Kate Winslet

2022 - 12 - 10

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Inside the Berkshire theatre school where Kate Winslet learnt to act ... (Berkshire Live)

The glamourous Oscar-winning actress had a humble upbringing in Reading where she first started to act.

Winslet has also recently spoke to the Sunday Times about her experience of being called fat as a young actress. Despite Winslet's success at the school, she has also spoken in the past about the bullying she experienced. So it's heartwarming that this has started to change." The institution is devoted to training young people in acting and dancing and holds around 500 pupils. It can also boast a whole range of impressive alumni other than Winslet, such as Simone Ashley from Bridgerton, Kris Marshall from Death in Paradise, and Dani Harmer from The Story of Tracy Beaker. "I was lucky that my school had this person there for me. Now, it would be fair to say that the 47-year-old has achieved that dream. Yet before her great successes, the Berkshire-born Winslet had to train like everyone else. [ Primary school,](https://www.getreading.co.uk/all-about/education) in Coley Park. She has said in the past that she called "Blubber" and in an interview with the Daily Mail she explained why she never spoke out about the bullying at the time. She said: "I chose not to bring it to the attention of the whole school at the time; as is often the case in these circumstances, people being bullied can be apprehensive about speaking out. Her father was an [actor ](https://www.getreading.co.uk/all-about/entertainment)and her grandparents ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company.

That Time Kate Winslet 'Nearly Did a Pooh on Stage' (Video) - IMDb (IMDb)

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In the play, Winslet played a character named Geraldine who goes to apply for a job of a doctor’s secretary and is told that he has to give her a full physical exam and instructs her to go behind a curtain and strip. In a normal situation on a regular stage, the actress could go behind a one-sided curtain and disrobe with no problem.

Kate Winslet Recalls 'Horrific' Moment She Was Convinced She'd ... (HuffPost UK)

On Friday night, the Oscar winner was a guest on Graham Norton's BBC talk show, and freely disclosed to her fellow guests: “I nearly did a poo on stage once.”.

To the shock and amusement of her fellow guests, she continued: “I’m lying on a white sheet! And I think, ‘what am I going to do – in a minute I have to stand up, come out from behind the curtain, and look for all my clothes!’. And I’m like, ‘I’ve done a fucking poo! I go behind the curtain, take everything off, and I’m lying there, really kind of uncomfortably and awkwardly, and suddenly…” On a stage! “This theatre was in the round.

Kate Winslet recalls moment she thought she 's**t herself' on stage (Metro)

Kate Winslet has shared a truly wild and horrific story, recalling when she thought she actually did a poo on stage during a live performance.

As the rest of the panel laughed, she hilariously continued: ‘I’m lying on a white sheet! On a stage! It’s happening! ‘This theatre was in the round. [Sir Lenny Henry](https://metro.co.uk/tag/lenny-henry/), [Jack Whitehall ](https://metro.co.uk/tag/jack-whitehall/)and [Nadiya Hussain](https://metro.co.uk/tag/nadiya-hussain/) urged her on, Kate explained she was 18-years-old at the time taking part in a performance of What The Butler Saw in Manchester. [Kate Winslet](https://metro.co.uk/tag/kate-winslet/) has shared a truly wild and horrific story, recalling a moment when she thought she actually did a poo on stage during a live performance.

Kate Winslet Opens Up About the Time She 'Nearly Did a Poo ... (Just Jared)

Kate Winslet opened up about suffering a bathroom emergency while performing onstage. While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, the Avatar: The Way of ...

But the second I got into my dressing room, and I ran into that bathroom… Kate said that she had to strip during the show for a doctor’s appointment. “I practically slither off the stage, and I hide in a corner thinking I’ve got to check the sheet,” she said.

Kate Winsley once thought she sh*t herself while acting (LADbible)

Viewers have flooded to social media in stitches after Kate Winslet admitted on The Graham Norton Show she 'nearly did a poo on stage once'.

"I'm lying on a white sheet, naked on the stage." We've all been there." [...] This theatre was in the round." "I'm lying there and suddenly... Oh my God, I'm going to sh*t myself," she continues. "[...] So in a normal situation, there's a regular stage, much like this one with an audience there.

That Time Kate Winslet 'Nearly Did a Pooh on Stage' (Video) (TheWrap)

Turns out learning how to hold her breath underwater for seven minutes wasn't the most harrowing adventure for Kate Winslet as an actress – it was ...

It’s happening! It’s happening!” and, knowing the audience could see her from every possible angle, was convinced that if she moved her body, there was going to be “poo” everywhere. In a true “The Show Must Go On” moment, she wrinkled up the sheet on the bed around her as best as she could, while still thinking, “It’s happening!

That Time Kate Winslet 'Nearly Did a Pooh on Stage' (Video) (Yahoo Entertainment)

Turns out learning how to hold her breath underwater for seven minutes wasn't the most harrowing adventure for Kate Winslet as an actress – it was ...

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