Kate Winslet could barely contain her excitement when she was visited on the set of her latest film by her family. Sweeping her seven-month-old daughter Mia up into her arms, she slipped effortlessly from her role as screen actress to mother as she snatched a few brief but special moments with her loved ones. Joined by her husband Jim Threapleton, 25-year-old Kate carefully put Mia on to the ground and grinned with delight as her daughter took her first tentative steps.

Since becoming a mother, the Titanic star’s boundaries between work and home life have become more defined. Kate decided when Mia was born last October that she wouldn’t take on any long-haul jobs away from home. Her latest film, Iris, based on the life of the late author Iris Murdoch, has been filmed on location in Suffolk and London.

With two Oscar nominations behind her - first for Sense and Sensibility, then for Titanic - Kate has the luxury to pick and choose the films she loves. And although she admits to the occasional insecurity – “I am not always so confident. I have my dark moments” - she now has her family to help keep her strong.

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