Kate Beckinsale
Acting
1973-07-26 · 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).
Filmography
The Patient
2025 · Movie
Wildcat
2025 · Movie
Stolen Girl
2025 · Movie
Canary Black
2024 · Movie
Dynamo Is Dead
2023 · Movie
Prisoner's Daughter
2023 · Movie
Fool's Paradise
2023 · Movie
Guilty Party
2021 · Series
Jolt
2021 · Movie
The Widow
2019 · Series
Farming
2018 · Movie
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017 · Movie
The F Word
2017 · Series
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016 · Movie
The Disappointments Room
2016 · Movie
Love & Friendship
2016 · Movie
Chelsea
2016 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Absolutely Anything
2015 · Movie
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014 · Series
Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Movie
The Face of an Angel
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014 · Movie
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Series
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012 · Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012 · Series
Total Recall
2012 · Movie
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
2012 · Movie
Underworld: Awakening
2012 · Movie
Contraband
2012 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Everybody's Fine
2009 · Movie
Whiteout
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Winged Creatures
2009 · Movie
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009 · Movie
Nothing but the Truth
2008 · Movie
Chelsea Lately
2007 · Series
Vacancy
2007 · Movie
Snow Angels
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Click
2006 · Movie
Underworld: Evolution
2006 · Movie
The Aviator
2004 · Movie
Van Helsing
2004 · Movie
Underworld
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Laurel Canyon
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Tiptoes
2002 · Movie
Live from E!
2002 · Series
Serendipity
2001 · Movie
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
The Golden Bowl
2000 · Movie
Brokedown Palace
1999 · Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998 · Movie
The Last Days of Disco
1998 · Movie
Shooting Fish
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Leute heute
1997 · Series
Emma
1996 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Haunted
1995 · Movie
Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995 · Movie
Uncovered
1995 · Movie
Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · Movie
Extra
1994 · Series
Prince of Jutland
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Much Ado About Nothing
1993 · Movie
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993 · Movie
Rachel's Dream
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Rachel's Dream
1992 · Movie
One Against the Wind
1991 · Movie
Devices and Desires
1991 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Couples
1975 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Drifter
Movie
Turnbuckle
Movie
White
Movie
Twilight of the Dead
Movie
The Savior
Movie