Kate Beckinsale
ActingKathrin 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
Filmography — Acting
Wildcat
Ada
Van Helsing
Anna Valerious
Pearl Harbor
Evelyn Johnson
Underworld: Blood Wars
Selene
Stolen Girl
Maureen
Total Recall
Lori Quaid
Click
Donna Newman
Underworld
Selene
Underworld: Awakening
Selene
The Aviator
Ava Gardner
Underworld: Evolution
Selene
Serendipity
Sara Thomas
Stonehearst Asylum
Eliza Graves
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Selene
Prince of Jutland
Ethel
Jolt
Lindy
Everybody's Fine
Amy
Brokedown Palace
Darlene Davis
Canary Black
Avery Graves
Contraband
Kate Farraday
Absolutely Anything
Catherine
Much Ado About Nothing
Hero
Vacancy
Amy Fox
Emma
Emma Woodhouse
Tiptoes
Carol
Love & Friendship
Lady Susan Vernon
Whiteout
Carrie Stetko
Laurel Canyon
Alex
The Disappointments Room
Dana Barrow
Winged Creatures
Carla Davenport
The Only Living Boy in New York
Johanna
Nothing But the Truth
Rachel Armstrong
The Trials of Cate McCall
Cate McCall
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
Farming
Ingrid Carpenter
Uncovered
Julia
Haunted
Christina Mariell
The Last Days of Disco
Charlotte
The Golden Bowl
Maggie Verver
The Patient
Dr. Rose
Fool's Paradise
Christiana Dior
Shooting Fish
Georgie
Turnbuckle
The Face of an Angel
Simone Ford
Prisoner's Daughter
Maxine
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice
Cold Comfort Farm
Flora Poste
Anna Lee: Headcase
Thea Hahn
Snow Angels
Annie Marchand
One Against the Wind
Barbe Lindell
Dynamo Is Dead
Self
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Marie-Louise
Rachel's Dream
Rachel
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
Woman #3
The Savior
Jordyn Parker