
Kate Beckinsale
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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 making 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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Graham Norton Show

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Chelsea

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

The Daily Show

E! Live from the Red Carpet

Golden Globe Awards

The F Word

Chelsea Lately

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

One Against the Wind

Total Recall

The Aviator

Fool's Paradise

Farming

Van Helsing

Pearl Harbor

Cold Comfort Farm

Click

Contraband

Absolutely Anything

Underworld

Jolt

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Disappointments Room

Love & Friendship

Stonehearst Asylum

Underworld: Evolution

The Widow

Guilty Party

Underworld: Awakening

Underworld: Blood Wars

Canary Black
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