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| Successful Celebrity - Kate Winslet |
In the middle of 1992, Celebrity K. Winslet attended a casting call for Peter Jackson's
Heavenly Creatures at London. K. E. Winslet auditioned for the part of Juliet Hulme, a teenager who assists in the murder of the mother of her best friend, Pauline Parker, played by Melanie Lynskey. She won the role over 175 other girls. The film included Winslet's singing debut, and her a cappella version of Sono Andati, an aria from
La Bohème, was featured on the films sound track. This film was released to favourable reviews in 1994 and won Jackson and partner Fran Walsh a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. K. Winslet was awarded an Empire Award and a London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year for her performance. The Washington Post famous writer Desson Thomson commented, "In the role of Juliet, Winslet is a bright eyed ball of fire, lighting up every scene she's in. She's offset perfectly by Lynskey, whose completely smoldering Pauline completes the delicate, pretty dangerous partnership. Speaking about her experience on a film set as an absolute starter, Winslet noted: With Heavenly Creatures, all I knew I had to do was completely become that person. In a way it was completely nice practice, the film and not knowing a negative thing.
