Kate Beckinsale

Known for ActingBorn 1973-07-26 (age 53)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

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

The Aviator

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

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Widow

Nothing But the Truth

One Against the Wind

Stonehearst Asylum

Serendipity

Pearl Harbor

Much Ado About Nothing

Everybody's Fine

Underworld

Cold Comfort Farm

Jolt

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Dynamo Is Dead

Snow Angels

Emma

Stolen Girl

Devices and Desires

The Trials of Cate McCall

Van Helsing

The Only Living Boy in New York

Contraband

Underworld: Awakening

Golden Globe Awards

Canary Black

Guilty Party

Prisoner's Daughter

Brokedown Palace

Farming

Click

The Daily Show

The Patient

Wildcat

Vacancy

Rachel's Dream

The Last Days of Disco

Shooting Fish

Love & Friendship

Total Recall

Underworld: Blood Wars