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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.

Biography of Kate Beckinsale

Biography of Kate Beckinsale

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 Porridge and The Lovers. He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 32. Kate attended the public private school to U.S. readers Godolphin and Latymer School in London for her grade and primary school education. In her teens she twice won the British bookseller W. H. Smith Young Writers competition-once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a tumultuous adolescence a bout of anorexia cured and a smoking habit which continues to this day she gradually took up the profession of acting.Her major acting debut came in a World War II television movie called One Against the Wind filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. It first aired on American television that December. Kate began attending Oxford Universitys New College in the fall of 1991 majoring in French and Russian literature. She had already decided that she wanted to act but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. While in her first year at Oxford Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branaghs film adaptation of Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing. Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama Prince of Jutland 1993 cast as Ethel. The film was shot during spring 1993 on location in Denmark and she performed her supporting part during New Colleges Easter break. Later in the summer of that year she performed as the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered 1994. Before she went back to school Her third year at university was spent at Oxfords study-abroad programme in Paris France immersing herself in the French language Parisian culture and those awful French cigarettes.A year away from the academic community and living on her own in the French capital caused her to re-evalate the direction of her life. She faced a choice continue with school or concentrate on her flourishing acting career. After much thought she chose the acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford after finishing three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBCThames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994. Cold Comfort Farm opened to spectacular reviews in the United States grossing over US5 million during its American cinema run. It was re-released to U.K. theatres in the spring of 1997. Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995 she toured in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Chekovs The Seagull. After turning down several mediocre scripts and going nearly berserk with boredom

Kate Backinsale Biography

Kate Beckinsal

Kate Beckinsale was born Kathrin Romany Beckinsale on the 26th July 1973 in Finsbury Park, London, UK.

Daughter of comedy actor Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979) and actress Judy Loe, Kate made her film debut while she was a still a student at Oxford University, where she majored in Russian and French literature. In her student days she appeared in British costume dramas such as ‘Emma’ (1996) and ‘The Golden Bowl’ (2000). Her Hollywood breakout happened with starring roles in the war film ‘Pearl Harbor’ (she got the lead female role after Charlize Theron pulled out), the romantic comedy ‘Serendipity’ and the Scorsese’s Howard Hughes biopic ‘The Aviator’, in which she played Ava Gardner.

Beckinsale became a real star following her appearance as the vampire action heroine in 2003′s ‘Underworld’. The story of the war between vampires and lycans got mostly negative reviews from critics, but the film was a hit at the box offices and Kate decided to portray the vampire Selene in another three sequels (actually, two sequels and one prequel).

On the movie set of 2003′s Underworld she met her husband Len Wiseman. Currently they live in Los Angeles with Lily, her daughter from the relationship with the actor Michael Sheen.

In 2012, Beckinsale appeared as the villain in the sci-fi action remake ‘Total Recall’, directed by her husband.

Notable performances

Lori Quaid: Total Recall (2012)

Selene: Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Selene: Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
Selene: Underworld 2: Evolution (2006)
Java Gardner: Aviator (2004)
Anna Valerious: Val Helsing (2004)
Selene: Underworld (2003)
Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson: Pearl Harbor (2001)
Awards and recognition

Kate Beckinsale has been nominated 3 times for an MTV Movie Award: in 2002 for ‘Best Female Performance’ in the movie ‘Pearl Harbor’, in 2004 for ‘Best Trans-Atlantic Breakthrough Performer’ and in 2006 for ‘Best Hero’ in ‘Underworld 2: Evolution’. Her action roles got her two nominations for People’s Choice Awards, in 2005 and 2007, for ‘Favorite Female Action Star’. However, the actress was also nominated for not-so-prestigious Razzie award (which honors the worst ‘in film“) for ‘Pearl Harbor’ in the category ‘Worst Screen Couple’, with Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.

Kate Beckinsale Biography

English actress KATE BECKINSALE is revealing herself to be one of films’ most versatile and charismatic actresses. She first gained notice in Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing and then subsequently appeared as the heroine of John Schlesinger’s Cold Comfort Farm, Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco opposite Chloe Sevigny, Jonathan Kaplan’s Brokedown Palace opposite Claire Danes and in the British comedy Shooting Fish. Additional film credits include Haunted opposite Aidan Quinn, and Manuel Fleche’s Mary Louise ou la permission.

