Ever since she made her impressive feature film debut in Heavenly Creatures in 1994, Kate Winslet has been compiling a catalogue of exquisite performances, usually portraying free-spirited women tinged with sexuality. When she was 22 she became the youngest actress to receive two Oscar nominations the first for her star-making turn in Sense and Sensibility (1996) and the second for her performance in James Camerons landmark epic Titanic in 1997.