |url = https://time.com/3738175/kate-winslet-insurgent-shailene-woodley/ |title = Kate Winslet on Insurgent: I Wanted More Fight Scenes With Shailene Woodley |magazine = Time |date = 17 March 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160724041156/http://time.com/3738175/kate-winslet-insurgent-shailene-woodley/ |archive-date = 24 July 2016}}</ref> Set in a dystopian future, the adaptation of [[Veronica Roth]]'s young adult [[Divergent (novel)|novel]] stars [[Shailene Woodley]] as a heroine fighting an oppressive regime headed by Winslet's character. She was pregnant with her third child during production, and her tight-fitting costumes had to be altered to accommodate the pregnancy.<ref name="jeanine" /> To maintain her character's intimidating persona, she remained aloof from her co-stars for much of the filming.<ref name="divergent" /> [[Richard Lawson (writer)|Richard Lawson]] of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' compared the film unfavourably to the [[The Hunger Games (film series)|''Hunger Games'' series]], and found Winslet to be underutilised in it.<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Lawson |first = Richard |url = https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/divergent-review |title = The Generic Dystopia of Divergent |magazine = Vanity Fair |date = 20 March 2014 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160413021936/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/03/divergent-review |archive-date = 13 April 2016}}</ref> The film grossed $288&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=divergent.htm |title = Divergent (2014) |publisher = Box Office Mojo |date = 21 March 2014 |access-date = 2 October 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141001031608/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=divergent.htm |archive-date = 1 October 2014}}</ref> ''[[A Little Chaos]]'' marked her return to the period film genre.<ref name="chaos">{{cite news |last = Kilcooley-O'Halloran |first = Scarlett |url = http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/kate-winslet-interview-a-little-chaos |title = Kate's Occasional Chaos |work = Vogue |date = 15 April 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170625182401/http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/kate-winslet-interview-a-little-chaos |archive-date = 25 June 2017}}</ref> Directed by [[Alan Rickman]], it is about a rivalry among gardeners commissioned to create a fountain at the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Winslet's role was that of fictional architect Sabine de Barra, a character she believed had overcome extreme grief and hardship like herself.<ref name="chaos" /> Catherine Shoard of ''The Guardian'' took note of the "emotional honesty" Winslet brought to her part, but criticised the implausibility of her role.<ref>{{cite news |last = Shoard |first = Catherine |title = A Little Chaos review – Louis XIV gardening romp borders on ridiculous |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/10/a-little-chaos-alan-rickman-kate-winslet-louis-xiv-film |work = The Guardian |date = 10 September 2014 |access-date = 10 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140911010143/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/sep/10/a-little-chaos-alan-rickman-kate-winslet-louis-xiv-film |archive-date = 11 September 2014}}</ref> Also that year, she read audiobooks of [[Roald Dahl]]'s children's novels ''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]'' and ''[[The Magic Finger]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title = Matilda by Roald Dahl |date = 11 September 2014 |url = https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/58699/matilda/9780141349213/ |publisher = [[Penguin Random House]] |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104133/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/58699/matilda/9780141349213/ |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl |url = https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/books/58692/the-magic-finger/9780141349565/ |publisher = Penguin Random House |date = 11 September 2014 |access-date = 14 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171114133700/https://www.penguin.co.uk/puffin/books/58692/the-magic-finger/9780141349565/ |archive-date = 14 November 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Kate Winslet March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Winslet at the premiere of ''[[Divergent (film)|Divergent]]'' in 2014|alt=A close-up shot of Kate Winslet's face.]]

