Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale
Beckinsale at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (1973-07-26) 26 July 1973 (age 51) London, England
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Len Wiseman ​ ​ (m. 2004; div. 2019)​
Partner	Michael Sheen (1995–2003)
Children	1
Parents	Richard Beckinsale (father) Judy Loe (mother)
Relatives	Samantha Beckinsale (half-sister) Roy Battersby (stepfather)

Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973)^[1][2][3] is an English actress. The only child of actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted onstage in a 1992 production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever.

In 1993, she made her theatrical film debut with a brief role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation Much Ado About Nothing whilst studying at the University of Oxford. She played leading roles in numerous British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996), and The Golden Bowl (2000). She also starred in Pearl Harbor (2001), Serendipity (2001), The Aviator (2004), and Click (2006).

Since taking the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), Beckinsale became known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), Total Recall (2012), and Jolt (2021) while also earning praise for her roles in the small-scale dramas Snow Angels (2007), Nothing but the Truth (2008), Everybody's Fine (2009), Love & Friendship (2016), and The Only Living Boy in New York (2017). She returned to television in the limited series The Widow (2019).