In March Kate Winslet received an undisclosed settlement from British gossip rag Grazia for a story that claimed she was secretly seeing a diet guru. Not only was it a fabrication, Kate said, it particularly offended her because she sees herself as a healthy role model for women, and she doesn’t want people ever thinking she would see a diet doctor.

She donated £3,000, or about US $6,000 to one eating disorder charity. The settlement was said to be divided among three charities, so it’s safe to assume it was around £9,000, or US $18,000.

Kate Winslet doesn’t get a lot of press because she lives quite a normal, regular life as a mom. Last October she announced that she’ll take a year off acting to concentrate on her role as a mom. Playing a cheating wife and preoccupied mom in Little Children helped Kate realize what’s important in life. According to IMDB she is keeping her promise. She’s slated for two films to be released in 2008, a voice character in the animated film Gnomeo and Juliet, and the lead in the film Revolutionary Road, directed by her husband. Both films are listed as pre-production status.

She has two children, Mia Honey, 6, from her first marriage, and Joe Alfie, three and a half, from her current marriage to director Sam Mendes.

Here are pictures of Kate at the Oscars.

Update: Kate didn’t quite take a full year off. She was seen filming scenes for Revolutionary Road, her new movie with Leonardo Dicaprio, in New York City yesterday.