Kate Beckinsale

Known for ActingBorn 1973-07-26 (age 52)Chiswick, London, England, UK

Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model. She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for 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. She started film work in the United States in the late 1990s. She appeared in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999). In 2001, she garnered international recognition when she was cast as the romantic lead opposite Ben Affleck in her breakthrough film, Pearl Harbor (2001). She then starred in a number of films including the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), Tiptoes (2003), The Aviator (2004), and Click (2006). Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), she has become known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), and Total Recall (2012). In 2016, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the period comedy film Love & Friendship, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She returned in action films with Jolt (2021). She also starred in two television projects with The Widow (2019) and Guilty Party (2021).Read more

Movies & web series

Couples

Hallmark Hall of Fame

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

The Graham Norton Show

The Aviator

Conan

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Nothing But the Truth

One Against the Wind

Stonehearst Asylum

The Widow

Serendipity

Pearl Harbor

Everybody's Fine

Underworld

Much Ado About Nothing

Cold Comfort Farm

Jolt

The Patient

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Snow Angels

Emma

Stolen Girl

The Trials of Cate McCall

Wildcat

Devices and Desires

The Only Living Boy in New York

Contraband

Van Helsing

Canary Black

Underworld: Awakening

Guilty Party

Dynamo Is Dead

Brokedown Palace

Farming

Prisoner's Daughter

Click

The Daily Show

Golden Globe Awards

Vacancy

Rachel's Dream

Shooting Fish

The Last Days of Disco

Love & Friendship

Total Recall

Underworld: Blood Wars