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Kate Beckinsale
Actor
Born July 26, 1973 (49 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | Jolt · as Lindy |
| 2021 | Guilty Party (2021) (TV Series) · as Beth Burgess |
| 2019 | The Widow (TV Series) · as Georgia Wells |
| 2018 | Farming · as Ingrid Carpenter |
| 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York · as Johanna |
| 2016 | The Disappointments Room · as Dana Barrow |
| 2016 | Love & Friendship · as Lady Susan Vernon |
| 2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars · as Selene |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything · as Catherine |
| 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum · as Eliza Graves |
| 2014 | The Face of an Angel · as Simone Ford |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall · as Cate McCall |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening · as Selene |
| 2012 | Total Recall · as Lori Quaid |
| 2012 | Contraband · as Kate Farraday |
| 2012 | Republicans, Get in My Vagina · as Woman #3 |
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans · as Selene |
| 2009 | Whiteout · as Carrie Stetko |
| 2009 | Everybody's Fine · as Amy |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth · as Rachel Armstrong |
| 2008 | Winged Creatures · as Carla Davenport |
| 2007 | Vacancy · as Amy Fox |
| 2007 | Snow Angels · as Annie Marchand |
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution · as Selene |
| 2006 | Click · as Donna Newman |
| 2004 | The Aviator · as Ava Gardner |
| 2004 | Van Helsing · as Anna Valerious |
| 2003 | Underworld · as Selene |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Tiptoes · as Carole |
| 2002 | Laurel Canyon · as Alex |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor · as Evelyn Johnson |
| 2001 | Serendipity · as Sara Thomas |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl · as Maggie Verver |
| 1999 | Brokedown Palace · as Darlene Davis |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as Alice |
| 1998 | The Last Days of Disco · as Charlotte |
| 1997 | Shooting Fish · as Georgie |
| 1996 | Emma · as Emma Woodhouse |
| 1995 | Cold Comfort Farm · as Flora Poste |
| 1995 | Haunted · as Christina Mariell |
| 1994 | Uncovered · as Julia |
| 1994 | Royal Deceit · as Ethel |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing · as Hero |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind · as Barbe Lindell |
| 1991 | Devices and Desires (TV Series) · as Young Alice Mair (voice) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Barbe |