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| Oscar-winning British film actress Kate Winslet and her filmmaker husband Sam Mendes, have separated after nearly seven years of marriage, their lawyers said here March 15, 2010. (AP/Mark J. Terrill) |
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| The announcement of the split by London law firm Schilling came as something of a surprise following the pair's portrayal as the ideal show business couple for many years. Kate Winslet, 34, married the successful British filmmaker and stage director in a Caribbean wedding in 2003. (AP/Evan Agostini) |
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| They have one son, Joe, 6, while Kate has a daughter, Mia, from her first marriage to film director Jim Threapleton. 'Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year,' said a statement by Schillings. (AP/Evan Agostini) |
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| The split was 'entirely amicable and by mutual agreement' and both parties were fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. Kate Winslet began her career as a teenager in BBC television, but shot to international stardom with her role as Rose Dewitt Bukater in the 1997 blockbuster 'Titanic'. (AFP/Jewel Samad) |
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| Last year she won an Oscar for Best Actress for her highly acclaimed lead role in the German postwar drama 'The Reader'. Sam Mendes, 44, won a best director award for his movie 'American Beauty' in 2000. The pair worked together on his fourth film, 'Revolutionary Road', in 2008. (AFP/Jewel Samad) |
