She has always been proud of what she sees as her working class roots and loves to imply she has her feet firmly on the ground.

Kate Winslet told how she was shunning the ‘movie star existence’ and resisting the temptation to hire nannies and chefs.

But it seems the Oscar-winning actress who likes to refer to herself as ‘just a girl from Reading’ has succumbed to the pressures of combining a busy career and motherhood.

Last night a spokesman for Miss Winslet told the Mail that she did now have some help with the children.

‘She has a part-time nanny,’ the spokesman said.

She added that Miss Winslet and her husband Sam Mendes had previously been looking after their son, Joe, five, and the actress’s daughter, Mia, eight, without help.

‘Kate has never said that she did not have a nanny at a time when she did have a nanny,’ she said.

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KATE WINSLET refuses to hire a nanny or a chef because she wants her children to have a normal upbringing.
The Titanic star is desperate for her kids – eight-year-old Mia from her first marriage to director Jim Threapleton, and five-year-old Joe with husband Sam Mendes – to grow up away from the movie star bubble.
And although she’s tempted to live in the lap of luxury, she is keeping it real for the sake of her children.
Winslet says, “I don’t have the perfect life. There are things I could implement within my life that would probably make it easier. But I deliberately don’t do it because if I did, I would be living that movie star existence that I really try and resist.
“I mean, it’s very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef – I’d love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don’t want that for my children.
“When they’re older, if people say to them, ‘Did you have a chef?’ I want them to be shocked by the question.”

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She’s an Oscar-winning actress revered for her beauty and talent – so it comes as no surprise that Kate Winslet is happier than ever.

The British actress cites turning 30 as the landmark age she began to feel comfortable in her own skin – and admits she’s having the time of her life.

‘I’m happier about myself than I’ve ever been,’ Kate told Hello! magazine.

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Kate Winslet hated having short hair so much she insists she will never repeat the look. The 33-year-old actress sported a chin-length, textured bob at the New York premiere of her movie Hideous Kinky in 1999.

Looking at a photo taken on the night, Kate said: “Bless my heart. Well, my boobs look good. Yeah, that was my short haircut – I hated it. I would never do it again. You have to do short hair. It’s like a nightmare. It’s just not flattering to my face shape – at all.”  Kate – who raises two children with husband Sam Mendes, daughter Mia, eight, and five-year-old son Joe – is happier with the fresh-faced look she boasted at the New York premiere of 2008’s The Reader, where she had flowing blonde locks and a deep tan.

Kate told Allure magazine: “That was a damn fine look. I had just gotten back from vacation in the Turks and Caicos islands, and I was all nice and tan, and my hair had gone blonder.  “I don’t lie out in the sun, and I always wear a high sun factor, so it was from literally just wandering around in the sun for a week, chasing after the kids and making sure nobody drowned in the sea.”

Kate added the most important thing for her is that she is comfortable in what she chooses to wear, and is dressed appropriately for her age.

She favours a “relaxed” look of “clean, fresh skin” and barely-there make-up.

SOURCE:  www.stuff.co.nz