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Kate Winslet’s directorial debut with an ambitious Netflix project
As an Oscar winner since 2009 for her acting in the The Reader, Kate Winslet jumps already on her next project, after being nominated twice for the 2025 Golden Globes. On Netflix, James Cameron’s Titanic star took on the role of directing the family-drama feature-film Goodbye June, awaited for next Christmas.
par Jordan Bako.
Published on 3 September 2025. Updated on 15 September 2025.
Goodbye June, a Netflix drama directed by Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet doesn’t have anything more to prove. She starred in Sense and Sensibility (1995), directed by Ang Lee, then James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), but also movies directed by Todd Haynes and Michel Gondry…With her successful acting career – and considered an Oscar winner since her role in The Reader –, starring in the biggest productions, the star turned to directing the HBO show Mare of Easttown, which got her an Emmy Award for Best Actress in 2021.
2024 shows us again the range of her talent. Kate Winslet completely transforms under the camera’s gaze. From embodying a paranoid chancellor in The Regime to playing a war reporter Lee Miller for a biopic, the 49 years old British actress excelled at both demanding roles last year, both rewarded at the 2025 Golden Globes.
Despite both statues slipping on her fingers, the next Kate Winslet adventures may open her new doors in exclusive cinema ceremonies. After starring in the greatly awaited Avatar : Fire and Ash (2025), directed by James Cameron, she would play and direct the upcoming Netflix movie Goodbye June.
The Titanic actress goes from producing to directing
American media Screen Daily explains that it would be a familial drama written by Joe Anders, also in the writing room on Lee Miller, signs up the first draft. The plot ? “A drama on the estrangement of a group of siblings who had to reunite after going through difficult circumstances”.
Besides picking the Titanic’s actress, the Goodbye June’s cast includes Toni Collette (Hereditary), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, The Regime), Helen Mirren, Johnny Flynn (Emma) and Timothy Spall.
Besides picking the Titanic’s actress, the Goodbye June’s cast includes Toni Collette (Hereditary), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, The Regime), Helen Mirren, Johnny Flynn (Emma) and Timothy Spall.
With Goodbye June, Kate Winslet signs up the rise of female directors in Hollywood, longing to tell their stories. Before her, Angelina Jolie, Zoë Kravitz and other french actresses participated in this joyful trend.
Goodbye June by Kate Winslet, will come out on Netflix on December 24th, 2025.