In 2015, Winslet reprised the role of Jeanine Matthews in the second instalment of the [[The Divergent Series|''Divergent'' series]], subtitled ''[[The Divergent Series: Insurgent|Insurgent]]'', which despite negative reviews grossed $297&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/insurgent/ |title = Insurgent |publisher = Rotten Tomatoes |access-date = 20 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150317225133/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/insurgent |archive-date = 17 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=insurgent.htm |title = Insurgent (2015) |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 19 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150419032159/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=insurgent.htm |archive-date = 19 April 2015}}</ref> Her next film, an [[The Dressmaker (2015 film)|adaptation]] of the Australian gothic novel ''[[The Dressmaker (Ham novel)|The Dressmaker]]'', was described by the director [[Jocelyn Moorhouse]] as being reminiscent of the western ''[[Unforgiven]]'' (1992).<ref name="dressmaker">{{cite news |last = Yuan |first = Jada |url = https://www.vulture.com/2015/09/winslet-on-the-dressmaker-liam-hemsworths-abs.html |title = Kate Winslet Discusses the Many Reasons The Dressmaker Will Make You Jealous of Her |work = New York |date = 15 September 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170630232743/http://www.vulture.com/2015/09/winslet-on-the-dressmaker-liam-hemsworths-abs.html |archive-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref> Winslet starred as the [[femme fatale]] Tilly Dunnage, a seamstress who returns to her hometown years after she was accused of murder. She learnt to sew for the part and designed some of her own costumes.<ref name="dressmaker" /> The project was filmed in the Australian desert and she found it difficult to wear couture dresses in the harsh weather.<ref>{{cite news |last = Schonfield |first = Zach |url = http://www.newsweek.com/kate-winslet-dressmaker-steve-jobs-interview-503971 |title = Kate Winslet: The Newsweek Interview |work = Newsweek |date = 3 October 2016 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170819110715/http://www.newsweek.com/kate-winslet-dressmaker-steve-jobs-interview-503971 |archive-date = 19 August 2017}}</ref> Despite disliking the film, Robert Abele of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' credited Winslet for underplaying her over-the-top part.<ref>{{cite news |last = Abele |first = Robert |url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-dressmaker-review-20160919-snap-story.html |title = Review: Australian drama 'The Dressmaker' has hearty energy but quickly wears out its welcome |work = Los Angeles Times |date = 21 September 2016 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043923/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-dressmaker-review-20160919-snap-story.html |archive-date = 24 October 2017}}</ref> The film emerged as one of the [[Cinema of Australia#Highest-grossing Australian films|highest-grossing Australian films]] of all time, but earned little elsewhere.<ref>{{cite news |last = Bodey |first = Michael |url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/the-dressmaker-set-to-enter-top-10-at-box-office/news-story/545bbba608634b250b90fe9c744d46d6 |title = The Dressmaker set to enter top 10 at box office |work = [[The Australian]] |date = 23 December 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=thedressmaker.htm |title = The Dressmaker (2016) |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173626/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=thedressmaker.htm |archive-date = 29 October 2017}}</ref> Winslet won the [[AACTA Award]] for [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Frater |first = Patrick |title = 'Mad Max,' 'Dressmaker' Split Australian Academy Awards |url = https://variety.com/2015/film/asia/mad-max-dressmaker-share-australian-academy-awards-1201657144/ |work = Variety |date = 9 December 2015 |access-date = 28 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211053729/http://variety.com/2015/film/asia/mad-max-dressmaker-share-australian-academy-awards-1201657144/ |archive-date = 11 December 2015}}</ref>

While filming ''The Dressmaker'', Winslet became aware of a forthcoming [[Steve Jobs]] biopic written by [[Aaron Sorkin]] and directed by [[Danny Boyle]]. Keen to play Jobs's marketing chief and confidante [[Joanna Hoffman]], she sent a picture of herself dressed as Hoffman to the film's producer.<ref name="steve jobs">{{cite news |last = Lipsky-Karasz |first = Elisa |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/kate-winslet-stars-in-the-highly-anticipated-film-steve-jobs-1443621106 |title = Director's Darling: Kate Winslet Stars in the Highly Anticipated Film 'Steve Jobs' |work = The Wall Street Journal |date = 30 September 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170909025658/https://www.wsj.com/articles/kate-winslet-stars-in-the-highly-anticipated-film-steve-jobs-1443621106 |archive-date = 9 September 2017}}</ref> ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'', starring [[Michael Fassbender]] in the title role, is told in three acts, each depicting a key milestone in Jobs's career. In preparation, Winslet spent time with Hoffman, and worked with a dialect coach to speak in Hoffman's accent, a mixture of Armenian and Polish, which she considered to be the most difficult of her career.<ref name="steve jobs" /> The cast rehearsed each act like a play and filmed it in sequence. Winslet collaborated closely with Fassbender, and their off-screen relationship mirrored the collegial dynamic between Jobs and Hoffman.<ref name="steve jobs" /> The film earned her some of the best reviews of her career, though it was a box-office flop.