--- title: Kate Winslet, Allison Janney Kiss at Hollywood Film Awards description: After taking the stage at the 2017 Hollywood Film Awards, Kate Winslet did something that no one in the audience seemed to be expecting. canonical: https://time.com/5011601/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss-hollywood-film-awards/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-06T17:16:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:30.601Z og:title: Kate Winslet and Allison Janney Shared an Impromptu Kiss og:description: "I mean, we could always kiss, maybe?" 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Kate Winslet accepts the Hollywood Actress Award for Wonder Wheel with Allison Janney onstage during the 21st Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 5, 2017. Kevin Winter/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2017 5:16 PM UTC After taking the stage to accept the Hollywood Actress Award at the [Hollywood Film Awards](http://time.com/3587306/johnny-depp-hollywood-film-awards/) on Sunday, [Kate Winslet](http://time.com/4984308/kate-winslet-harvey-weinstein-oscars/) did something that no one in the audience seemed to be expecting. The 42-year-old actor — who was being honored for her peformance in the new [Woody Allen](http://time.com/4983126/woody-allen-harvey-weinstein-scandal/) movie _Wonder Wheel_ — began her speech by praising the creativity in the room before singling out Allison Janney as someone she greatly admired. “Allison Janney is in this room. Allison, I know I don’t really know you, but I just want to be you,” she said. “Or just stroke you, or something. I mean, we could always kiss, maybe? Maybe?” This was followed by Janney making her way to the stage for a quick smooch with Winslet much to their fellow stars’ delight. “Oh, it’s going to happen,” Winslet exclaimed as the audience laughed. “This is an exciting moment, isn’t it?” Watch the clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/hollywoodawards/status/927362823721644032) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5011601/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss-hollywood-film-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5011601/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss-hollywood-film-awards/"},"headline":"Kate Winslet and Allison Janney Shared an Impromptu Kiss Onstage at the Hollywood Film Awards","datePublished":"2017-11-06T17:16:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:30.601Z","description":"\"I mean, we could always kiss, maybe?\"","url":"https://time.com/5011601/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss-hollywood-film-awards/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Kate Winslet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274f67a011ae55db/6988e4b74ee262fc1530fabc/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt274f67a011ae55db/6988e4b74ee262fc1530fabc/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kate-Winslet-Allison-Janney-Kiss-Hollywood-Film-Awards","caption":"Kate Winslet accepts the Hollywood Actress Award for Wonder Wheel with Allison Janney onstage during the 21st Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 5, 2017.","creditText":"Kevin Winter/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5011601/kate-winslet-allison-janney-kiss-hollywood-film-awards/","name":"Kate Winslet and Allison Janney Shared an Impromptu Kiss Onstage at the Hollywood Film Awards"}}]}] ```