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Kate Winslet Says Some Early Teen Intimate Experiences Were With Girls

She shares the memory on the Team Deakins podcast as context for how adolescent curiosity shaped her portrayal in 1994’s Heavenly Creatures.

Overview

  • In a newly reported Team Deakins podcast interview, Winslet says a few of her first intimate experiences as a teenager were with girls.
  • She adds that she kissed girls and boys during that period and describes herself then as curious rather than settled in any direction.
  • Winslet links those experiences to her understanding of the intense same‑sex bond depicted in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures.
  • The discussion arises as she reflects on her early career, including first on‑camera work in 1990 and her later breakthrough with Titanic in 1997.
  • Coverage also notes her current life and work, including marriage to Edward Abel Smith, three children, and her recent directorial debut Goodbye June on Netflix.