The Coventry Carol - Music

Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE Born 5 October 1975 Is An English Actress And Singer. She Was The Youngest Person To Accrue Six Academy Award Nominations And Won The Academy Award For Best Actress For The Reader 2008 . She Has Won Awards From The Screen Actors Guild British Academy Of Film And Television Arts And The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Among Others And Has Been Nominated Twice For An Emmy Award For Television Acting Winning Once For Her Role As Mildred Pierce In The 2011 Mini-Series Of The Same Name. In 2012 She Received The Honorary César Award For Her Life And Acting Career. Brought Up In Berkshire Winslet Studied Drama From Childhood And Began Her Career In British Television In 1991. She Made Her Film Debut In Heavenly Creatures 1994 For Which She Received Her First Notable Critical Praise. She Achieved Recognition For Her Subsequent Work In A Supporting Role In Sense And Sensibility 1995 And For Her Leading Role In Titanic 1997 The Highest-Grossing Film In The World At The Time. Since 2000 Winslet's Performances Have Continued To Draw Positive Comments From Film Critics And She Has Been Nominated For Various Awards For Her Work In Such Films As Quills 2000 Iris 2001 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004 Finding Neverland 2004 Little Children 2006 The Reader 2008 And Revolutionary Road 2008 . Her Performance In The Last Of These Prompted New York Magazine Critic David Edelstein To Describe Her As "the Best English-Speaking Film Actress Of Her Generation". The Romantic Comedy The Holiday And The Animated Film Flushed Away Both 2006 Are Among The Biggest Commercial Successes Of Her Career. Winslet Was Awarded A Grammy Award For Best Spoken Word Album For Children In 2000. She Has Been Included As A Vocalist On Some Soundtracks Of Works She Has Performed In And The Single "What If" From The Soundtrack For Christmas Carol The Movie 2001 Was A Hit Single In Several European Countries. Winslet Has A Mezzo-Soprano Singing Voice. read less