Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

50 · Born: Jul 26, 1973

Personal Details

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Born Jul 26, 1973 Chiswick, London, England, UK
Parents
  • Judy Loe
  • Richard Beckinsale
  • Roy Battersby
Relatives
  • Samantha Beckinsale (Half Sibling)

Biography

Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress and model.. 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. 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).

Career

2025
2023
Prisoner's Daughter
Prisoner's Daughter as Maxine
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Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise as Christiana Dior
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2021
Jolt
Jolt as Lindy
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Guilty Party
Guilty Party as Beth Burgess
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2019
The Widow
The Widow as Georgia Wells
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2018
Farming
Farming as Ingrid Carpenter
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2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
The Only Living Boy in New York as Johanna
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2016
The Disappointments Room
The Disappointments Room as Dana Barrow
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Underworld: Blood Wars
Underworld: Blood Wars as Selene
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Love & Friendship
Love & Friendship as Lady Susan Vernon
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2015
Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything as Catherine
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2014
The Face of an Angel
The Face of an Angel as Simone Ford
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Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum as Eliza Graves
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2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
The Trials of Cate McCall as Cate McCall
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2012
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening as Selene
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Total Recall
Total Recall as Lori Quaid
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Contraband
Contraband as Kate Farraday
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2009
Everybody's Fine
Everybody's Fine as Amy
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Whiteout
Whiteout as Carrie Stetko
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2008
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth as Rachel Armstrong
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Winged Creatures
Winged Creatures as Carla Davenport
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2007
Vacancy
Vacancy as Amy Fox
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Snow Angels
Snow Angels as Annie Marchand
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2006
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Evolution as Selene
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Click
Click as Donna Newman
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2004
The Aviator
The Aviator as Ava Gardner
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Van Helsing
Van Helsing as Anna Valerious
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2003
Tiptoes
Tiptoes as Carole
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Underworld
Underworld as Selene
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Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon as Alex
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2001
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor as Evelyn Johnson
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Serendipity
Serendipity as Sara Thomas
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2000
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl as Maggie Verver
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1999
Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace as Darlene Davis
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1998
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco as Charlotte
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
1997
Shooting Fish
Shooting Fish as Georgie
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1996
Emma
Emma as Emma Woodhouse
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1995
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm as Flora Poste
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Haunted
Haunted as Christina Mariell
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Uncovered
Uncovered as Julia
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1994
Royal Deceit
Royal Deceit as Ethel
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1993
Anna Lee: Headcase
Anna Lee: Headcase as Thea Hahn
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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing as Hero
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1992
Rachel's Dream
Rachel's Dream as Rachel
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1991
One Against the Wind
One Against the Wind as Barbe Lindell
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2023
Dynamo is Dead
Dynamo is Dead
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2016
The Graham Norton Show