United Kingdom, Jan. 26 -- Kate Winslet says that playing troubled characters has taken a toll on her mental health.

The 50-year-old actress has revealed that playing emotionally draining parts has often been detrimental to her wellbeing and she has even needed "proper support" to separate herself from roles in the past.

Kate told the Lessons from Our Mothers podcast: "There's this thing that happens as an actor, and it sound very self indulgent so I very rarely say it.

"But when you play a really difficult part - I think of Mare of Easttown, for example, which flattened me, my god - you do have to kind of come out the other side."

The Titanic star continued: "I call it re-entry. Re-entry into your own life, going back into your frien...