Kate Beckinsale
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Chelsea Lately
Herself
2007
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Series
Punk'd
Self
2003
Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Film
Wildcat
Ada
2025
Film
Pearl Harbor
Evelyn Johnson
2001
Film
Total Recall
Lori Quaid
2012
Film
Van Helsing
Anna Valerious
2004
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
Self - Guest Judge
2012
Film
The Aviator
Ava Gardner
2004
Series
Live from E!
Self
2002
Film
Click
Donna Newman
2006
Film
Underworld
Selene
2003
Film
Canary Black
Avery Graves
2024
Film
Stonehearst Asylum
Eliza Graves
2014
Film
Stolen Girl
Maureen
2025
Film
Underworld: Evolution
Selene
2006
Film
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Selene
2009
Film
Serendipity
Sara Thomas
2001
Film
Underworld: Blood Wars
Selene
2016
Film
Jolt
Lindy
2021
Film
Underworld: Awakening
Selene
2012
Series
Extra
Self - Guest
1994
Film
Contraband
Kate Farraday
2012
Film
Absolutely Anything
Catherine
2015
Film
Whiteout
Carrie Stetko
2009
Film
Vacancy
Amy Fox
2007
Film
Everybody's Fine
Amy
2009
Series
The Widow
Georgia Wells
2019
Film
Nothing but the Truth
Rachel Armstrong
2008
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Hero
1993
Film
Brokedown Palace
Darlene Davis
1999
Film
The Only Living Boy in New York
Johanna
2017
Film
Emma
Emma Woodhouse
1996
Film
Love & Friendship
Lady Susan Vernon
2016
Film
Winged Creatures
Carla Davenport
2009
Film
Haunted
Christina Mariell
1995
Film
The Trials of Cate McCall
Cate McCall
2013
Series
Guilty Party
Beth Burgess
2021
Series
Devices and Desires
Young Alice Mair (voice)
1991
Series
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Self
2014
Film
The Patient
Dr. Rose
2025
Film
Fool's Paradise
Christiana Dior
2023
Film
Laurel Canyon
Alex
2003
Film
The Last Days of Disco
Charlotte
1998
Film
Tiptoes
Carol
2002
Film
Farming
Ingrid Carpenter
2018
Series
The F Word
Self
2017
Turnbuckle
Film
The Disappointments Room
Dana Barrow
2016
Film
The Golden Bowl
Maggie Verver
2000
Film
Prince of Jutland
Ethel
1994
Film
The Face of an Angel
Simone Ford
2014
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Barbe
1951
Film
Snow Angels
Annie Marchand
2007
Film
Prisoner's Daughter
Maxine
2023
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice
1998
Film
Shooting Fish
Georgie
1997
Couples
Child
1975
Film
Cold Comfort Farm
Flora Poste
1995
Film
Uncovered
Julia
1995
Film
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Self
2014
Rachel's Dream
Rachel
1992
White
Barbara
Film
One Against the Wind
Barbe Lindell
1991
Film
Twilight of the Dead
Anna Lee: Headcase
Thea Hahn
1993
Film
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
Woman #3
2012
Film
Marie-Louise ou la permission
Marie-Louise
1995
Drifter
Wendy Ford
The Savior
Jordyn Parker
Film
Dynamo Is Dead
Self
2023
Film
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
Evelyn Stewart
2001
Film
Rachel's Dream
Rachel
1992