kate beckinsale biography

Kate Beckinsale Biography

Kate Beckinsale 

 

Date of Birth: 26 July 1973
Born At: London, England
Height: 5′ 8″
Education: New College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
Profession : Actress, model

Kate Beckinsale was born 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms, and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England, UK. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the television series “Rising Damp” (1974), “Porridge” (1973) and “The Lovers” (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 32. Kate took some time to emerge from the shadow of her father, the much-beloved comic actor Richard Beckinsale, star of Rising Damp, The Lovers and Porridge.

Kate Beckinsale wowed critics and audiences with her comedic performance in the BBC television movie Cold Comfort Farm (1995), but her breakthrough into leading roles came opposite Ben Affleck in the 2001 epic Pearl Harbor. The tall, brunette beauty has since demonstrated her talent in a variety of film genres, from comedy and romance to drama and action. Her films include The Last Days of Disco (1998, with Chloe Sevigny), the goofy romance Serendipity (2001, starring John Cusack), Laurel Canyon (2002, with Frances McDormand), and Van Helsing (2004, starring Hugh Jackman). She played a shapely vampire in Underworld (2003), and also starred in the sequels Underorld 2 (2005) and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).