Rose DeWitt Bukater (played by Kate Winslet) was born to one of the very best families in Philadelphia. She was only 17 years old when she became engaged to Caledon Hockley. Intelligent, poised, and beautiful, Rose had been schooled since childhood to be everything a young woman was expected to be. Rose’s betrothal to Cal, heir to a Pittsburg steel fortune, was considered to be an admiral catch, a perfect pairing of wealth and position. Yet her spirit rebelled against the rigid confines and expectations of Edwardian Society controlling her destiny.

Much to the dismay of her mother, Rose met and fell in love with free-spirited Jack Dawson and his passion for the adventure and life of uncertainty she craved, but wasn’t permitted to enjoy. Together, they created the love affair of a lifetime.