Kate Winslet - Glamorous Family Background

Kate E. Winslet was Born in Reading, Berkshire, Kate Winslet is the middle of three daughters of Sally Anne (née Bridges), a barmaid, and Roger John Winslet, a swimming pool contractor. Her parents were junior jobbing actors, which led Winslet to comment that she didn't have a privileged upbringing and that their daily life was very poor and hand to mouth. Her maternal grandparents, Linda née Plumb and Archibald Oliver Bridges, founded and operated the Reading Repertory Theater, and her uncle, Robert Bridges, appeared in the original West End production of Oliver!. Anna is her older sister, and Beth is the younger sister, both are also actresses at the moment.