Kate Beckinsale

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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Conan

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The View

All Movies (57)

• Turnbuckle2026
• The Patient2025 · as Dr. Rose
• Wildcat2025 · as Ada
• Stolen Girl2025 · as Maureen
• Canary Black2024 · as Avery Graves
• Dynamo Is Dead2023 · as Self
• Prisoner's Daughter2023 · as Maxine
• Fool's Paradise2023 · as Christiana Dior
• Jolt2021 · as Lindy
• Farming2018 · as Ingrid Carpenter
• The Only Living Boy in New York2017 · as Johanna
• Underworld: Blood Wars2016 · as Selene
• The Disappointments Room2016 · as Dana Barrow
• Love & Friendship2016 · as Lady Susan Vernon
• Absolutely Anything2015 · as Catherine
• Stonehearst Asylum2014 · as Eliza Graves
• The Face of an Angel2014 · as Simone Ford
• The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles2014 · as Self
• The Trials of Cate McCall2013 · as Cate McCall
• Total Recall2012 · as Lori Quaid
• Republicans, Get in My Vagina!2012 · as Woman #3
• Underworld: Awakening2012 · as Selene
• Contraband2012 · as Kate Farraday
• Everybody's Fine2009 · as Amy
• Whiteout2009 · as Carrie Stetko
• Winged Creatures2009 · as Carla Davenport
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans2009 · as Selene
• Nothing But the Truth2008 · as Rachel Armstrong
• Vacancy2007 · as Amy Fox
• Snow Angels2007 · as Annie Marchand
• Click2006 · as Donna Newman
• Underworld: Evolution2006 · as Selene
• The Aviator2004 · as Ava Gardner
• Van Helsing2004 · as Anna Valerious
• Underworld2003 · as Selene
• Laurel Canyon2003 · as Alex
• Tiptoes2002 · as Carol
• Serendipity2001 · as Sara Thomas
• Pearl Harbor2001 · as Evelyn Johnson
• The Golden Bowl2000 · as Maggie Verver
• Brokedown Palace1999 · as Darlene Davis
• Alice Through the Looking Glass1998 · as Alice
• The Last Days of Disco1998 · as Charlotte
• Shooting Fish1997 · as Georgie
• Emma1996 · as Emma Woodhouse
• Haunted1995 · as Christina Mariell
• Marie-Louise ou la permission1995 · as Marie-Louise
• Uncovered1995 · as Julia
• Cold Comfort Farm1995 · as Flora Poste
• Prince of Jutland1994 · as Ethel
• Much Ado About Nothing1993 · as Hero
• Anna Lee: Headcase1993 · as Thea Hahn
• Rachel's Dream1992 · as Rachel
• One Against the Wind1991 · as Barbe Lindell
• The Savior— · as Jordyn Parker
• White— · as Barbara
• Twilight of the Dead—

All TV Shows (33)

• Guilty Party2021 · as Beth Burgess
• The Widow2019 · as Georgia Wells
• The F Word2017 · as Self
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Chelsea Lately2007 · as Herself
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Live from E!2002 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Extra1994 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Rachel's Dream1992 · as Rachel
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Devices and Desires1991 · as Young Alice Mair (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Couples1975 · as Child
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Barbe
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter