Jack Dawson was a 20-year-old artist from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Orphaned at the age of 15, he worked a variety of jobs. After a stint as a logger, he came to Santa Monica, California, where he drew portraits on the pier for 10 cents apiece. Working his way from place to place on tramp steamers and similar accommodations, he went to Paris where he studied art. Subsequently, he found himself able to return to his native land in the grandest style possible for one with no money: sailing on Titanic on a ticket he won in a poker game.



KATE WINSLET (Rose DeWitt Bukater) first received international acclaim for her performance in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures," in which she starred as a teenage girl whose intense relationship with an equally imaginative school friend leads to murder. Her promise was confirmed with her performance as the impetuous Marianne in Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility," opposite Emma Thompson, for which she won a SAG and BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy AwardŽ nomination, all in 1996. Most recently she received universal praise for her portrayal of the heart-rending and determined Sue Bridehead in Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" and as the tortured Ophelia in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of "Hamlet." Winslet will next star in the independent feature film "Hideous Kinky," filming on location in Morocco this fall.






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