<ref name="rt" /><ref>{{cite news |last = Lang |first = Brent |title = 'Steve Jobs' Bombs: What Went Wrong With the Apple Drama |url = https://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/steve-jobs-flops-1201626243/ |work = Variety |date = 25 October 2015 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170614124843/http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office/steve-jobs-flops-1201626243/ |archive-date = 14 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wandas-legendary-lost-500-million-894103 |title = Wanda's Legendary Lost $500&nbsp;Million in 2015, Chinese Filing Reveals |work = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 14 May 2016 |access-date = 9 November 2017 |last = Brzeski |first = Patrick |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114507/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wandas-legendary-lost-500-million-894103 |archive-date = 10 November 2017}}</ref> Peter Howell of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' commended Winslet for finding "strength and grace" in her part, and Gregory Ellwood of [[HitFix]] thought she improved on Hoffman's characterisation.<ref>{{cite news |last = Howell |first = Peter |url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/10/16/steve-jobs-a-man-as-imperfect-and-insanely-great-as-his-machines-review.html |title = Steve Jobs a man as imperfect and 'insanely great' as his machines: review |access-date = 16 October 2015 |date = 29 October 2017 |work = Toronto Star |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151018070851/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/10/16/steve-jobs-a-man-as-imperfect-and-insanely-great-as-his-machines-review.html |archive-date = 18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/review-aaron-sorkin-dominates-the-ambitious-three-act-drama-that-is-steve-jobs |title = Review: Aaron Sorkin dominates the ambitious three-act drama that is 'Steve Jobs' |access-date = 6 September 2015 |date = 6 September 2015 |work = HitFix |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150908220412/http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/review-aaron-sorkin-dominates-the-ambitious-three-act-drama-that-is-steve-jobs |archive-date = 8 September 2015}}</ref> She won the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actress, and received her seventh Oscar nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Ellis-Petersen |first1 = Hannah |last2 = Lee |first2 = Benjamin |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/14/kate-winslet-bafta-2016-best-supporting-actress-steve-jobs |title = Kate Winslet: I was told to 'settle for the fat girl parts' |access-date = 29 October 2017 |date = 14 February 2016 |work = The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171007172508/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/14/kate-winslet-bafta-2016-best-supporting-actress-steve-jobs |archive-date = 7 October 2017}}<br />{{cite news |last = Konerman |first = Jennifer |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-kate-winslet-wins-853125 |title = Golden Globes: Kate Winslet Wins Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |access-date = 29 October 2017 |date = 10 January 2016 |work = The Hollywood Reporter |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160511233511/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-kate-winslet-wins-853125 |archive-date = 11 May 2016}}<br />{{cite news |last = Piccalo |first = Gina |url = https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-kate-winslet-steve-jobs-20160121-story.html |title = The Envelope: Oscars 2016: How a wig helped Kate Winslet snag her nominated 'Steve Jobs' role |access-date = 29 October 2017 |date = 21 January 2016 |work = Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043929/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-kate-winslet-steve-jobs-20160121-story.html |archive-date = 24 October 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Mountain Between Us 08 (36835900520) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|220px|Winslet attending an event for ''[[The Mountain Between Us (film)|The Mountain Between Us]]'' at the [[2017 Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

[[John Hillcoat]]'s ensemble crime-thriller ''[[Triple 9]]'' (2016) featured Winslet as Irina Vlaslov, a ruthless Russian-Israeli gangster.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Rubenstein |first = Holly |url = http://in.reuters.com/article/film-kate-winslet-brit/kate-winslet-says-playing-a-brit-would-be-ultimate-challenge-idINKCN0VQ1LI |title = Kate Winslet says playing a Brit "would be ultimate challenge" |date = 17 February 2016 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |publisher = Reuters |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104147/http://in.reuters.com/article/film-kate-winslet-brit/kate-winslet-says-playing-a-brit-would-be-ultimate-challenge-idINKCN0VQ1LI |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref> The critic [[Ann Hornaday]] of ''The Washington Post'' felt Winslet had failed to effectively portray her.<ref>{{cite news |first = Ann |last = Hornady |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/an-appealing-casey-affleck-plays-one-of-atlantas-finest-in-triple-9/2016/02/25/11c5e58e-da66-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html |title = An appealing Casey Affleck plays one of Atlanta's finest in 'Triple 9' |newspaper = The Washington Post |date = 25 February 2016 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151611/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/an-appealing-casey-affleck-plays-one-of-atlantas-finest-in-triple-9/2016/02/25/11c5e58e-da66-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html |archive-date = 8 November 2017}}</ref> Her next release of the year, ''[[Collateral Beauty]]'', about a man (played by [[Will Smith]]) struggling with the death of his daughter, was panned by critics.<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Jackson |first = Danielle |title = Collateral Beauty reviews: Will Smith movie slammed by critics |url = https://ew.com/article/2016/12/13/collateral-beauty-reviews-roundup/ |magazine = Entertainment Weekly |date = 13 December 2016 |access-date = 31 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170101165300/http://ew.com/article/2016/12/13/collateral-beauty-reviews-roundup/ |archive-date = 1 January 2017}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'', Emily Yoshida dismissed the film as a vacuous remake of ''A Christmas Carol'' and added that Winslet had "never looked more painted and tired".