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| Selene | |
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| Underworld character | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Selene_(Underworld).jpg) Kate Beckinsale as Selene | |
| First appearance | Underworld |
| Last appearance | Underworld: Blood Wars |
| Created by | Len Wiseman Kevin Grevioux Danny McBride |
| Based on | Selene Gallio by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema |
| Portrayed by | Kate Beckinsale Lily Mo Sheen (child) Laura Harris (voice) |
| Voiced by | Kate Beckinsale Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese Dub) |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias | Subject 1 |
| Species | Human (originally) Vampire (formerly) Vampire-Human Hybrid |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Death Dealer (formerly) Vampire Elder |
| Family | Unnamed father (deceased) Unnamed mother (deceased) Cecilia (sister, deceased) Unnamed twin nieces (deceased) Viktor (sire and adoptive father, deceased) |
| Spouse | Michael Corvin (lover, deceased) |
| Children | Eve (daughter, with Michael) |
| Nationality |  Hungarian |
| Birth | 1383 AD |
Selene is a character and the main protagonist of the Underworld film franchise, in which she is portrayed by Kate Beckinsale. The character is introduced in the first film, Underworld, as an elite vampire assassin known as a "Death Dealer" who hunts down the Lycans for allegedly murdering her family. She becomes attracted to a human named Michael Corvin, and upon discovering that her sire and adoptive father Viktor was actually responsible for the death of her family, defects from the vampire clan.