Editing Kate Winslet (section)

===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>