<ref>{{cite news |first = Emily |last = Yoshida |url = https://www.vulture.com/2016/12/collateral-beauty-movie-review.html |title = ''Collateral Beauty'' Is a Cold and Crass ''Christmas Carol'' Remake That's Exactly As Bad As You've Heard |work = Vulture |date = 16 December 2016 |access-date = 17 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161216210906/http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/collateral-beauty-movie-review.html |archive-date = 16 December 2016}}</ref> It was a modest earner at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=collateralbeauty.htm |title = Collateral Beauty (2016) |publisher = Box Office Mojo |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181858/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=collateralbeauty.htm |archive-date = 5 August 2017}}</ref> Winslet agreed to the romantic disaster film ''[[The Mountain Between Us (film)|The Mountain Between Us]]'' (2017) to take on the challenge of a role requiring physical exertion.<ref>{{cite news |first = Emily |last = Zemler |url = http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a46080/kate-winslet-mountain-between-us-titanic/ |title = Kate Winslet Says Titanic Prepared Her for The Mountain Between Us |work = [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |date = 19 June 2017 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104148/http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/news/a46080/kate-winslet-mountain-between-us-titanic/ |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="haunting">{{cite news |first = Melena |last = Ryzik |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/movies/kate-winslet-relives-two-haunting-film-experiences.html |title = Kate Winslet Relives Two Haunting Film Experiences |work = The New York Times |date = 6 September 2017 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170910113743/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/movies/kate-winslet-relives-two-haunting-film-experiences.html |archive-date = 10 September 2017}}</ref> It featured her and [[Idris Elba]] as two strangers who crash land on an icy and isolated mountain range. They filmed in the mountains of Western Canada at {{convert|10000|ft|abbr=off}} above sea level where the temperature was well below freezing.<ref name="haunting" /> Winslet performed her own stunts and described it as the most physically gruelling experience of her career.<ref>{{cite news |first = Helen |last = Whitaker |url = http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/kate-winslet-cover-october-2018 |title = Kate Winslet: "Me and Leo? We quote the odd Titanic line to each other." |work = [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |date = 27 September 2017 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030104147/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/kate-winslet-cover-october-2018 |archive-date = 30 October 2017}}</ref> Moira Macdonald of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' opined that the duo's charisma and chemistry enhanced a mediocre film.<ref>{{cite news |first = Moira |last = Macdonald |url = https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/idris-elba-and-kate-winslet-crash-on-a-mountain-find-love-and-theres-a-dog/ |title = 'The Mountain Between Us' review: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet keep film aloft |work = The Seattle Times |date = 3 October 2017 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171006185956/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/idris-elba-and-kate-winslet-crash-on-a-mountain-find-love-and-theres-a-dog/ |archive-date = 6 October 2017}}</ref>

Woody Allen's ''[[Wonder Wheel (film)|Wonder Wheel]]'', a drama set in 1950s [[Coney Island]], was Winslet's final release of 2017. She played Ginny, a temperamental housewife having an affair with a lifeguard (played by [[Justin Timberlake]]). She described Ginny as permanently dissatisfied and uneasy, and playing her proved difficult for Winslet, who experienced anxiety.<ref name="haunting" /><ref name="variety17">{{cite news |first = Ramin |last = Setoodeh |url = https://variety.com/2017/film/features/kate-winslet-wonder-wheel-woody-allen-1202595654/ |title = Kate Winslet on Woody Allen, 'Wonder Wheel' and the 20th Anniversary of 'Titanic' |work = Variety |date = October 2017 |access-date = 29 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171024210044/http://variety.com/2017/film/features/kate-winslet-wonder-wheel-woody-allen-1202595654/ |archive-date = 24 October 2017}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''The New York Times'' disliked Allen's writing but credited Winslet for filling her "shabby character with feverish life".<ref>{{cite news |last = Dargis |first = Manohla |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/movies/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-kate-winslet-review.html |title = Review: 'Wonder Wheel,' Woody Allen's Coney Island Memory Palace |work = The New York Times |date = 30 November 2017 |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171208004057/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/movies/woody-allen-wonder-wheel-kate-winslet-review.html |archive-date = 8 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> When asked during the film's promotion about her decision to work with Allen despite an [[Woody Allen sexual abuse allegation|allegation of child sexual abuse]] against him, Winslet chose not to comment on the filmmaker's personal life but said she was pleased with the collaboration.<ref name="haunting" /> She would later go on to express regret over working with both Allen and Roman Polanski.