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).
Filmography (88)
Turnbuckle
2026
Stolen Girl
2025
The Patient
2025
Wildcat
2025
Canary Black
2024
Dynamo Is Dead
2023
Fool's Paradise
2023
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
Jolt
2021
Guilty Party
2021
The Widow
2019
Farming
2018
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
The F Word
2017
The Disappointments Room
2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Love & Friendship
2016
Chelsea
2016
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Face of an Angel
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
Total Recall
2012
Underworld: Awakening
2012
Contraband
2012
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012
Conan
2010
Whiteout
2009
Everybody's Fine
2009
Winged Creatures
2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Nothing But the Truth
2008
Vacancy
2007
Snow Angels
2007
Chelsea Lately
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Underworld: Evolution
2006
Click
2006
The Aviator
2004
Van Helsing
2004
Underworld
2003
Laurel Canyon
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Punk'd
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Tiptoes
2002
Live from E!
2002
Pearl Harbor
2001
Serendipity
2001
The Golden Bowl
2000
Brokedown Palace
1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
The Last Days of Disco
1998
Shooting Fish
1997
The View
1997
Leute heute
1997
Emma
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
Uncovered
1995
Haunted
1995
Marie-Louise ou la permission
1995
Prince of Jutland
1994
Extra
1994
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Rachel's Dream
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Rachel's Dream
1992
One Against the Wind
1991
Devices and Desires
1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Couples
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Savior
White
Twilight of the Dead
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