In August 2009, it was announced that Kate Winslet will narrate a documentary on autism, The Sunshine Boy, by Icelandic film director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson.http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE57Q0GN20090827

She is also reported to be starring as the title character in an upcoming HBO mini-series, Mildred Pierce.http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-200908201754tmslizsmittr--x-a20090821aug21,0,4580391.story

She was formerly married to director Jim Threapleton; after their divorce she married director Sam Mendes in 2003. She has one daughter from her first marriage and a son from her current marriage with Mendes.

She also won two Golden Globes in 2009 for her performances as April in Revolutionary Road and as Hanna in The Reader.Gold Derby (LAT): The Reader' Roars into the Oscars Derby... (November 26, 2008) For the same films, Winslet received two BAFTA nominations in the same category (Leading Actress).

Winslet had previously been nominated for Academy Awards for her work in Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Little Children.

"I still don't believe this craziness for being skinny, but I eat sensibly and I don't stuff down chocolate biscuits."People.com: Kate Winslet's Slimming Secret? Not the Gym! (January 2, 2009)

"I have cellulite, I have a rumply tummy and my boobs have dropped. I did think that post-kids, my sex scenes days were over."People.com: Kate Winslet's Slimming Secret? Not the Gym! (January 2, 2009)