<ref name="vf20">{{cite magazine |last = Miller |first = Julie |url = https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/09/kate-winslet-on-her-career |title = Kate Winslet, Unfiltered: 'Because Life Is F–king Short' |magazine = Vanity Fair |date = 10 September 2020 |access-date = 11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001043634/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/09/kate-winslet-on-her-career|archive-date=1 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Winslet provided her voice to ''[[Moominvalley (TV series)|Moominvalley]]'', an animated television series about the [[Moomins]], and took on a leading role alongside [[Susan Sarandon]] and [[Mia Wasikowska]] in ''[[Blackbird (2019 film)|Blackbird]]'', a remake of the Danish film ''[[Silent Heart]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite news |last = Golby |first = Joel |url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/13/moominvalley-sky-tv-rosamund-pike-kate-winslet |title = Why are Rosamund Pike and Kate Winslet stuck in the CGI Moominvalley? |work = The Guardian |date = 13 April 2019 |access-date = 16 April 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416073654/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/13/moominvalley-sky-tv-rosamund-pike-kate-winslet |archive-date = 16 April 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> Benjamin Lee of ''The Guardian'' dismissed it as "less of a film and more of an actors' workshop" and found Winslet miscast.<ref>{{cite news |last = Lee |first = Benjamin |url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/07/blackbird-review-sarandon-and-winslets-lifeless-death-drama |title = Blackbird review – Sarandon and Winslet's lifeless death drama |work = The Guardian |date = 7 September 2019 |access-date = 10 September 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190908193058/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/07/blackbird-review-sarandon-and-winslets-lifeless-death-drama |archive-date = 8 September 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref>

===Resurgence and expansion (2020–present) ===
Winslet portrayed [[Paleontology|paleontologist]] [[Mary Anning]] in ''[[Ammonite (film)|Ammonite]]'' (2020), a period drama about a romance between Anning and [[Charlotte Murchison]] (played by [[Saoirse Ronan]]) set in 1840s England.<ref>{{cite news |last = Wiseman |first = Andreas |url = https://deadline.com/2018/12/kate-winslet-saoirse-ronan-to-star-in-romance-ammonite-for-the-kings-speech-lady-macbeth-producers-1202520081/ |title = Kate Winslet & Saoirse Ronan To Star In Romance 'Ammonite' For 'The King's Speech' & 'Lady Macbeth' Producers |work = Deadline Hollywood |date = 14 December 2018 |access-date = 15 December 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181214220446/https://deadline.com/2018/12/kate-winslet-saoirse-ronan-to-star-in-romance-ammonite-for-the-kings-speech-lady-macbeth-producers-1202520081/ |archive-date = 14 December 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref> She dropped out of [[Wes Anderson]]'s ''[[The French Dispatch]]'' to have more preparation time for the project. She collaborated closely with Ronan, and they choreographed their own sex scenes.<ref>{{cite news |last = Siegel |first = Tatiana |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oh-f-ive-forgotten-how-to-act-kate-winslet-back-in-the-awards-race-with-same-sex-romance-ammonite-on-getting-back-to-work |title = "Oh F***, I've Forgotten How to Act": Kate Winslet, Back in the Awards Race With Same-Sex Romance 'Ammonite,' on Getting Back to Work |work = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 26 August 2020 |access-date = 27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827183332/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oh-f-ive-forgotten-how-to-act-kate-winslet-back-in-the-awards-race-with-same-sex-romance-ammonite-on-getting-back-to-work|archive-date=27 August 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> For much of the filming, she lived in isolation in a rented cottage in [[Dorset]], where the film was shot, to get into her character's headspace.<ref name="vf20"/> [[Caryn James]] of the BBC credited Winslet for portraying Anning as "stern and brittle but immensely sympathetic" and considered her "contained, potent performance" to be one of the best of her career, and Manuel Betancourt of ''New York'' magazine welcomed it as a "return to form".<ref>{{cite web |last = James |first = Caryn |url = https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200911-film-review-five-stars-for-the-exquisite-ammonite |title = Film review: Five stars for the 'exquisite' Ammonite |publisher = BBC |date = 12 September 2020 |access-date = 12 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912104816/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200911-film-review-five-stars-for-the-exquisite-ammonite|archive-date=12 September 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Betancourt |first = Manuel |url = https://www.vulture.com/article/best-kate-winslet-performances.html |title = 12 Essential Kate Winslet Performances |work = New York |date = 27 May 2021 |access-date = 27 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210527213035/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-kate-winslet-performances.html |archive-date = 27 May 2021}}</ref> She next voiced the titular horse in a [[Black Beauty (2020 film)|film adaptation]] of the novel ''[[Black Beauty]]'', which was released on [[Disney+]].<ref>{{cite news |last = McNary |first = Dave |url = https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/mackenzie-foy-kate-winslet-black-beauty-1203207937/ |title = Mackenzie Foy, Kate Winslet to Star in 'Black Beauty' |work = Variety |date = 7 May 2019 |access-date = 8 May 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190507221025/https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/mackenzie-foy-kate-winslet-black-beauty-1203207937/ |archive-date = 7 May 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2021, Winslet executive produced and starred in ''[[Mare of Easttown]]'', an HBO miniseries about a troubled police detective solving a murder case.<ref name="Mare of Easttown">{{cite news |last = Porter |first = Rick |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kate-winslet-returns-hbo-limited-series-1178331 |title = Kate Winslet Returns to HBO for Limited Series |work = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 23 January 2019 |access-date = 23 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223331/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kate-winslet-returns-hbo-limited-series-1178331 |archive-date = 23 January 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> Set in [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]], Winslet insisted on using the "Delco accent", a version of [[Philadelphia English]] used in the county; she considered it to be one of the hardest accents she has had to learn.