Kate Beckinsale
Acting • Born 1973-07-26
Biography
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
87 credits
Underworld
Movie • 2003
Selene
Pearl Harbor
Movie • 2001
Evelyn Johnson
Underworld: Evolution
Movie • 2006
Selene
Vacancy
Movie • 2007
Amy Fox
The Aviator
Movie • 2004
Ava Gardner
Whiteout
Movie • 2009
Carrie Stetko
Van Helsing
Movie • 2004
Anna Valerious
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 1993
Hero
Tiptoes
Movie • 2002
Carol
Cold Comfort Farm
Movie • 1995
Flora Poste
Emma
Movie • 1996
Emma Woodhouse
Shooting Fish
Movie • 1997
Georgie
Serendipity
Movie • 2001
Sara Thomas
Click
Movie • 2006
Donna Newman
Everybody's Fine
Movie • 2009
Amy
Laurel Canyon
Movie • 2003
Alex
Snow Angels
Movie • 2007
Annie Marchand
The Golden Bowl
Movie • 2000
Maggie Verver
Nothing But the Truth
Movie • 2008
Rachel Armstrong
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1998
Alice
Winged Creatures
Movie • 2009
Carla Davenport
One Against the Wind
Movie • 1991
Barbe Lindell
Total Recall
Movie • 2012
Lori Quaid
The Last Days of Disco
Movie • 1998
Charlotte
Brokedown Palace
Movie • 1999
Darlene Davis
Uncovered
Movie • 1995
Julia
Haunted
Movie • 1995
Christina Mariell
Underworld: Awakening
Movie • 2012
Selene
Contraband
Movie • 2012
Kate Farraday
Canary Black
Movie • 2024
Avery Graves
The Trials of Cate McCall
Movie • 2013
Cate McCall
The Face of an Angel
Movie • 2014
Simone Ford
Absolutely Anything
Movie • 2015
Catherine
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Movie • 2009
Selene
Anna Lee: Headcase
Movie • 1993
Thea Hahn
Prince of Jutland
Movie • 1994
Ethel
Stonehearst Asylum
Movie • 2014
Eliza Graves
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
Movie • 2012
Woman #3
The Disappointments Room
Movie • 2016
Dana Barrow
Dynamo Is Dead
Movie • 2023
Self
Underworld: Blood Wars
Movie • 2016
Selene
Love & Friendship
Movie • 2016
Lady Susan Vernon
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Movie • 1995
Marie-Louise
Stolen Girl
Movie • 2025
Maureen
The Patient
Movie • 2025
Dr. Rose
The Only Living Boy in New York
Movie • 2017
Johanna
Rachel's Dream
Movie • 1992
Rachel
Farming
Movie • 2018
Ingrid Carpenter
Fool's Paradise
Movie • 2023
Christiana Dior
Jolt
Movie • 2021
Lindy
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
Self
Prisoner's Daughter
Movie • 2023
Maxine
Wildcat
Movie • 2025
Ada
Turnbuckle
Movie • 2026
The Savior
Movie
Jordyn Parker
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Barbe
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Guilty Party
TV • 2021
Beth Burgess
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
Couples
TV • 1975
Child
Rachel's Dream
TV • 1992
Rachel
Devices and Desires
TV • 1991
Young Alice Mair (voice)
Chelsea Lately
TV • 2007
Herself
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
The F Word
TV • 2017
Self
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Widow
TV • 2019
Georgia Wells
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV • 2014
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV • 2012
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
TV • 2012
Self - Guest Judge
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Extra
TV • 1994
Self - Guest