Kate Beckinsale

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-07-26 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Chiswick, London, England, UK

Kate Beckinsale

Biography

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).

Known For

  • Stolen Girl

    Stolen Girl

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Conan

    Conan

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Off Camera with Sam Jones

    Off Camera with Sam Jones

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • Chelsea Lately

    Chelsea Lately

  • Chelsea

    Chelsea

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

  • Canary Black

    Canary Black

  • Van Helsing

    Van Helsing

  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

    Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • Click

    Click

  • The Aviator

    The Aviator

  • Underworld: Blood Wars

    Underworld: Blood Wars

  • Underworld

    Underworld

  • Snow Angels

    Snow Angels

  • Contraband

    Contraband

  • Underworld: Awakening

    Underworld: Awakening

  • Jolt

    Jolt

  • Haunted

    Haunted

  • Underworld: Evolution

    Underworld: Evolution

  • Total Recall

    Total Recall

  • Emma

    Emma

  • Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures

  • Shooting Fish

    Shooting Fish

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • E! Live from the Red Carpet

    E! Live from the Red Carpet

  • Brokedown Palace

    Brokedown Palace

  • Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

  • The Trials of Cate McCall

    The Trials of Cate McCall

  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

  • RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

  • Absolutely Anything

    Absolutely Anything

  • The Widow

    The Widow

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

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

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

  • The Disappointments Room

    The Disappointments Room

  • Lioness

    Lioness

  • Fool's Paradise

    Fool's Paradise

  • Whiteout

    Whiteout

  • One Against the Wind

    One Against the Wind

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Prisoner's Daughter

    Prisoner's Daughter

  • Rachel's Dream

    Rachel's Dream

  • Vacancy

    Vacancy

  • The Patient

    The Patient

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Laurel Canyon

    Laurel Canyon

  • Everybody's Fine

    Everybody's Fine

  • Anna Lee: Headcase

    Anna Lee: Headcase

  • The Golden Bowl

    The Golden Bowl

  • The Last Days of Disco

    The Last Days of Disco

  • Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

    Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

  • Guilty Party

    Guilty Party

  • The F Word

    The F Word

  • Prince of Jutland

    Prince of Jutland

  • Cold Comfort Farm

    Cold Comfort Farm

  • Farming

    Farming

  • The Only Living Boy in New York

    The Only Living Boy in New York

  • Uncovered

    Uncovered

  • Dynamo Is Dead

    Dynamo Is Dead

  • The Face of an Angel

    The Face of an Angel

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Devices and Desires

    Devices and Desires

  • Rachel's Dream

    Rachel's Dream

  • Marie-Louise ou la permission

    Marie-Louise ou la permission

  • Love & Friendship

    Love & Friendship

  • Couples

    Couples

  • Republicans, Get in My Vagina!

    Republicans, Get in My Vagina!