Acting
Kate Beckinsale
Born Jul 26, 1973 · Chiswick, London, England, UK
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model.
She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for 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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Acting
Twilight of the Dead
Horror
The Patient
2025
Thriller
Wildcat
2025
Action · Thriller
Stolen Girl
2025
Thriller · Action · Adventure
Canary Black
2024
Action · Thriller · Crime
Dynamo Is Dead
2023
Documentary
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
Fool's Paradise
2023
Comedy
Guilty Party
2021
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Jolt
2021
Action · Thriller · Crime
The Widow
2019
Drama · Action & Adventure
Farming
2018
Drama
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
Drama
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Fantasy · Action · Thriller
The Disappointments Room
2016
Horror · Thriller
Love & Friendship
2016
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Absolutely Anything
2015
Comedy · Science Fiction
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
Thriller · Mystery · Horror
The Face of an Angel
2014
Drama · Thriller
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
Music · Documentary · TV Movie
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
Drama
Total Recall
2012
Action · Science Fiction · Thriller
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
2012
Comedy
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Fantasy · Action · Horror
Contraband
2012
Thriller · Action · Drama
Everybody's Fine
2009
Drama
Whiteout
2009
Action · Crime · Mystery
Winged Creatures
2009
Crime · Drama
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
Fantasy · Action · Thriller
Nothing but the Truth
2008
Drama · Thriller
Vacancy
2007
Horror · Thriller
Snow Angels
2007
Drama · Romance · Crime
Click
2006
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Fantasy · Action · Thriller
The Aviator
2004
Drama
Van Helsing
2004
Horror · Adventure · Action
Underworld
2003
Fantasy · Action · Thriller
Laurel Canyon
2003
Drama · Romance
Tiptoes
2002
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Serendipity
2001
Comedy · Romance
Pearl Harbor
2001
Drama · War
The Golden Bowl
2000
Romance · Drama
Brokedown Palace
1999
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Family · Fantasy · TV Movie
The Last Days of Disco
1998
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Shooting Fish
1997
Crime · Comedy · Romance
Emma
1996
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Haunted
1995
Mystery · Horror · Fantasy
Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995
Romance · Comedy · Drama
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
Comedy · Romance
Uncovered
1995
Thriller
Prince of Jutland
1994
Drama · Adventure
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Drama · Comedy · Romance
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Talk · Comedy
Rachel's Dream
1992
TV Movie · Science Fiction
One Against the Wind
1991
History · Drama · TV Movie
Devices and Desires
1991
Mystery · Drama · Crime
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Talk