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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…
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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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Kate Beckinsale's Filmography
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The Patient
as Dr. Rose
Wildcat
as Ada
Stolen Girl
as Maureen
Canary Black
as Avery Graves
Dynamo Is Dead
as Self
Prisoner's Daughter
as Maxine
Fool's Paradise
as Christiana Dior
Jolt
as Lindy
Farming
as Ingrid Carpenter
The Only Living Boy in New York
as Johanna
Underworld: Blood Wars
as Selene
The Disappointments Room
as Dana Barrow
Love & Friendship
as Lady Susan Vernon
Absolutely Anything
as Catherine
Stonehearst Asylum
as Eliza Graves
The Face of an Angel
as Simone Ford
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
as Self
The Trials of Cate McCall
as Cate McCall
Total Recall
as Lori Quaid
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
as Woman #3
Underworld: Awakening
as Selene
Contraband
as Kate Farraday
Everybody's Fine
as Amy
Whiteout
as Carrie Stetko
Winged Creatures
as Carla Davenport
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
as Selene
Nothing But the Truth
as Rachel Armstrong
Vacancy
as Amy Fox
Snow Angels
as Annie Marchand
Click
as Donna Newman
Underworld: Evolution
as Selene
The Aviator
as Ava Gardner
Van Helsing
as Anna Valerious
Underworld
as Selene
Laurel Canyon
as Alex
Tiptoes
as Carol
Serendipity
as Sara Thomas
Pearl Harbor
as Evelyn Johnson
The Golden Bowl
as Maggie Verver
Brokedown Palace
as Darlene Davis
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Alice
The Last Days of Disco
as Charlotte
Shooting Fish
as Georgie
Emma
as Emma Woodhouse
Haunted
as Christina Mariell
Marie-Louise ou la permission
as Marie-Louise
Cold Comfort Farm
as Flora Poste
Uncovered
as Julia
Prince of Jutland
as Ethel
Much Ado About Nothing
as Hero
No Poster
Anna Lee: Headcase
as Thea Hahn
Rachel's Dream
as Rachel
One Against the Wind
as Barbe Lindell
No Poster
Turnbuckle
No Poster
Drifter
as Wendy Ford
Twilight of the Dead
No Poster
White
as Barbara
No Poster
The Savior
as Jordyn Parker