Kate Winslet Gets Mistaken for This Fellow Actress \201cA Lot\201d—But Calls the Mix-Up \201cA Huge Compliment\201d
In turn, this actress gets mistaken for Winslet frequently, too.


Kate Winslet is an Academy Award winner, a star of blockbuster films like Titanic, and a Hollywood veteran of over 25 years, but she still gets mistaken for another Kate (well, in this case, Cate) in the business—Cate Blanchett, to be exact.
Winslet said she often gets mistaken for Blanchett, but takes it as a huge compliment
Blanchett, for her part, said she is often mistaken for Winslet, too
Winslet said the mix-up “happens a lot,” but it doesn’t upset her—in fact, she said, it “is a huge compliment,” per People. Winslet was at the premiere of her forthcoming HBO show The Regime when she told Access Hollywood that not only does the confusion happen frequently, but that she goes along with it: “I say ‘Oh, thank you so much,’” she said. “And they say, ‘Loved you in Elizabeth,’ and I say, ‘Thank you. That’s so kind.’ And she gets the same thing, where people will say to her, ‘Loved you in Sense and Sensibility,’ or ‘Loved you in Titanic.’” Showing reverence to her fellow Oscar winner, Winslet added “To be mistaken for Cate Blanchett is a huge compliment. So, no, I’ll take it. I’ll take it.”
Winslet and Blanchett are both Academy Award winners
Both Winslet and Blanchett were on The Graham Norton Show last week, and Blanchett confirmed that it’s not just Winslet who gets mistaken for her: “I get it all the time,” Blanchett said of being mistaken for her fellow Cate/Kate. “People will say, ‘Is it you? Is it you?’ and I say, ‘Yes. I think so.’ And then they say, ‘I loved you in Titanic.’”
Blanchett at the 2024 BAFTAs
Winslet's new show, "The Regime," premieres tomorrow on HBO
Winslet recently opened up to PORTER about struggling with fame early in her career, dealing with especially difficult scrutiny on the heels of Titanic’s 1997 release. “I felt like I had to look a certain way, or be a certain thing, and because media intrusion was so significant at that time, my life was quite unpleasant,” she said. “Journalists would always say, ‘After Titanic, you could have done anything and yet you chose to do these small things.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, you bet your life I did! Because guess what? Being famous was horrible.’”
Winslet’s The Regime premieres tomorrow at 9 p.m. Eastern on HBO, and will stream on Max.
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