Kate Winslet Commends Daughter Mia Threapleton's Performance in' I Am Ruth' : 'Blown Away'

Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty; Ascent Films Kate Winsletmight just be her daughterMia Threapleton’s biggest fan! The Academy Award winner, 47, spoke toBBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssbergthis week, where she opened up about working with her 22-year-old daughter on their new drama,I Am Ruth. She continued: “Sometimes I could introduce her to a technical trick here and there. Just little things I picked up along the way, like changing an eye line … Little things like that, that no one teaches you.

Kate Winslet Is Planning a ‘Quiet’ 49th Birthday: ‘I Like to Keep Things Small’ (Exclusive)

Kate Winslet at the premiere of ‘Lee’ in London on Sept. 3.Photo:Neil Mockford/WireImage Neil Mockford/WireImage Kate Winsletisn’t throwing a party of titanic proportions when she turns 49 on October 5. She’ll mark her milestone 50th birthday in 2025 without a lot of fanfare either,she toldHarper’s Bazaarin August. “I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises,” Winslet said. “I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or a place I’ve never been, acts of kindness — I’m gathering a little list,” added Winslet, who shares son Bear, 10, with herhusband, Edward Abel Smith, 46, a former exec at Virgin Galactic; son Joe, 20, with ex-husband Sam Mendes; anddaughter Mia, 23, with ex Jim Threapleton.

Kate Winslet Says 'It's a Terrible Waste of Energy' for Women to Be 'Hard on Ourselves All the Time' (Exclusive)

Kate Winslet attends the 2024 Women in Film (WIF) annual gala in Beverly Hills, California, on Oct. 24, 2024.Photo:MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Kate Winsletsays she aims to “always” be kind to herself. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the 49-year-oldLeeactress spoke with PEOPLE at the annual Women In Film (WIF) gala about how she works through making mistakes — and why she feels it’s a “waste of energy” for women to be “hard” on themselves.

Kate Winslet Says She Has Video of Her 7-Minute Breath Hold for 'Avatar' : 'Have I Died?'

Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Kate Winsletcaptured the moment she emerged from her seven-plus minutes-long breath hold forAvatar: The Way of Wateron camera. “I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead, have I died?’ And then going, ‘What was [my time]?'” she toldTotal Filmin a new interview published Tuesday. “Straight away I wanted to know my time. And I couldn’t believe it,” Winslet, 47, added. “The next thing I say is, ‘We need to radio set.

Katharine McPhee and David Foster Disagree over Disciplining Son: 'His Era of Parenting Is Different' (Exclusive)

Kat McPhee and David Foster.Photo:Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Katharine McPheeand husbandDavid Fosterknow where they align and where they differ. In the studio, recording tracks like those on their new updated albumChristmas Songs, out now, they’re perfectly in sync. “It’s a pleasure,” McPhee, 39, who’s set to perform with her husband at this week’sMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Paradetells PEOPLE of singing along to Foster’s music. “I just always lean into his expertise.