Kate Winslet's Bold Gamble

THE ACTRESS AND PRODUCER OVERCAME SEXISM AND SELF-DOUBT TO BRING THE STORY OF WWII PHOTOGRAPHER LEE MILLER TO THE SCREEN

- ERIC ANDERSSON

Having a Best Actress Oscar (among seven nominations) doesn't necessarily help open every door in Hollywood. Just ask Kate Winslet. When the Titanic and Mare of Easttown star set out to secure financing for Lee, her new film about the outspoken model-turned-war photographer Lee Miller, "I came up against men who would say to me, 'Why should I like this woman?' I mean, just ridiculous things," recalls Winslet, who pulled double duty as producer and actress.