TimeLine - INFORMATION

1986 Began studying a local drama school 1987 Appeared in a British TV commercials for Sugar Puffs cereal 1988 Made British TV debut in Shrinks 1991 First professional TV role, as Reet in the BBC children s series Dark Season 1991 Left school to pursue career 1992 Appeared in the made-for-TV movie Anglo-Saxon Attitudes 1994 Made feature debut in a leading role, as Juliet Hulme in director Peter Jackson s critically acclaimed Heavenly Creatures 1995 Co-starred as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility ; earned first Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress 1995 Played female lead in Jude opposite Christopher Eccleston 1996 Cast as Ophelia opposite Kenneth Branagh in Branagh s feature version of Shakespeare s Hamlet 1997 Played the heroine Rose in James Cameron s blockbuster Titanic ; earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination 1999 Appeared opposite Harvey Keitel in Jane Campion s Holy Smoke 1999 Played a hippie mother who takes her two daughters with her on a spiritual journey to Marrakech in the Independent film Hideous Kinky 2000 Co-starred with Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix in Quills 2001 Played the younger incarnation of the title character in Iris ; the older Iris was played by Judi Dench; earned third Oscar nomination, this time as Supporting Actress 2001 Voiced a character in the animated version of A Christmas Carol ; had Top Ten single in Great Britain with song What If from the film s soundtrack 2003 Cast as a reporter to whom a death row inmate tells his story in The Life of David Gale 2004 Co-starred with Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind about a couple who have their memories erased in an attempt to rescue their failing relationship; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress 2004 Starred opposite Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland about the experiences of Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie 2005 Cast as the mistress to James Gandolfini in the musical Romance & Cigarettes ; written and directed by John Turturro (released in 2007) 2006 Co-starred with Jack Black in director Nancy Meyers romantic comedy The Holiday 2006 Earned an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actress for her appearance in the HBO Comedy Series Extras 2006 Played a adulteress mother in Todd Field s Little Children ; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Best Actress 2006 Played a southern belle who has an affair with the Louisiana governor in Steven Zaillian s All the King s Men 2007 Named the celebrity spokesperson for cosmetics giants Lancome 2008 Directed by Stephen Daldry in the film adaption of the German novel The Reader 2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (“The Reader”) 2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (“Revolutionary Road”) 2008 Nominated for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (“Revolutionary Road”) 2008 Nominated for the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (“The Reader”) 2008 Re-teamed with Titanic co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road ; directed and produced by husband Sam Mendes; earned a SAG nomination for Best Actress 2009 Nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (“The Reader”) Raised in Reading, England