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Friday, January 13, 2012

Kate Beckinsale: biography and career








Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, an actress/BBC executive who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, a well known comedic actor he starred in series like "Rising Damp" (1974), "Porridge" (1974) and "The Lovers" (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31 when Kate was 5. She had a nervous breakdown and developed anorexia at the age of fifteen and underwent Freudian psychoanalysis for four years.
Her major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called "Hallmark Hall of Fame: One Against the Wind" (1991), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). She performed as the lead in the contemporary mystery drama “Uncovered” (1994); she followed with a co-starring role in the mystery “Haunted” in 1995. Leading roles in the BBC remake of “Emma” (1996), the UK comedy “Shooting Fish” (1997) and the US dramas “Last Days of Disco” (1998), and “Brokedown Palace” (1999) followed. Kate’s box office woes were about to end as she was cast in the 2001 film “Pearl Harbor”, which was one of the highest grossing films of its year.
Kate took a chance, and made a major change in both her career and personal life by accepting the role of Selene in the action movie “Underworld”, directed by Len Wiseman. In 2004, Beckinsale starred in action horror film Van Helsing. In 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the successful vampire sequel Underworld: Evolution. in 2009, Beckinsale starred in family drama Everybody's Fine alongside Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore and Rockwell, her Snow Angels co-star. Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the fourth installment of the vampire franchise Underworld: Awakening (2012).
Kate had an eight-year relationship with actor Michael Sheen from 1995 until 2003. Their daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, was born in London, England on 31 January 1999. While filming “Underworld” Kate and Wiseman fell in love, though the two remained only friends while completing the movie. In June 2003, a few months after she had separated from Sheen, Kate became engaged to Len Wiseman, and the two were wed on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California.























FILMOGRAPHY



2013 The Trials of Cate McCulloug: Cate McCullough

2012 Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane: Katherine Sloane

2012 Total recall: Lori

2012 Underworld: Awakening: Selene

2012 Contraband: Kate Farraday

2009 Everybody's fine: Amy

2009 Whiteout: Carrie Stetko

2009 Underworld - Rise of the Lycans: Selene

2008 Nothing But the Truth: Rachel Armstrong

2008 Fragments: Carla Davenport

2007 Vacancy: Amy Fox

2007 Snow Angels: Annie Marchand

2006 Click: Donna Newman

2006 Underworld: Evolution: Selene

2004 The Aviator: Ava Gardner

2004 Van Helsing: Anna Valerious

2003 Underworld: Selene

2003 Tiptoes: Carol

2002 Laurel Canyon: Alex

2001 Serendipity: Sara Thomas

2001 Pearl Harbor: Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson

2000 The Golden Bowl: Maggie Verver

1999 Brokedown Palace: Darlene Davis

1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV movie): Alice

1998 The Last Days of Disco: Charlotte

1997 Big Fish: Georgie

1996 Emma (TV movie): Emma Woodhouse

1995 Haunted: Christina Mariell

1995 Marie-Louise ou la permission: Marie-Louise

1995 Uncovered: Julia

1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV movie): Flora Poste

1994 Prince of Jutland: Ethel

1993 Much Ado About Nothing: Hero

1993 Anna Lee: Headcase (TV movie): Thea Hahn

1992 Rachel's Dream (TV short): Rachel

1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series): Barbe Lindell
– One Against the Wind (1991)

1991 Devices and Desires (TV mini-series): Young Alice Mair
– Episode #1.2 (1991)

1975 Couples (TV series): Child (as Kathrin Beckinsale)
– Episode #1.2 (1975)
– Episode #1.1 (1975)
 




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