English actress of costume dramas and the Underworld action films — photos, style and news
Kathrin Romary “Kate” Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress, born and raised in London; her parents are actor Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979) and actress Judy Loe. After minor television roles she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University, then appeared in British costume dramas such as Emma (1996) and The Golden Bowl (2000). After small-scale American dramas in the late 1990s, she had a break-out year in 2001 with starring roles in Pearl Harbor and Serendipity. She became known as an action star following Underworld (2003), and publications such as Esquire and People have repeatedly included her in rankings of the world's sexiest and most beautiful women.
Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale (born
26 July 1973) is an English actress. Born and raised in London,
Beckinsale's parents are actor Richard Beckinsale (1947–1979) and
actress Judy Loe. After some minor television roles, she made
her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student
at Oxford University. She then appeared in British costume dramas
such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma
(1996), and The Golden Bowl (2000), in addition to various stage
and radio productions. She began to seek film work in the United
States in the late 1990s and, after appearing in small-scale dramas
The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999), she had
a break-out year in 2001 with starring roles in the war film Pearl
Harbor and the romantic comedy Serendipity. She built on this success
with appearances in the biopic The Aviator (2004) and the comedy
Click (2006). Beckinsale became known as an action star following
an appearance in 2003's Underworld and has since starred in many
action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Underworld: Evolution
(2006), Whiteout (2009), as well as Contraband, Underworld: Awakening,
and Total Recall (all in 2012). She also makes occasional appearances
in smaller dramatic projects such as Snow Angels (2007), Winged
Creatures (2008), Nothing but the Truth (for which she earned a
Critic's Choice Award nomination in 2008), and Everybody's Fine
(2009). She will next appear in the legal drama The Trials of Cate
McCall and the psychological thriller Eliza Graves. Publications
such as Esquire and People have repeatedly included Beckinsale in
their annual rankings of the world's sexiest and most beautiful
women. She has worked occasionally as a model in television and
print campaigns to promote Gap denim, Diet Coke, Absolut Vodka,
and Lux shampoo.
Few profiles in this section cover as wide a wardrobe range. The British costume dramas of the 1990s — Emma and The Golden Bowl among them — established Beckinsale in period dress, The Aviator (2004) kept her in a biopic register, and Underworld recast her as an action lead, a role she returned to in Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Awakening alongside Van Helsing, Whiteout, Contraband and Total Recall. Smaller dramatic projects such as Snow Angels, Nothing but the Truth — which earned her a Critic's Choice Award nomination in 2008 — and Everybody's Fine sit alongside the franchises.
This page gathers Kate Beckinsale photos, videos, news and blog posts, with search routes to each. For fashion purposes the campaign work matters as much as the films: Gap denim, Diet Coke, Absolut Vodka and Lux shampoo put her image into print and television advertising between film releases, which is part of why Esquire and People kept returning her to their annual beauty rankings.
After minor television roles, Beckinsale made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University, and then appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland, Cold Comfort Farm, Emma and The Golden Bowl.
After seeking film work in the United States in the late 1990s, she had a break-out year in 2001 with starring roles in the war film Pearl Harbor and the romantic comedy Serendipity.
She has worked occasionally as a model in television and print campaigns to promote Gap denim, Diet Coke, Absolut Vodka and Lux shampoo.
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