Kate Winslet.Photo: GettyKate Winsletis coming off a year of rest and relaxation.The 46-year-old actress recently toldVarietythat following her award-running run as the title character in HBO’sMare of Easttown, she took a break from acting in 2021.“I took last year off to be with my family and to recover fromMare of Easttown. It was good to have a bit of a reset,” said Winslet.But theEmmyandOscarwinner “love(s) [her] job,” and said in the interview, published Tuesday in honor ofInternational Women’s Day, that she’s “really ready to throw [herself] back into it.““For an actor, there’s nothing as thrilling as being in a room with other actors,” Winslet added. “I am craving that again. But I’ve got heaps going on this year so I’m excited to get going.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Kate Winslet inMare of Easttown(2021).Michele K. Short/HBOAside from the work involved in the acting component, Winslet — who’s mom to sonsBear, 8, andJoe, 18, plus daughterMia, 21 — toldemmy magazinelast April that he had to “stay very fit” to take on the role of detective Mare Sheehan in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown.The actress explained thatshe had to stay on top of her health"not because we necessarily have to see a fit body” but because she had to do “a lot of running” in the show.“I had to physically do a lot of tackling and fighting and arresting people, you know, taking huge grown men down to the ground,” Winslet said.And although she wanted her character to look strong, Winsletdidn’t want to make her body seem unattainable.“It’s nice to sense that Mare was once strong in her youth, but I didn’t want to make her an impossible, superhuman forty-something-year-old,” she said. “Mostly women aren’t like that. We do what we can in the midst of the juggle of everything else.“RELATED VIDEO: Can You Believe That Kate Winslet Has Looked Oscar Perfect Since 1996?Winslet will soon be seen in the upcomingAvatarsequels.
Kate Winslet.Photo: Getty
Kate Winsletis coming off a year of rest and relaxation.The 46-year-old actress recently toldVarietythat following her award-running run as the title character in HBO’sMare of Easttown, she took a break from acting in 2021.“I took last year off to be with my family and to recover fromMare of Easttown. It was good to have a bit of a reset,” said Winslet.But theEmmyandOscarwinner “love(s) [her] job,” and said in the interview, published Tuesday in honor ofInternational Women’s Day, that she’s “really ready to throw [herself] back into it.““For an actor, there’s nothing as thrilling as being in a room with other actors,” Winslet added. “I am craving that again. But I’ve got heaps going on this year so I’m excited to get going.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Kate Winslet inMare of Easttown(2021).Michele K. Short/HBOAside from the work involved in the acting component, Winslet — who’s mom to sonsBear, 8, andJoe, 18, plus daughterMia, 21 — toldemmy magazinelast April that he had to “stay very fit” to take on the role of detective Mare Sheehan in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown.The actress explained thatshe had to stay on top of her health"not because we necessarily have to see a fit body” but because she had to do “a lot of running” in the show.“I had to physically do a lot of tackling and fighting and arresting people, you know, taking huge grown men down to the ground,” Winslet said.And although she wanted her character to look strong, Winsletdidn’t want to make her body seem unattainable.“It’s nice to sense that Mare was once strong in her youth, but I didn’t want to make her an impossible, superhuman forty-something-year-old,” she said. “Mostly women aren’t like that. We do what we can in the midst of the juggle of everything else.“RELATED VIDEO: Can You Believe That Kate Winslet Has Looked Oscar Perfect Since 1996?Winslet will soon be seen in the upcomingAvatarsequels.
Kate Winsletis coming off a year of rest and relaxation.
The 46-year-old actress recently toldVarietythat following her award-running run as the title character in HBO’sMare of Easttown, she took a break from acting in 2021.
“I took last year off to be with my family and to recover fromMare of Easttown. It was good to have a bit of a reset,” said Winslet.
But theEmmyandOscarwinner “love(s) [her] job,” and said in the interview, published Tuesday in honor ofInternational Women’s Day, that she’s “really ready to throw [herself] back into it.”
“For an actor, there’s nothing as thrilling as being in a room with other actors,” Winslet added. “I am craving that again. But I’ve got heaps going on this year so I’m excited to get going.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Kate Winslet inMare of Easttown(2021).Michele K. Short/HBO
Aside from the work involved in the acting component, Winslet — who’s mom to sonsBear, 8, andJoe, 18, plus daughterMia, 21 — toldemmy magazinelast April that he had to “stay very fit” to take on the role of detective Mare Sheehan in HBO’s limited seriesMare of Easttown.
The actress explained thatshe had to stay on top of her health"not because we necessarily have to see a fit body” but because she had to do “a lot of running” in the show.
“I had to physically do a lot of tackling and fighting and arresting people, you know, taking huge grown men down to the ground,” Winslet said.
And although she wanted her character to look strong, Winsletdidn’t want to make her body seem unattainable.
“It’s nice to sense that Mare was once strong in her youth, but I didn’t want to make her an impossible, superhuman forty-something-year-old,” she said. “Mostly women aren’t like that. We do what we can in the midst of the juggle of everything else.”
RELATED VIDEO: Can You Believe That Kate Winslet Has Looked Oscar Perfect Since 1996?
Winslet will soon be seen in the upcomingAvatarsequels.
source: people.com
