Kate Winslet Biography

- Nicknamed Blubber as a teen because of her weight.

- Her first acting job was in a Sugar Puffs commercial, when she was 11.

- In Heavenly Creatures she played Juliet Hulme. The real-life Hulme (having changed her name to Anne Perry) became a famous writer of murder mysteries.) One of her Inspector Pitt stories was filmed as The Cater St Hangman, which featured an appearance by Kate's sister, Anna.