Personal Life
Mendes married British actress Kate Winslet in May 2003 on what they characterised as a whim while vacationing in Anguilla. They met in 2001, when Mendes approached Winslet about appearing in a play at the Donmar Warehouse Theater, where he was then artistic director. Their son Joe Alfie was born on 22 December 2003. Mendes also had a stepdaughter, Mia, from Winslet's first marriage, to filmmaker Jim Threapleton. The couple's representative announced on 15 March 2010 that "that they separated earlier this year." Winslet said in 2011 that "the first stage of my divorce with Sam came through" on the same day she was filming a divorce scene for her HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce.
In November 2011, a spokesman for Mendes confirmed that he and actress Rebecca Hall had been dating "for some time".
Mendes was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
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