Kate Winslet Reveals How She Wants to Celebrate Her 50th Birthday Next Year: 'I'm Gathering a Little List'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Photo:Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiKate Winsletalready knows how she wants to celebrate her 50th birthday next year.In an interview forHarper’s Bazaar U.K.’s September issue, theLeeactress revealed she’s already been making notes on how she wants to embrace entering a new decade.Discussing what she doesn’t want to happen, Winslet — who turns 50 in October 2025 — told the outlet, “I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises.““I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or a place I’ve never been, acts of kindness – I’m gathering a little list,” she added.Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiTheTitanicstar’s confidence has just continued to grow as she’s gotten older. “I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles.’ I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes. It enables me to allow the opinions of others to evaporate,” Winslet said.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!She continued of the importance of celebrating inner confidence: “I do feel a huge sense of relief that women are so much more accepting of themselves and refusing to be judged. Because I don’t know a single contemporary of mine who grew up seeing her mother looking in the mirror and saying: ‘I look nice!’ ““My mother never did: It was always, ‘Oh God, I don’t think I can wear this, do I look hippy, does my bum look big?’ We waste so much time being down on ourselves and I’m just not doing it ever again,” she added.Kate Winslet on Feb. 26, 2024.John Nacion/Variety via Getty ImagesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Winslet regularly speaks out about wanting women to feel good about themselves. In a 2022 interview with the BBC’sWoman’s Hourpodcast, sheopened up about how she celebrates her beauty, insisting she wants other women to do the same.“I’m 47, there are bits that don’t do what you want them to do anymore,” Winslet said at the time. “There’s something kind of fab about going: ‘Oh well, that’s just the way it is, isn’t it?’ “Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiShe continued, “But I think women come into their 40s, certainly mid-40s, thinking: ‘Oh well, this is the beginning of the decline and things start to change and fade and slide in directions that I don’t want them to go in anymore.’ And I’ve just decided no.““We become more woman, more powerful, more sexy,” Winslet said. “We grow into ourselves more, we have the opportunity to speak and speak our mind and not be afraid of what people think of us, not care what we look like quite so much. I think it’s amazing. Let’s go girls, let’s just be in our power. Why not? Life’s too flipping short.“Leeis in theaters Sept. 27.

Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Photo:Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi Lubomirski

Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi Lubomirski

Kate Winsletalready knows how she wants to celebrate her 50th birthday next year.In an interview forHarper’s Bazaar U.K.’s September issue, theLeeactress revealed she’s already been making notes on how she wants to embrace entering a new decade.Discussing what she doesn’t want to happen, Winslet — who turns 50 in October 2025 — told the outlet, “I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises.““I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or a place I’ve never been, acts of kindness – I’m gathering a little list,” she added.Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiTheTitanicstar’s confidence has just continued to grow as she’s gotten older. “I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles.’ I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes. It enables me to allow the opinions of others to evaporate,” Winslet said.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!She continued of the importance of celebrating inner confidence: “I do feel a huge sense of relief that women are so much more accepting of themselves and refusing to be judged. Because I don’t know a single contemporary of mine who grew up seeing her mother looking in the mirror and saying: ‘I look nice!’ ““My mother never did: It was always, ‘Oh God, I don’t think I can wear this, do I look hippy, does my bum look big?’ We waste so much time being down on ourselves and I’m just not doing it ever again,” she added.Kate Winslet on Feb. 26, 2024.John Nacion/Variety via Getty ImagesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Winslet regularly speaks out about wanting women to feel good about themselves. In a 2022 interview with the BBC’sWoman’s Hourpodcast, sheopened up about how she celebrates her beauty, insisting she wants other women to do the same.“I’m 47, there are bits that don’t do what you want them to do anymore,” Winslet said at the time. “There’s something kind of fab about going: ‘Oh well, that’s just the way it is, isn’t it?’ “Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi LubomirskiShe continued, “But I think women come into their 40s, certainly mid-40s, thinking: ‘Oh well, this is the beginning of the decline and things start to change and fade and slide in directions that I don’t want them to go in anymore.’ And I’ve just decided no.““We become more woman, more powerful, more sexy,” Winslet said. “We grow into ourselves more, we have the opportunity to speak and speak our mind and not be afraid of what people think of us, not care what we look like quite so much. I think it’s amazing. Let’s go girls, let’s just be in our power. Why not? Life’s too flipping short.“Leeis in theaters Sept. 27.

Kate Winsletalready knows how she wants to celebrate her 50th birthday next year.

In an interview forHarper’s Bazaar U.K.’s September issue, theLeeactress revealed she’s already been making notes on how she wants to embrace entering a new decade.

Discussing what she doesn’t want to happen, Winslet — who turns 50 in October 2025 — told the outlet, “I don’t like big parties, and I can’t stand surprises.”

“I want to spend the year doing 50 remarkable things, whether that’s a particular hike I’ve never done, or a place I’ve never been, acts of kindness – I’m gathering a little list,” she added.

Kate Winslet poses for ‘Harper’s Bazaar U.K.’ shoot.Harper’s Bazaar UK/Alexi Lubomirski

TheTitanicstar’s confidence has just continued to grow as she’s gotten older. “I think people know better than to say, ‘You might wanna do something about those wrinkles.’ I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes. It enables me to allow the opinions of others to evaporate,” Winslet said.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

She continued of the importance of celebrating inner confidence: “I do feel a huge sense of relief that women are so much more accepting of themselves and refusing to be judged. Because I don’t know a single contemporary of mine who grew up seeing her mother looking in the mirror and saying: ‘I look nice!’ "

“My mother never did: It was always, ‘Oh God, I don’t think I can wear this, do I look hippy, does my bum look big?’ We waste so much time being down on ourselves and I’m just not doing it ever again,” she added.

Kate Winslet on Feb. 26, 2024.John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images

John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images

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Winslet regularly speaks out about wanting women to feel good about themselves. In a 2022 interview with the BBC’sWoman’s Hourpodcast, sheopened up about how she celebrates her beauty, insisting she wants other women to do the same.

“I’m 47, there are bits that don’t do what you want them to do anymore,” Winslet said at the time. “There’s something kind of fab about going: ‘Oh well, that’s just the way it is, isn’t it?’ "

She continued, “But I think women come into their 40s, certainly mid-40s, thinking: ‘Oh well, this is the beginning of the decline and things start to change and fade and slide in directions that I don’t want them to go in anymore.’ And I’ve just decided no.”

“We become more woman, more powerful, more sexy,” Winslet said. “We grow into ourselves more, we have the opportunity to speak and speak our mind and not be afraid of what people think of us, not care what we look like quite so much. I think it’s amazing. Let’s go girls, let’s just be in our power. Why not? Life’s too flipping short.”

Leeis in theaters Sept. 27.

source: people.com