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Sam |title=Why Most Actors Won't Even Attempt a Philadelphia Accent |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/04/mare-of-easttown-kate-winslet-philadelphia-accent.html |website=Slate |date=16 April 2021 |accessdate=18 April 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517225703/https://slate.com/culture/2021/04/mare-of-easttown-kate-winslet-philadelphia-accent.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Travers |first=Ben |title='Mare of Easttown': Kate Winslet's HBO Limited Series Sets Release Date, First Details |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/mare-of-easttown-hbo-release-date-kate-winslet-series-1234616135/ |website=IndieWire |date=10 February 2021 |accessdate=18 April 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508053723/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/mare-of-easttown-hbo-release-date-kate-winslet-series-1234616135/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To play Mare, a woman who has lost a child to suicide, she created a backstory for her character and collaborated closely with a grief counsellor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Libby |title=Kate Winslet Details the Tragic Backstory She Constructed for 'Mare of Easttown' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/video/kate-winslet-mare-of-easttown-backstory-interview-part-2-1234642477/ |website=IndieWire |date=6 June 2021 |accessdate=9 December 2022 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209072225/https://www.indiewire.com/video/kate-winslet-mare-of-easttown-backstory-interview-part-2-1234642477/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The series and Winslet's performance received critical acclaim;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mare_of_easttown/s01 |title=Mare of Easttown: Miniseries (2021) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=1 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=27 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427221938/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mare_of_easttown/s01 }}</ref> [[Richard Roeper]] wrote that she "adds to a long list of magnificent, disappear-into-the-character performances" and [[Lucy Mangan]] of ''The Guardian'' opined, "If you can have a defining performance this late in a career, this is surely Winslet's."<ref>{{cite web |last = Mangan |first = Lucy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/19/mare-of-easttown-review-kate-winslet-hbo-murder-mystery|title= Mare of Easttown review – Kate Winslet triumphs in a moreish murder mystery|website= The Guardian|date= 19 April 2021|access-date=3 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210608083713/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/19/mare-of-easttown-review-kate-winslet-hbo-murder-mystery |archive-date = 8 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |title='Mare of Easttown': Kate Winslet plays a troubled detective with authority, authenticity |date=16 April 2021 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=3 July 2022 |url-status=live |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/4/16/22383837/mare-of-easttown-review-hbo-kate-winslet-series |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420075542/https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/4/16/22383837/mare-of-easttown-review-hbo-kate-winslet-series }}</ref> ''Mare of Easttown'' proved to be a ratings hit for HBO,<ref>{{cite news |last = Porter |first = Rick |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mare-of-easttown-finale-ratings-1234961572/ |title = 'Mare of Easttown' Finale Reaches Series Highs on HBO, HBO Max |work = The Hollywood Reporter |date = 1 June 2021 |access-date = 8 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210609081408/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mare-of-easttown-finale-ratings-1234961572/ |archive-date = 9 June 2021}}</ref> and Winslet once again won the Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for Best Actress in a miniseries.<ref>{{cite news |last = Perez |first = Lexy |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mare-of-easttown-kate-winselt-wins-emmy-best-actress-limited-series-emmy-1235016221/ |title = Emmys: Kate Winslet Wins Best Limited Series Actress for Playing "Imperfect, Flawed Mother" in 'Mare of Easttown' |work = The Los Angeles Times |date = 19 September 2021 |access-date = 19 September 2021 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210920031343/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mare-of-easttown-kate-winselt-wins-emmy-best-actress-limited-series-emmy-1235016221/ |archive-date = 20 September 2021 }}<br />{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/golden-globe-winners-list-movie-tv-awards-1234907035/|title=Golden Globes: The Complete Winners List|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=9 January 2022|access-date=10 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110093216/https://deadline.com/2022/01/golden-globe-winners-list-movie-tv-awards-1234907035/}}<br />{{cite news |last = Respers France |first = Lisa |url = https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/27/entertainment/sag-awards-2022-winners-list/index.html |title = SAG Awards 2022: The winners list |access-date = 1 March 2022 |date = 28 February 2022 |publisher = CNN |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220301021356/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/27/entertainment/sag-awards-2022-winners-list/index.html |archive-date = 1 March 2022 }}</ref>

[[File:Kate Winslet 2024 The Regime premiere 01 (cropped).png|thumb|left|upright|Winslet at the premiere of ''[[The Regime (miniseries)|The Regime]]'' in 2024]]

