Washington [United States], Kate Winslet has a remarkable professional career. She rose to fame with her role in James Cameron's 'Titanic' and gained further recognition for her performances in 'Finding Neverland', 'Little Children', 'The Holiday' and many more.

Kate has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In addition to numerous awards, the star actor has now received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Munich International Film Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The audience at Munich's Deutsches Theater screamed when Winslet took the stage to accept her award and spoke about the European premiere of her latest film, the Ellen Kuras biopic 'Lee,' in which she plays the war photographer. Lee Miller.

'Lee' is a 2023 British biographical drama film directed by Ellen Kuras, adapted from the 1985 biography The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose. It stars Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It will be released theatrically in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2024.

"It's like he's a movie star!" Winslet said. "No, actually, that's not how they normally treat me... I'm just going to enjoy it."

David Kross, Winslet's young German co-star in The Reader, presented her with the CineMerit award and recalled that they met "16 years ago, when I was only 17, had only made two films and had just left school. And you were Kate Winslet."

Kross shared how great "it was to celebrate turning 18 with you," a reference to a scene in The Reader, which was filmed on his 18th birthday, months after the rest of the film ended, to allow Kross to reach legal age. . . "You were also my intimacy coordinator, a concept that didn't even exist in those years," he said.

"Poor guy," Winslet said, thanking Kross. "We put you through a lot [in The Reader]," before noting that she "had been that. I was 17 [in her film debut Heavenly Creatures]."

The Munich CineMerit Award was for Winslet's life's work - "you've won every award under the sun, but this is the one you're missing," said the ceremony's moderator - but the actress was most passionate about Lee, project you have been working on. for almost a decade and her first film as a fully credited producer.

"I can't believe we did it," she said of the film, which looks at a key decade in Lee Miller's life, when the former model-turned-photographer became a war photographer, according to The Hollywood. Reporter.