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Kate Winslet reveals surprise at her success as she leads the Great Eight Women In Hollywood shoot with Helen Mirren...where half the stars featured are British

Published: 16:48 EST, 18 November 2015 | Updated: 08:29 EST, 19 November 2015

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She is one of the go-to actresses of her generation, winning acclaim for almost ever role she tackles.

But Kate Winslet has admitted that she never expected the level of success she has achieved.

In a new cover interview for The Hollywood Reporter's Great Eight article alongside Helen Mirren, Jennifer Lawrence, Jane Fonda, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Brie Larson and Carey Mulligan, the stars are asked what they would have done if acting hadn't worked out.

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The Great Eight: In the November 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter Jennifer joins Kate Winslet, Jane Fonda, Carey Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling for the magazine's annual Actress Roundtable

Kate, 40, reveals that she didn't see any other path, but only expected to do the odd play or appear in episodes of BBC medical drama Casualty.

She explains: 'My dad was an actor, and my older sister is an actress, and so I very much remember thinking, "Well, of course I'll do that as well." But I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical and maybe the odd episode of Casualty.'

However, the mother of three reveals she would have opted to work in a nursery: 'My back-up plan was to do something with children, to start a nursery school or work with underprivileged kids. And I still dream of maybe doing that in some way. I've always got children in my house, always.'

Unexpected: Kate Winslet admits in the interview that she never expected the level of success she has achieved, and would have opted for a career as a nursery nurse if Hollywood hadn't called

Meanwhile, Dame Helen reveals that despite enjoying a stellar career spanning six decades, she is always nervous before a new project.

The Oscar winner adds: 'Of course, absolutely. It never stops. Younger actors say, "As you get older, as you've done it more, does the fear go?" Noooo. Sorry. It gets worse, actually.'

Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence reveals that she felt incredibly nervous and guilty about filming her first ever sex scene with married man Chris Pratt in new movie Passengers.

'I got really, really drunk. But then that led to more anxiety when I got home because I was like, "What have I done? I don't know." she said.

'I got very drunk': Meanwhile, Jennifer reveals in the round table that she drank to cope with sex scenes with married actor Chris Pratt

'And he was married. And it was going to be my first time kissing a married man, and guilt is the worst feeling in your stomach.

'And I knew it was my job, but I couldn't tell my stomach that. So I called my mom, and I was like, "Will you just tell me it's OK?" It was just very vulnerable.

The actress explained the struggle she felt between making the scene as realistic as possible and her awareness of how wrong it felt with a married man.

Jennifer explained: 'And you don't know what's too much. You want to do it real, you want everything to be real, but then … That was the most vulnerable I've ever been.

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'It was going to be my first time kissing a married man': The 25-year-old actress revealed she had some guilt after sex scenes with co-star Chris Pratt (pictured with wife Anna Faris in June) during the filming of Passengers

'It was weird. And everything was done right; nobody did anything wrong. It's just a bizarre experience.'

Passengers is released December 2016 and stars Jennifer and Chris as a duo who find love on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony transporting thousands of people.

In the November 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter Jennifer joined Kate Winslet, Jane Fonda, Carey Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, Brie Larson, Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling for the magazine's annual Actress Roundtable.

Their chat covered subjects such as pay inequality between men and women and what they'd be doing if they weren't actresses.

The women are photographed for the front cover of the publication where they are described as 'the great eight.'

Mulligan, 30, also revealed she gets nervous filming certain scenes.

'There's always the things that you think are going to be tough. I've been nude once, and I was like, "Oh, that's going to be a nightmare," and actually that was fine.

'It's kind of, "F— it, now I'm naked and everyone else isn't. This is hilarious.

Sci-fi drama: Passengers is released December 2016 and stars Jennifer and Chris as a duo who find love on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony. The actress is pictured at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 premiere in Beijing last week