Kate Beckinsale
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English 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).
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- 2024 · Canary Black as Avery Graves
- 2023 · Dynamo is Dead as Self
- 2023 · Prisoner's Daughter as Maxine
- 2023 · Fool's Paradise as Christiana Dior
- 2021 · Guilty Party as Beth Burgess
- 2021 · Jolt as Lindy
- 2019 · The Widow as Georgia Wells
- 2018 · Farming as Ingrid Carpenter
- 2017 · The Only Living Boy in New York as Johanna
- 2017 · The F Word as Self
- 2016 · Underworld: Blood Wars as Selene
- 2016 · The Disappointments Room as Dana Barrow
- 2016 · Love & Friendship as Lady Susan Vernon
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2015 · Absolutely Anything as Catherine
- 2014 · Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) as Self
- 2014 · Stonehearst Asylum as Eliza Graves
- 2014 · The Face of an Angel as Simone Ford
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · The Trials of Cate McCall as Cate McCall
- 2012 · Total Recall as Lori Quaid
- 2012 · Republicans, Get in My Vagina! as Woman #3
- 2012 · Underworld: Awakening as Selene
- 2012 · Contraband as Kate Farraday
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2009 · Everybody's Fine as Amy
- 2009 · Whiteout as Carrie Stetko
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Winged Creatures as Carla Davenport
- 2009 · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans as Selene
- 2008 · Nothing But the Truth as Rachel Armstrong
- 2007 · Chelsea Lately as Herself
- 2007 · Vacancy as Amy Fox
- 2007 · Snow Angels as Annie Marchand
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Click as Donna Newman
- 2006 · Underworld: Evolution as Selene
- 2004 · The Aviator as Ava Gardner
- 2004 · Van Helsing as Anna Valerious
- 2003 · Underworld as Selene
- 2003 · Tiptoes as Carole
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Laurel Canyon as Alex
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self
- 2001 · Serendipity as Sara Thomas
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Evelyn Johnson
- 2000 · The Golden Bowl as Maggie Verver
- 1999 · Brokedown Palace as Darlene Davis
- 1998 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Alice
- 1998 · The Last Days of Disco as Charlotte
- 1997 · Shooting Fish as Georgie
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1996 · Emma as Emma Woodhouse
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Haunted as Christina Mariell
- 1995 · Marie-Louise ou la permission as Marie-Louise
- 1995 · Uncovered as Julia
- 1995 · Cold Comfort Farm as Flora Poste
- 1994 · Royal Deceit as Ethel
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Much Ado About Nothing as Hero
- 1993 · Anna Lee: Headcase as Thea Hahn
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Rachel
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Rachel's Dream as Rachel
- 1991 · One Against the Wind as Barbe Lindell
- 1991 · Devices and Desires as Young Alice Mair (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Couples as Child
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Barbe
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Stolen Girl as Maureen
- 2024 · The Patient as Dr. Rose