Kate Beckinsale

Acting · Born 1973-07-26 in Chiswick, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Pearl Harbor as Evelyn Johnson
• The Aviator as Ava Gardner
• Much Ado About Nothing as Hero
• Serendipity as Sara Thomas
• Nothing But the Truth as Rachel Armstrong
• Underworld as Selene
• Underworld: Evolution as Selene
• Vacancy as Amy Fox
• Whiteout as Carrie Stetko
• Van Helsing as Anna Valerious

TV

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Punk'd as Self
• The View as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Barbe
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• Guilty Party as Beth Burgess
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest