Kate Winslet (Rose)

Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater) first received international acclaim for her performance in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures," in which she starred as a teenage girl whose intense relationship with an equally imaginative school friend leads to murder. Her promise was confirmed with her performance as the impetuous Marianne in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility," opposite Emma Thompson, for which she won a SAG and BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy AwardŽ nomination, all in 1996. Most recently she received universal praise for her portrayal of the heart-rending and mined Sue Bridehead in Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" and as the tortured Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of "Hamlet." Winslet will next star in the independent feature film "Hideous Kinky," filming on location in Morocco this fall. She says she was surprised to get the part for Rose. She wasn't expecting it at all:-)