Kate Winslet

Before becoming a 90’s icon for her role in the movie, Titanic, British actress Kate Winslet had to work her way up the Hollywood ladder first. She had a difficult childhood and her family lived hand to mouth. Winslet shared that due to her over-sized figure she was often cast in weird roles, but she didn’t mind doing them as she loved acting.

“I loved acting. It didn’t matter how big or small the parts were. I wanted to be great and I was determined to keep learning. At only 16 years old, Kate left school and started working in a deli shop in England. Kate even revealed to Stephen Colbert that she started working at the deli-shop so she can save money for a train ticket to go to London for auditions. Fortunately for the teenage Kate Winslet, her hard work soon paid off when she was cast for Peter Jackson’s film, Heavenly Creatures. That train ticket was surely a worthy investment.