Fresh from Sky Atlantic's Mare of Easttown Kate discusses red carpet tricks, letting go and the moisturiser her husband pinches
– Oscar-winning actor, mother and L’Oréal Paris global ambassador – dials into our video call free of fanfare. In a white shirt, loose waves , warm and smiling, she is a world away from Mare Sheehan, the jaded Pennsylvanian detective she described recently as a ‘wildly flawed, messy, broken, fragmented, difficult woman’ inWith a penchant for flannel shirts and a zero make-up look, Mare marks a departure from the glamorous roles we’re used to seeing Kate in.
Kate does factor in time to sit still, too. ‘I try to switch off after Bear is in bed.’ And her pleasures are simple. ‘I love getting into a good old towelling dressing gown and putting my feet up.’ Is there anything she has missed during lockdown? ‘I would kill for a pedicure,’ she admits. ‘And going without a wax, that’s one thing I’ve found really distressing. It’s no bad thing, though, learning how to go without those creature comforts and letting go.
Long before body positivity became a buzz word, Kate was anti-plastic surgery and retouching, in an industry rife with it. Her views about beauty standards are famously relaxed and self-assured. ‘We are allowed to love ourselves and it’s important that we do. Looking after your soul doesn’t mean you’re being vain or indulgent, it means that you’re taking care of your mental health. It matters how you feel when you look in the mirror and say, “Hello face. Here we are. Let’s do this.
The make-up chair features heavily in the life of a woman whose career spans three decades. So, what are the beauty lessons she’s learned? ‘It’s all about less-is-more,’ she says. ‘Titanic involved a very cosmetic look. Rose’s look required quite a lot of make-up, it was all about porcelain skin, but playing Tilly, in The Dressmaker, I learned how to use a little make-up and make it go further. And to use paint brushes.
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