Best known for her role in the evergreen tragic love story Titanic, Kate Winslet has attained great heights in Hollywood. But her most personal and rewarding role is being a mom to three kids.The Titanic star who has been privileged to find love and get married, welcomed three kids over the course of her three marriages. Her daughter, Mia Threapleton, her son Joe Alfie Mendes and her third child Bear Blaze.
Despite her open personality, the actress preferred to keep her children out of the spotlight, especially when they were younger. In 2017, Winslet said that she thrived off being a hands-on mom. The actress told Harper's Bazaar that she doesn't have a chef or a driver or things like that because she would rather take care of those responsibilities herself.
I would be so unhappy if I had those things and I wouldn't feel like I was being a real person anymore, she said. Just because I am in a position where I can have those things, it doesn't mean that I have to. It just wouldn't be right for my family — I know that my kids would absolutely hate it. I want them to look back and remember my chicken soup and my packed lunches and that it was me on the school run.
Over the years, Kate has proven to not just be a good actress but also a very good mum to her kids. Here's everything to know about Kate Winslet's three children.
Mia Honey Threapleton
Mia Honey Threapleton who is currently 22, is Kate’s oldest child and only daughter which she shares with ex-husband Jim Threapleton. The pair happily welcomed Mia on Oct. 12, 2000, although this happiness did not last for so long as they publicly split just 11 months later.Speaking about her daughter’s career choices, Winslet revealed in 2021 that her daughter had begun acting without anyone noticing due to their different last names.
[She's] 20 and acting, Winslet told Scottish TV host Lorraine Kelly in 2021. She's away now in the Czech Republic about to start on a TV series over there.Winslet also said that she suspected that Mia would become an actress.
What's great for her is she has a different surname, Winslet added. So she slipped under the radar and the people who cast her had absolutely no idea that she was my daughter ... that was important for her self-esteem, of course.
Joe Alfie Mendes
Joe Alfie Mendes was born to Kate and her now ex-husband Sam Mendes in December 22, 2003. She married Sam in 2003 and was with him for seven years before they officially spilt in 2010.
Joe was born in New York City, and while he leads a very private life, Winslet has previously revealed that her 19-year-old son is into the arts.
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Bear Blaze Winslet
Winslet's youngest child, Bear Blaze, whom she shares with her current husband Edward Abel Smith, was born on Dec. 7, 2013. During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2014, Winslet shared the meaning behind her son's unique name.
Kate explained that Bear's middle name refers to the house fire she escaped in August 2011 while on vacation in the Caribbean, and she wanted to name her son something that reminded her of her survival and she named him Blaze.