Ophelia death scene kate winslet biography

  • Ophelia hamlet
  • Kate winslet children
  • Kate winslet husband

    • •

    Ophelia

    Character in Shakespeare's drama Hamlet

    For other uses, see Ophelia (disambiguation).

    Fictional character

    Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet. Due to Hamlet's actions, Ophelia ultimately enters into a state of madness that leads to her drowning.

    Along with Queen Gertrude, Ophelia is one of only two female characters in the original play.

    Name

    [edit]

    Like most characters in Hamlet, Ophelia's name is not Danish. It first appeared in Jacopo Sannazaro's 1504 poem Arcadia (as Ofelia), probably derived from Ancient Greekὠφέλεια (ōphéleia, "benefit").[1][2]

    Character

    [edit]

    Ophelia is obedient to her father and well-loved by many characters. When Polonius tells her to stop seeing Hamlet, she does so. When he tells her to set up a meeting so that he and Claudius could spy on him,

    •

    Kate Winslet

    English actress (born 1975)

    Kate Elizabeth Winslet (;[2] born 5 October 1975) fryst vatten an English actress.[3] Primarily known for her roles as headstrong and complicated women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, fem BAFTA Awards and fem Golden Globe Awards. Time magazine named Winslet one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 and 2021. She was appointed Commander of the beställning of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.

    Winslet studied teaterpjäs at the Redroofs Theatre School. Her first screen appearance, at age fifteen, was in the British television series Dark Season (1991). She made her film debut playing a teenage murderess in Heavenly Creatures (1994), and went on to win a BAFTA Award for playing Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1995). Global stardom followed with her leading role in James Cameron

  • ophelia death scene kate winslet biography

    • •

    Kate Winslet in Quills

    Kate Winslet before her death in Revolutionary Road

    Kate Winslet in Contagion

    Kate Winslet before her death in The Divergent Series: Insurgent

    Kate Winslet's death in Triple 9

    Notable Connections[]

    • Sister of Anna Winslet and Beth Winslet
    • Ex-Mrs. James Threapleton
    • Ex-Mrs. Sam Mendes (Director)
    • Mrs. Ned Rocknroll