In 2001, Beckinsale starred opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in Disney’s epic Pearl Harbor. She starred opposite John Cusack in Serendipity, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Gary Oldham in Tiptoes and opposite Christian Bale and Frances McDormand in the ensemble drama Laurel Canyon. Film appearances include starring opposite Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing and starring in the hit vampire tales Underworld and sequel Underworld: Evolution for Sony Screen Gem. Beckinsale also starred as screen legend ‘Ava Gardner’ in Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator, in the Screen Gems thriller Vacancy opposite Luke Wilson and the comedy blockbuster Click opposite Adam Sandler. Recent films include the independent drama Snow Angels opposite Sam Rockwell, directed by David Gordon Green and the independent drama Fragments (aka Winged Creatures) opposite Forest Whitaker and Dakota Fanning,

Her television appearances include playing the title role in A&E’s “Emma” and in “One Against the Wind” for Hallmark Films. On the stage, she has appeared in “Clocks & Whistles,” “Sweetheart,” and the British National Touring production of “The Seagull.”

In 2009, Beckinsale starred in the dark comedy Everybody’s Fine opposite Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore.  That same year, she also starred in the independent political drama Nothing but the Truth opposite Alan Alda and Matt Dillon, which garnered her great recognition for her accolade worthy performance.  Beckinsale recently starred in the fourth installment of the Underworld franchise reprising her role of Selene in Underworld: Awakening and the hit thriller Contraband opposite Mark Wahlberg. She recently wrapped production on the independent drama Trials of Cate McCall opposite Nick Nolte and James Cromwell about a former hotshot lawyer, estranged from her family must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

Kate Beckinsale Filmography

Kate Beckinsale Filmography

Kate Beckinsale Filmography
Year 2009

Film : Whiteout - Role : Carrie Stetko / (Genre: Action - Crime - Drama - Thriller)

Film : Everybody's Fine - Role : Daughter / (Genre: Adventure - Comedy - Drama )

2008

Film : Nothing But the Truth - Role : Rachel Armstrong / (Genre: Drama )

Film : Winged Creatures - Role : Carla Davenport / (Genre: Crime - Drama )

Year 2007

Film : Vacancy - Role : Amy Fox / (Genre: Horror - Thriller )

Year 2006

Film : Snow Angels - Role : Annie Marchand / (Genre: Drama )

Film : Click - Role : Donna Newman / (Genre: Comedy - Drama - Fantasy )

Film : Underworld Evolution - Role : Selene / (Genre: Action - Fantasy - Horror - Thriller )

Year 2004

Film : The Aviator - Role : Ava Gardner / (Genre: Biography - Drama )

Film : Van Helsing - Role : Anna Valerious / (Genre: Action - Adventure - Horror - Fantasy - Thriller)

Year 2003

Film : Underworld - Role : Selene / (Genre: Action - Fantasy - Horror - Thriller )

 Film : Tiptoes - Role : Carol / (Genre: Comedy - Drama - Romance)

Film : Laurel Canyon - Role : Alex / (Genre: Drama - Music)

Year 2001

Film : Serendipity - Role : Sara Thomas / (Genre: Comedy - Romance - Fantasy )

Film : Pearl Harbor - Role : Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson / (Genre: Action - Drama - Romance - War)

Film : The Golden Bowl - Role : Maggie Verver / (Genre: Drama - Romance)

Year 1999

Film : Brokedown Palace - Role : Darlene Davis / ( Genre : Drama)

Year 1998

Film : The Last Days of Disco - Role : Charlotte Pingress / (Genre: Comedy - Drama )

Film : Shooting Fish - Role : Georgie / (Genre: Comedy - Romance )

Film : Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV Movie) - Role : Alice / (Genre: Fantasy - Family)

Year 1996

Film : Emma (TV Movie ) - Role : Emma Woodhouse / (Genre : Comedy - Romance )

Year 1995

Film : Haunted - Role : Christina Mariell / (Genre: Drama - Thriller - Horror)

Film : Cold Comfort Farm (TV Movie) - Role : Flora Poste / (Genre: Comedy - Romance)

Year 1994

Film : Prince of Jutland - Role : Ethel / (Genre: Adventure - Drama)

Film : Uncovered - Role : Julia / (Genre: Thriller )

Year 1993

Film : Much Ado About Nothing - Role : Hero / (Genre: Comedy - Romance - War)

Film : Anna Lee: Headcase (TV Movie ) - Role : Thea Hahn / (Genre : Crime )

1992

Film : Rachel's Dream (TV Movie ) - Role : Rachel / (Genre: Sci-F - Short )

1991

Devices and Desires (TV mini-series) - Voice : Young Alice Mair / (Genre: Crime - Mystery )

Film : One Against the Wind (TV Movie ) - Role : Barbe Lindell / (Genre: Biography - Drama)

Personal profile Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Personal profile


Start Date : 26th July, 1973
Place of Beginning : London, England, UK
Zodiac Signal : Leo
Hair Coloration : Brown
Gender : Female
Education : Graduated
Marital Standing : Married

Kate Beckinsale


Household background
Father Name : Richard Beckinsale
Mother Title : Judy Loe
Sister : Samantha
Spouse : Len Wiseman

Favorites


Drink : Pernod
Actor : Terry Crews
Actress : Jessica Alba
Colour : Blue
Hobbies : Polo
awards Kate Beckinsale
London Critics Circle Movie Awards
1999 British Supporting Actress of the Year for: The Final Days of Disco (1998).
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Pageant
1997 Finest Actress for: Taking pictures Fish (1997).

