Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973)[1][2][3] is an English actress. She has gained acclaim for her roles in action films, romance films, and period dramas. Beckinsale made her film debut in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. She gained prominence taking leading roles in numerous British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996), and The Golden Bowl (2000). She challenged herself taking roles in films such as The Last Days of Disco (1998), Brokedown Palace (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Serendipity (2001), Tiptoes (2003), The Aviator (2004) and Click (2006).
Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale has become known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), Total Recall (2012), and Jolt (2021). She earned acclaim for her roles in Snow Angels (2007), Nothing but the Truth (2008), Everybody's Fine (2009), Love & Friendship (2016), and The Only Living Boy in New York (2017). She then took roles in the TV series The Widow (2019) and the streaming TV series Guilty Party (2021), in the latter also serving as an executive producer.
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Richard Beckinsale until his death in 1979, and later married director Roy Battersby until his death in 2024. She is the mother of actress KateBeckinsale, and...
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by Karen Moncrieff and stars KateBeckinsale, Nick Nolte and Clancy Brown in pivotal roles. Cate McCall (KateBeckinsale) is a lawyer, an alcoholic in...
was married to actress Judy Loe and was the stepfather of actress KateBeckinsale. Battersby was a Trotskyist for some years, becoming a full-time organiser...
drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, and starring Claire Danes, KateBeckinsale, and Bill Pullman. It deals with two American friends imprisoned in...