Kate Beckinsale
Born: 1973-07-26 in Chiswick, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Wildcat as Ada
- Stolen Girl as Maureen
- The Patient as Dr. Rose
2024
- Canary Black as Avery Graves
2023
- Prisoner's Daughter as Maxine
- Fool's Paradise as Christiana Dior
- Dynamo Is Dead as Self
2021
- Jolt as Lindy
- Guilty Party as Beth Burgess
2019
- The Widow as Georgia Wells
2018
- Farming as Ingrid Carpenter
2017
- The Only Living Boy in New York as Johanna
- The F Word as Self
2016
- Chelsea as Self
- Underworld: Blood Wars as Selene
- The Disappointments Room as Dana Barrow
- Love & Friendship as Lady Susan Vernon
2015
- Absolutely Anything as Catherine
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles as Self
- The Face of an Angel as Simone Ford
- Stonehearst Asylum as Eliza Graves
- Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
2013
- The Trials of Cate McCall as Cate McCall
2012
- Contraband as Kate Farraday
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
- Total Recall as Lori Quaid
- Underworld: Awakening as Selene
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED as Self - Guest Judge
- Republicans, Get in My Vagina! as Woman #3
2010
- Conan as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Winged Creatures as Carla Davenport
- Whiteout as Carrie Stetko
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Selene
- Everybody's Fine as Amy
2008
- Nothing But the Truth as Rachel Armstrong
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Snow Angels as Annie Marchand
- Chelsea Lately as Herself
- Vacancy as Amy Fox
2006
- Click as Donna Newman
- Underworld: Evolution as Selene
2004
- Van Helsing as Anna Valerious
- The Aviator as Ava Gardner
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Underworld as Selene
- Punk'd as Self
- Laurel Canyon as Alex
2002
- Live from E! as Self
- Tiptoes as Carol
2001
- Pearl Harbor as Evelyn Johnson
- Serendipity as Sara Thomas
2000
- The Golden Bowl as Maggie Verver
1999
- Brokedown Palace as Darlene Davis
1998
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Alice
- The Last Days of Disco as Charlotte
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- The View as Self
- Shooting Fish as Georgie
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Emma as Emma Woodhouse
1995
- Haunted as Christina Mariell
- Uncovered as Julia
- Cold Comfort Farm as Flora Poste
- Marie-Louise ou la permission as Marie-Louise
1994
- Prince of Jutland as Ethel
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Much Ado About Nothing as Hero
- Anna Lee: Headcase as Thea Hahn
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Rachel's Dream as Rachel
- Rachel's Dream as Rachel
1991
- One Against the Wind as Barbe Lindell
- Devices and Desires as Young Alice Mair (voice)
1975
- Couples as Child
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Barbe
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter