Is Kate Winslet the greatest actor of her generation? The fact that the answer to that question is “maybe,” speaks volumes: for more than 30 years, Winslet has been one of Hollywood's most iconic actresses, and her resume speaks volumes One Oscar, one Grammy, three SAGs, five Golden Globes, and five BAFTAs

Winslet could be back in the awards conversation with her biopic “Lee” Winslet will play Lee Miller, a former model turned wartime photographer for Vogue magazine during World War II With “Lee,” now in theaters, we ranked Winslet's seven best

If she wins an Oscar (more on that later) for her performance, she has to make the list In The Reader, Winslet plays Hannah Schmitz, a tram conductor in Berlin in 1958 who has a relationship with 15-year-old Michael Berg (David Cross) Years later, Michael (Ralph Fiennes), now a law student, learns that Hanna is on trial for war crimes committed while serving as a Holocaust guard at Auschwitz

Winslet has the impossible task of finding empathy for a woman involved in a horrific crime against humanity However, Winslet succeeded in movingly portraying a flawed and guilt-ridden woman Winslet won the only Academy Award for Best Actress But it should have been in the supporting category, and Winslet should have won Best Actress for another role on this list

RENT/BUY ON Amazon or Apple

Backed by her theatrical training and British charm, Winslet is the perfect actress to star in Jane Austen's film adaptation Her second film role is as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility After the death of their father, sisters Marianne and Elinor (Emma Thompson) are left with little inheritance Struggling to find a husband, Marianne is torn between the older Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman) and the dashing John Willoughby (Greg Wise)

Sense and Sensibility was primarily Thompson's coming-of-age film, and her screenplay won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay But Winslet proved that even at her young age she had the talent to become a star in the industry

Watch on Prime Video

It takes a special actor to handle the walking dialogue, long monologues, and snappy little lines in Aaron Sorkin's script Danny Boyle's biopic “Steve Jobs” deals with three key moments in Steve Jobs' life

Michael Fassbender plays the Apple visionary, while Winslet plays Joanna Hoffman, a marketing executive and Jobs' right-hand woman Despite the minor problem of her Polish accent, Winslet is as convincing as Fassbender's powerful performance

Rent/Buy on Amazon or Apple

Winslet transforms into another flawed character in Todd Field's Little Children Sarah Pierce (Winslet) is an unhappy suburban housewife with a porn-addicted husband One day, while at a playground with her young daughter, Sarah meets Brad (Patrick Wilson), a handsome law student with a film director wife (Jennifer Connelly) and a son

Sarah and Brad begin a sexually driven affair, using each other as an escape from their failing marriage Little Children is an all too realistic portrayal of the problems facing middle-class American marriages Winslet brilliantly portrays the emotional vulnerability of a woman at a crossroads in her life

Rent/Buy on Amazon or Apple

Winslet became a major international star overnight as Rose in Titanic James Cameron's epic disaster film depicts the tragic voyage of the Titanic through the romance between Rose, a teenager destined to marry into a wealthy family, and Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a penniless artist who wins a ticket in a last-minute poker game The film depicts the

Over the course of a few days, Rose and Jack meet, dance, fall in love, and plan their lives once they arrive in America Then the ship hits an iceberg, and “Titanic” becomes a survival film about the star-crossed lovers' fight for survival Compared to DiCaprio, Winslet had the tougher task, given that her role is that of a spoiled brat By the end, the audience is rooting for her survival and Rose becomes a heroine There is only one mistake: she should have opened the door for Jack

See on Paramount Plus

Winslet reunites with DiCaprio in Sam Mendes' adaptation of Revolutionary Road Winslet plays April Wheeler, an aspiring actress who fell in love and married in the 1950s The couple buys a house along Revolutionary Road in Connecticut, but it becomes a source of trouble

Winslet and DiCaprio have several outstanding arguments and emotionally tear each other apart as their marriage dies a slow and painful death The magic that Winslet and DiCaprio created in Titanic returns in Revolutionary Road Every insult and declaration Winslet shouts hits like a powerful bullet straight to the heart This was the role for which Winslet should have won Best Actress in 2009

Watch on Prime Video

Her romance with DiCaprio in “Titanic” is her most iconic work, but her back-and-forth relationship with Jim Carrey in “Eternal Sunshine/Spotless Mind” is her best work In this Michael Gondry-directed film, Winslet plays Clementine Kruczynski, the blue-haired lover of Joel Barish (Carey)

At the end of their two-year relationship, Clementine undergoes surgery to erase her memories of Joel Clementine is unstable and out of sorts, but through Joel's memories we learn why he fell in love with her, a free-spirited extrovert This unafraid of vulnerability makes Winslet a rarity as an actor Bolstered by the Oscar-winning screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Winslet delivers the best performance of her career, equally heartbreaking and uplifting

Watch on Netflix