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Winslet was one of four children born to parents Roger and Sally, in Reading.
Her maternal grandparents were actors and her father, between labouring jobs to support the family, was a performer too.
She enrolled at Redroofs Theatre School but had to leave after she sat her GCSEs because her parents couldn’t afford the fees.
Despite attending a private acting school, Winslet maintained that her parents always “frowned upon wealth”.
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Kate Winslet is best known for her role of Rose Calvert in the 1997 film Titanic with DiCaprio (Image: GETTY)