Kate Winslet has played a nun, a repressed housewife, an illiterate German, and several other challenging roles, but her next one may be her toughest yet: the role of a single mom. According to People magazine, the 34-year-old Oscar winner and her husband, Revolutionary Road director Sam Mendes, 44, have split up.
“Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year,” their lawyers say in a statement. “The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children.”
Kate and Sam were married back in 2003. They have a son, Joe, age 6. Winslet also has a daughter, Mia, age 9, from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton, an assistant director she met while filming Hideous Kinky in 1997.
This makes me so sad! They always seemed like such a down-to-earth, happy couple — and they clearly were successful when they collaborated. I feel like there are so few examples of Hollywood couples making it work. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard? I guess we can always look to Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Sandra Bullock and Jesse James have also been pretty adorable lately.
Kate will no doubt keep busy post-divorce. According to IMDB, she has three projects in various stages of production: an untitled Peter Farrelly/Charles Wesler project and the TV series Mildred Pierce and Contagion. Can’t wait to see her again!
