Winslet worth £60 million to Britain 

Kate Winslet is worth 60 pounds million to Britain.

The Reader actress was the first celebrity to be "audited" by the UK Film Council, which looked to put a specific value on the country's creative industries and chose the English star as the first example for her success abroad and public profile.

"When an actor achieves international prominence, they have a general effect of boosting their country of origin that works its way through television appearances, advertising and celebrity news," David Steele, the head of research and statistics at the UK Film Council, explained.

A friend said Winslet, who won the Best Actress Oscar for The Reader this year, found it "both flattering and very funny".

The audit assessed salaries, profile and "box-office effect" on tourism and entertainment sales to find the figure, which has been nicknamed 'the Winslet algorithm' and may now be used to work out the value of other famous faces, including The Dark Knight star Christian Bale and current James Bond Daniel Craig.

Winslet, 34, is estimated to have earned 20 million pounds from her movies since 1995, while the head designer of car manufacturer Jaguar admitted he had Winslet curves in mind when designing the new XK model.

The Revolutionary Road star is Britain's third-highest paid actor, earning 6 million pounds for Finding Neverland, with Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Hugh Grant earning 8.2 million pounds and 7.5 million pounds respectively for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Two Weeks Notice.

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