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Kate Winslet Says Her ‘First Intimate Experiences’ as a Teen Were With Women: ‘I’d Kissed a Few Girls, and I’d Kissed a Few Boys’

December 28, 2025

Dec 28, 2025 11:39am PT Kate Winslet Says Her ‘First Intimate Experiences’ as a Teen Were With Women: ‘I’d Kissed a Few Girls, and I’d Kissed a Few Boys’ By Jack Dunn Plus Icon Jack Dunn Latest Kate Winslet Says Her ‘First Intimate Experiences’ as a Teen Were With Women: ‘I’d Kissed a Few Girls, and I’d Kissed a Few Boys’ 1 hour ago Jamie Lee Curtis Says ‘Thank God’ Her Mother Didn’t Let Her Audition for ‘The Exorcist’ at Age 12: ‘My Mom Really Wanted Me to Have a Childhood’ 23 hours ago David Spade Spent ’25 Years’ Getting His ‘Hero’ Eddie Murphy to Forgive Him For ‘SNL’ Roast: ‘Super Fan to Having Him Hate Me Overnight’ 1 day ago See All During a recent episode of the “Team Deakins” podcast, Kate Winslet discussed her debut in Peter Jackson’s 1994 drama-thriller “Heavenly Creatures,” which follows the Oscar winner and Melanie Lynskey as two teens who share a dangerously obsessive friendship. When asked how much of herself she brought to the role of Juliet, Winslet shared that her “first intimate experiences” as a teenager were “with girls,” which helped her understand the “really intense connection” at the heart of the film. Related Stories How Emma Stone Could Break an Oscar Record With 'Bugonia,' Surpassing Meryl Streep and Nearing Walt Disney 'Sinners' Director Ryan Coogler Says Rejecting Academy Invite Was 'Not Out of Animosity' After Oscar Snubs: 'I'm Not Good at Judging Things' “I’ll share something I’ve never shared before.

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Some of my first intimate experiences as a young teen were actually with girls,” Winslet said.
“I’d kissed a few girls, and I’d kissed a few boys, but I wasn’t particularly evolved in either direction.” Popular on Variety She added, “At that stage in my life, I certainly was curious, and I think there was something about the really intense connection that those two women had that I profoundly understood.
I was so immediately sucked into the vortex of that world they were in that obviously became horrendously damaging to both of them, and they had huge insecurities and vulnerabilities.” Winslet later explained that while she “couldn’t truly understand” the darker elements of the film, she connected with the deep personal connections someone can form when they are young and “vulnerable.” “Heavenly Creatures” was Winslet’s breakout role.
She told “Team Deakins” that she “never held a film script” before auditioning for the film.
It was also Jackson’s first foray into drama.

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Kate Winslet Says Her ‘First Intimate Experiences’ as a Teen Were With Women: ‘I’d Kissed a Few Girls, and I’d Kissed a Few Boys’

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