Basic Information of Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Basic Information of  Kate Beckinsale

Pet name : Whoo baby

Birth Place: London England in United Kingdom

Birth Date : 26 Jul; year 1973

Color Of Eyes : Brown

Color Of Hair : Brown

Body Figure : 34’’ 24’’ 34’’

Estimated Body Height : 5 feet 8 inch

Profession : Actress

Well Known As : Actress

Kate Beckinsale: biography and career

Kate Beckinsale

Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, an actress/BBC executive who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, a well known comedic actor he starred in series like "Rising Damp" (1974), "Porridge" (1974) and "The Lovers" (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31 when Kate was 5. She had a nervous breakdown and developed anorexia at the age of fifteen and underwent Freudian psychoanalysis for four years.
Her major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called "Hallmark Hall of Fame: One Against the Wind" (1991), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). She performed as the lead in the contemporary mystery drama “Uncovered” (1994); she followed with a co-starring role in the mystery “Haunted” in 1995. Leading roles in the BBC remake of “Emma” (1996), the UK comedy “Shooting Fish” (1997) and the US dramas “Last Days of Disco” (1998), and “Brokedown Palace” (1999) followed. Kate’s box office woes were about to end as she was cast in the 2001 film “Pearl Harbor”, which was one of the highest grossing films of its year.

Kate Beckinsale

Kate took a chance, and made a major change in both her career and personal life by accepting the role of Selene in the action movie “Underworld”, directed by Len Wiseman. In 2004, Beckinsale starred in action horror film Van Helsing. In 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the successful vampire sequel Underworld: Evolution. in 2009, Beckinsale starred in family drama Everybody's Fine alongside Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore and Rockwell, her Snow Angels co-star. Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the fourth installment of the vampire franchise Underworld: Awakening (2012).
Kate had an eight-year relationship with actor Michael Sheen from 1995 until 2003. Their daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, was born in London, England on 31 January 1999. While filming “Underworld” Kate and Wiseman fell in love, though the two remained only friends while completing the movie. In June 2003, a few months after she had separated from Sheen, Kate became engaged to Len Wiseman, and the two were wed on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California.

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FILMOGRAPHY 

2013 The Trials of Cate McCulloug: Cate McCullough


2012 Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane: Katherine Sloane

2012 Total recall: Lori

2012 Underworld: Awakening: Selene

2012 Contraband: Kate Farraday

2009 Everybody's fine: Amy

2009 Whiteout: Carrie Stetko

2009 Underworld - Rise of the Lycans: Selene

2008 Nothing But the Truth: Rachel Armstrong

2008 Fragments: Carla Davenport

2007 Vacancy: Amy Fox

2007 Snow Angels: Annie Marchand

2006 Click: Donna Newman

2006 Underworld: Evolution: Selene

2004 The Aviator: Ava Gardner

2004 Van Helsing: Anna Valerious

2003 Underworld: Selene

2003 Tiptoes: Carol

2002 Laurel Canyon: Alex

2001 Serendipity: Sara Thomas

2001 Pearl Harbor: Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson

2000 The Golden Bowl: Maggie Verver

1999 Brokedown Palace: Darlene Davis

1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie): Alice

1998 The Last Days of Disco: Charlotte

1997 Big Fish: Georgie

1996 Emma (TV movie): Emma Woodhouse

1995 Haunted: Christina Mariell

1995 Marie-Louise ou la permission: Marie-Louise

1995 Uncovered: Julia

1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV movie): Flora Poste

1994 Prince of Jutland: Ethel

1993 Much Ado About Nothing: Hero

1993 Anna Lee: Headcase (TV movie): Thea Hahn

1992 Rachel's Dream (TV short): Rachel

1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series): Barbe Lindell
– One Against the Wind (1991)

1991 Devices and Desires (TV mini-series): Young Alice Mair
– Episode #1.2 (1991)

1975 Couples (TV series): Child (as Kathrin Beckinsale)
– Episode #1.2 (1975)
– Episode #1.1 (1975)