Winslet lands Emmy and perfect acceptance speech

KATE WINSLET has perfected the art of the breathless, humbled acceptance speech during her many awards ceremony appearances.

“This, really, I feel like had nothing to do with me — it was all you,” she said, gesturing to the crew and cast of her HBO drama Mildred Pierce.

But she has had plenty of time to practise. As she collected her Oscar in 2009 for The Reader, Winslet admitted that she had been doing so since she was a child.

“I’d be lying if I hadn’t made a version of this speech. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into a mirror.”

And just like her Emmy acceptance speech, the 35-year-old ensured that she cited the names of those she felt made an equal — if not greater — contribution.

Her outstanding lead actress role for the remake of Mildred Pierce — which originally starred Joan Crawford — was her first Emmy win.

It had been one of the few major awards missing from her cabinet, after a further round of success two years ago when she landed two Golden Globes, a Bafta and the Oscar at the sixth attempt.

Winslet has come a long way since starring opposite the Honey Monster in an advert for breakfast cereal at age 11.

She got her first big break six years later when she was cast as an obsessive teenager in Heavenly Creatures.

A year later, her role in Sense And Sensibility was rewarded with both Bafta and Oscar nominations.

But she hit the big time with Titanic, which led to another Oscar nod.

Winslet went on to take acclaimed roles in The Life Of David Gale, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Finding Neverland, as well as working with former husband Sam Mendes on Revolutionary Road in 2008.