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| Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split | Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split |
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| Actress Kate Winslet and her husband Sam Mendes have split up, their lawyers have announced. | Actress Kate Winslet and her husband Sam Mendes have split up, their lawyers have announced. |
| "Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year," said a statement by lawyers Schillings. | "Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year," said a statement by lawyers Schillings. |
| Winslet, 34, and director Mendes, 44, married in a low-key private ceremony in the Caribbean in May 2003. | |
| It was Winslet's second marriage, following her divorce from film director Jim Threapleton after three years of marriage. | It was Winslet's second marriage, following her divorce from film director Jim Threapleton after three years of marriage. |
| Kate Winslet with her Golden Globe award in January 2009 | |
| The statement added: "The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. | The statement added: "The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. |
| "Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect the privacy of the family." | "Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect the privacy of the family." |
| The couple have one child together, Joe, while Winslet has a daughter, Mia, from her first marriage. | The couple have one child together, Joe, while Winslet has a daughter, Mia, from her first marriage. |
| Winslet won an Oscar for best actress for her role in The Reader in 2009. | Winslet won an Oscar for best actress for her role in The Reader in 2009. |
| The actress shot to global stardom in 1997 as the romantic heroine in James Cameron's Titanic - until recently the most successful movie of all time. | The actress shot to global stardom in 1997 as the romantic heroine in James Cameron's Titanic - until recently the most successful movie of all time. |
| Awards winners | |
| She was Oscar-nominated for Titanic, and was similarly nominated for her roles in Sense and Sensibility, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Little Children. | |
| Mendes, an acclaimed director of both stage and film, won a best director Oscar for American Beauty in 2000. He also directed Road to Perdition (2002) and Revolutionary Road (2008). | Mendes, an acclaimed director of both stage and film, won a best director Oscar for American Beauty in 2000. He also directed Road to Perdition (2002) and Revolutionary Road (2008). |
| Winslet won a Golden Globe in 2009 for her role in Revolutionary Road as a frustrated housewife living in 1950s America. | |
| In her acceptance speech she thanked her husband for pushing her so hard: "Thank you for directing this film, babe, and thank you for killing us every single day and really enjoying us actually being in such horrific pain," she said. | |
| "But I can honestly say with my hand on my heart that I loved every second of working with you and it's made me love you more." | |
| Both Winslet and Mendes were born in Reading, Berkshire. |