Kate Beckinsale

Acting

Born Jul 26, 1973

From 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).

Kate Beckinsale

Known For

Wildcat

Van Helsing

Pearl Harbor

Underworld: Blood Wars

Stolen Girl

Total Recall

Click

Underworld

Underworld: Awakening

The Aviator

Filmography — Acting

Wildcat

Van Helsing

Pearl Harbor

Underworld: Blood Wars

Stolen Girl

Total Recall

Click

Underworld

Underworld: Awakening

The Aviator

Underworld: Evolution

Serendipity

Stonehearst Asylum

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Prince of Jutland

Jolt

Everybody's Fine

Brokedown Palace

Canary Black

Contraband

Absolutely Anything

Much Ado About Nothing

Vacancy

Emma

Tiptoes

Love & Friendship

Whiteout

Laurel Canyon

The Disappointments Room

Winged Creatures

The Only Living Boy in New York

Nothing But the Truth

The Trials of Cate McCall

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

Farming

Uncovered

Haunted

The Last Days of Disco

The Golden Bowl

The Patient

Fool's Paradise

Shooting Fish

Turnbuckle

The Face of an Angel

Prisoner's Daughter

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Cold Comfort Farm

Anna Lee: Headcase

Snow Angels

One Against the Wind

Dynamo Is Dead

Marie-Louise ou la permission

Rachel's Dream

Republicans, Get in My Vagina!

The Savior