Following ''Mare of Easttown'', Winslet took a year off work to spend time with her family.<ref>{{cite news |last = Longeretta |first = Emily |url = https://variety.com/2022/film/features/kate-winslet-return-to-acting-1235194260/ |title = Kate Winslet Can't Wait to Throw Herself Back Into Work After Yearlong Break: 'I Am Craving' It |work = Variety |date = 8 March 2022 |access-date = 10 March 2022 |archive-date = 9 March 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220309195541/https://variety.com/2022/film/features/kate-winslet-return-to-acting-1235194260/ |url-status = live }}</ref> She narrated the documentary ''[[Eleven Days in May]]'' (2022), about the [[2021 Israel–Palestine crisis#Gaza|2021 bombing of Gaza by Israel]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=Eleven Days in May review – heart-wrenching documentary on the grimness of life in Gaza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/04/eleven-days-in-may-review-michael-winterbottom-documentary-gaza-mohammed-sawwaf-kate-winslet |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=11 May 2022 |date=4 May 2022 |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510233506/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/04/eleven-days-in-may-review-michael-winterbottom-documentary-gaza-mohammed-sawwaf-kate-winslet |url-status=live }}</ref> She starred with her daughter [[Mia Threapleton]] in an improvised feature-length episode of the [[Channel 4]] anthology series ''[[I Am... (TV series)|I Am...]]'', titled "I Am Ruth", about the negative effects of social media.<ref>{{cite news |first=Greg |last=Weatherall |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/kate-winslet-daughter-mia-threapleton-impressed-i-am-ruth-1235448141/ |title=Kate Winslet Was 'Impressed' by Daughter Mia Threapleton's Performance in Drama 'I Am Ruth' |magazine=Variety |date=4 December 2022 |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207052613/https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/kate-winslet-daughter-mia-threapleton-impressed-i-am-ruth-1235448141/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She won two [[BAFTA TV Awards]] for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and [[British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama|Best Single Drama]] (as producer).<ref>{{cite news |last=Yossman |first=K.J. |date=14 May 2023 |title=Kate Winslet, Netflix's 'Dahmer' Among the Winners at BAFTA TV Awards 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/bafta-tv-awards-2023-winners-1235609578/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=Variety |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514155914/https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/bafta-tv-awards-2023-winners-1235609578/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In her acceptance speech, she urged lawmakers to criminalise harmful digital content.<ref>{{cite news |last=Milmo |first=Dan |date=15 May 2023 |title=Campaigners welcome Kate Winslet plea about online safety and children |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/15/campaigners-welcome-kate-winslet-plea-about-online-safety-and-children |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517181236/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/15/campaigners-welcome-kate-winslet-plea-about-online-safety-and-children |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017 and 2018, Winslet concurrently filmed [[Avatar (franchise)|two sequels]] to James Cameron's science fiction film ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009) using [[motion capture]] technology.<ref>{{cite news |first=Laurie |last=Brookins |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-talks-timepieces-avatar-2-a-treasured-gift-eli-wallach-1107027 |title=Kate Winslet Talks Timepieces, 'Avatar 2' and a Treasured Gift From Eli Wallach |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 April 2018 |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505025445/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kate-winslet-talks-timepieces-avatar-2-a-treasured-gift-eli-wallach-1107027 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="avatar3">{{cite web |last=Guttman |first=Graeme |date=19 January 2021 |title=Avatar 2 Or 3? Kate Winslet Couldn't Tell Them Apart When Filming |website=Screen Rant |url=https://screenrant.com/avatar-2-3-kate-winslet-filming-sequels-confusion/ |accessdate=2 January 2023 |archive-date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231030329/https://screenrant.com/avatar-2-3-kate-winslet-filming-sequels-confusion/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She learnt [[freediving]] for her role and was able to hold her breath underwater for seven minutes, setting a new record for any film scene shot underwater.<ref>{{cite news |last = Stolworthy |first = Jacob |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kate-winslet-avatar-2-3-underwater-james-cameron-release-date-trailer-sequel-a8398366.html |title = Avatar director James Cameron required Kate Winslet to hold breath underwater for seven minutes in watery sequels |work = The Independent |date = 14 June 2018 |access-date = 27 June 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180627151316/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/kate-winslet-avatar-2-3-underwater-james-cameron-release-date-trailer-sequel-a8398366.html |archive-date = 27 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Jessica |last=Rawden |url=https://screenrant.com/avatar-2-kate-winslet-underwater-breath-time-tom-cruise/ |title=Kate Winslet Beats Tom Cruise's Underwater Record In Avatar 2 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=1 November 2020 |access-date=4 April 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101172618/https://screenrant.com/avatar-2-kate-winslet-underwater-breath-time-tom-cruise/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Released in 2022, ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]'' earned over $2&nbsp;billion to rank as the third highest-grossing film of all time and Winslet's second film after ''Titanic'' to cross the $2&nbsp;billion mark.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klein |first=Brennan |date=22 January 2023 |title=Avatar: Way of Water Makes Box Office History By Crossing $2 Billion |website=Screen Rant |url=https://screenrant.com/avatar-way-water-box-office-history-2-billion/ |accessdate=23 January 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122195922/https://screenrant.com/avatar-way-water-box-office-history-2-billion/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

