Kate Winslet at the 1998 Oscars 🌿🏆 Circa March 23, 1998, the 70th Academy Awards unfolded at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and a 22-year-old Kate Winslet stepped into history. She arrived as a first-time Best Actress nominee for Titanic, released December 19, 1997, standing alongside her co-star Gloria Stuart, then 87, nominated for Best Supporting Actress. It was rare. It was generational. Winslet wore an emerald Givenchy gown designed by Alexander McQueen, a bold choice remembered de