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Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Birthday: 1973-07-26 | Place of Birth: Chiswick, London, England, UK

Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. Born in Finsbury Park, London, Beckinsale is the daughter of actor Richard Beckinsale, who died from a heart attack in 1979, and actress Judy Loe. She has a paternal half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandfather was half Burmese, and she has said that she was "very oriental-looking" as a child. She first gained notice, while a student at Oxford University, for making her debut in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Throughout the 1990s, she worked on both film and television, most notably by portraying the title character in the 1996 BBC television series Emma. In 2001, Beckinsale garnered international recognition when she was cast as the romantic lead opposite Ben Affleck in her breakthrough film, Pearl Harbor (2001). Since then, she has portrayed a variety of characters in projects such as Underworld (2003), The Aviator (2004), and Van Helsing (2004). In 2008, she earned a Critic's Choice Award nomination for her performance in Nothing But the Truth.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Guilty Party

as    Beth Burgess

2021
Jolt

as    Lindy

2019
The Widow

as    Georgia Wells

2018
Farming

as    Ingrid Carpenter

2017
2017
Underworld: Blood Wars

as    Selene

2016
The Disappointments Room

as    Dana Barrow

2016
Love & Friendship

as    Lady Susan Vernon

2015
Absolutely Anything

as    Catherine

2015
The Face of an Angel

as    Simone Ford

2014
The Trials of Cate McCall

as    Cate McCall

2014
Stonehearst Asylum

as    Eliza Graves

2012
Contraband

as    Kate Farraday

2012
Total Recall

as    Lori Quaid

2012
Underworld: Awakening

as    Selene

2009
Everybody's Fine

as    Amy

2009
Winged Creatures

as    Carla Davenport

2009
Whiteout

as    Carrie Stetko

2008
Nothing But the Truth

as    Rachel Armstrong

2007
Vacancy

as    Amy Fox

2007
Snow Angels

as    Annie Marchand

2006
Click

as    Donna Newman

2006
Underworld: Evolution

as    Selene

2004
Van Helsing

as    Anna Valerious

2004
The Aviator

as    Ava Gardner

2004
Tiptoes

as    Carole

2003
Laurel Canyon

as    Alex

2003
Underworld

as    Selene