After being attached to a biopic of model and war photographer [[Lee Miller]] for eight years, Winslet produced and starred in ''[[Lee (2023 film)|Lee]]'' (2023). She hired cinematographer [[Ellen Kuras]] (who had filmed her in ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'') to make her feature directorial debut with the project.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Canfield |first=David |title=Kate Winslet Embodies an Unsung American Icon in Lee |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/09/awards-insider-kate-winslet-lee-miller-first-look |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=10 September 2023 |date=6 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Clayton |title=Kate Winslet Bares It All for Another Trip to the Oscars With Her Passion Project 'Lee' Following Its TIFF Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/kate-winslet-lee-best-actress-tiff-1235718876/ |work=Variety |access-date=10 September 2023 |date=9 September 2023 |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910120441/https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/kate-winslet-lee-best-actress-tiff-1235718876/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Winslet slipped and fell while filming, leading to three [[haematomas]] on her spine; she continued working despite the pain.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Kate Winslet Had to Be 'F—ing Brave' for 'Lee' Nude Scenes, Calls Out Male Investors Who Asked: 'Why Am I Supposed to Like This Woman?' |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/kate-winslet-lee-nude-scenes-calls-out-male-investors-1235719705/ |work=Variety |access-date=26 September 2022 |date=11 September 2022 }}</ref> Reviewers for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' and ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' noted how much Winslet's performance helped elevate a conventional biopic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gyarkye |first1=Lovia |title='Lee' Review: Kate Winslet Energizes a Glossy Biopic of Vogue Photographer |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lee-review-kate-winslet-1235586645/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=11 September 2023 |date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910212251/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lee-review-kate-winslet-1235586645/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schager |first1=Nick |title=Kate Winslet Shoots for Her Next Oscar in 'Lee' |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/lee-review-kate-winslet-shoots-for-next-oscar-as-lee-miller |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |access-date=11 September 2023 |date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911150506/https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/lee-review-kate-winslet-shoots-for-next-oscar-as-lee-miller |url-status=live }}</ref> Winslet next executive produced and starred in the HBO miniseries ''[[The Regime (miniseries)|The Regime]]'' (2024), a satire about a fictional authoritarian country.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kate-winslet-hbo-limited-series-the-palace-1235326160/|title= Kate Winslet to Lead HBO Limited Series 'The Palace,' Stephen Frears to Direct|work=Variety|date= 26 July 2022|accessdate= 27 July 2022|archive-date= 27 July 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220727214603/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kate-winslet-hbo-limited-series-the-palace-1235326160/|url-status= live}}</ref> To play a megalomaniac dictator, she consulted a neuroscientist and a psychotherapist to create a backstory for her character.<ref>{{cite web|last=Foreman|first=Alison|url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/kate-winslet-the-regime-interview-1234959521/|title= Kate Winslet Cried, Consulted a Neuroscientist, and Rehearsed Constantly to Prepare for 'The Regime'|website=IndieWire|date=2 March 2024|accessdate=8 March 2024}}</ref> Critics deemed her performance superior to the series.<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=the_regime|title=The Regime|type=tv|access-date=7 March 2024|publisher_hide=y}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She earned Golden Globe nominations for her performances in both ''Lee'' and ''The Regime'', in addition to a BAFTA nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]] as a producer on ''Lee''.<ref name="gg25">{{Cite magazine |date=December 9, 2024 |title=2025 Golden Globes nominations revealed: See the full list of nominees |url=https://ew.com/2025-golden-globes-nominations-full-list-8756192 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref name="bafta 2025">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/bafta-nominations-conclave-emilia-perez-wicked-hugh-grant-1236257429/|title=BAFTA Nominations: 'Conclave' & 'Emilia Pérez' Lead The Field As Open Awards Race Takes Shape|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas|date=15 January 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref>

Winslet will next reprise her role in the sequel ''[[Avatar: Fire and Ash]]''.<ref name="avatar3"/> She is set to make her directorial debut with the [[Netflix]] drama film ''[[Goodbye June (film)|Goodbye June]]'', written by her son Joe Anders, in which she will also star and produce.<ref>{{cite web|first=Zac|last=Ntim|url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/kate-winslet-directorial-debut-goodbye-june-netflix-1236291498/|title=Kate Winslet To Make Directorial Debut With 'Goodbye June' For Netflix|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=16 February 2025|accessdate=25 March 2025}}</ref> <!--Winslet will again collaborate with HBO on the limited series: ''Trust'', based on [[Hernan Diaz (writer)|Hernan Diaz]]'s nove.<ref>{{cite news |last = Otterson |first = Joe |url = https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kate-winslet-hbo-limited-series-hernan-diaz-trust-1235305955/ |title = Kate Winslet to Star in HBO Limited Series Based on Hernan Diaz Novel 'Trust' |work = Variety |date = 29 June 2022 |access-date = 29 June 2022 |url-status = live |archive-date = 29 June 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220629150127/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kate-winslet-hbo-limited-series-hernan-diaz-trust-1235305955/ }}</ref>-->