Kate Beckinsale
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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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Chelsea
The Daily Show
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Golden Globe Awards
The F Word
Chelsea Lately
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
One Against the Wind
The Aviator
Fool's Paradise
Total Recall
Pearl Harbor
Click
Van Helsing
Contraband
Absolutely Anything
Underworld: Awakening
Love & Friendship
Guilty Party
Canary Black
The Disappointments Room
The Widow
Underworld: Blood Wars
Underworld
Jolt
Stonehearst Asylum
Underworld: Evolution
Production Credits
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