“a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies,”
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Kate Beckinsale
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale is an English actress. The only child of the actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, she debuted in the series premiere of the 1975 daytime drama Couples.
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Born 26 July 1973 · Q179414
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2026· 3 entries
news.com.au: Kate Beckinsale scrubs social media after eviscerating body-shaming comments
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Yahoo: Kate Beckinsale scrubs social media after eviscerating body-shaming comments labeling her ‘anorexic or on meth’
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2024· 1 entry
Lost a significant amount of weight due to "stress and grief" after her stepfather die while her mother had Stage 4 cancer
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2023· 1 entry
Beckinsale announced that she had an immune disorder called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
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2021· 1 entry
Deadline announced that Beckinsale would star in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed family drama Prisoner's Daughter
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2018· 1 entry
Beckinsale starred as Ingrid Carpenter in the British film Farming
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2015· 1 entry
Starred alongside Simon Pegg in the poorly received British comedy Absolutely Anything, as an author agency employee and the love interest of a man (Pegg) chosen by four aliens to do anything he wants
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2014· 3 entries
Beckinsale appeared on the fourth episode of Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) where she spoke of her favourite Python comedy sketch
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Provided the voice for Queen Ayrenn, a character in The Elder Scrolls Online video game
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Beckinsale starred in the psychological thriller The Face of an Angel alongside Daniel Brühl
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2013· 6 entries
Beckinsale starred in the legal thriller The Trials of Cate McCall opposite Nick Nolte and James Cromwell
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“Atriz, que ficou conhecida pela interpretação de Donna Newman no fime Click.”
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“Protagonista de Underworld, ao comentar como os produtores de filmes de ação pensam as heroínas femininas.”
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“Kate Beckinsale justificando que não gosta de sushi e prefere uma vagina.”
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“Atriz, que interpreta a enfermeira Evelyn no filme Pearl Harbor”
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“Quando perguntada se gostou mais de beijar Ben Affleck ou Josh Hartnett, Kate responde que os dois são excelentes. E faz este comentário.”
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2012· 3 entries
Appeared alongside Judy Greer and Andrea Savage in the Funny or Die video "Republicans, Get in My Vagina," a satire of the Republican Party's policies concerning abortion and prenatal care
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Beckinsale joined Nestlé's Share the Joy of Reading Program to raise awareness about the importance of literacy
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Beckinsale appeared as the wife of a factory worker in the sci-fi action remake Total Recall, directed by her husband Len Wiseman
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2010· 1 entry
And 2011, opting to spend time with her daughter
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2009· 3 entries
Beckinsale starred in the comic-book adaption Whiteout, as a US Marshal tasked with investigating a murder in Antarctica
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Beckinsale starred in the family drama Everybody's Fine alongside Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, and Rockwell, her Snow Angels costar
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Beckinsale was awarded £20,000 (equivalent to £31,900 in 2025) in damages by the British High Court after taking legal action against Express Newspapers
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2008· 3 entries
Beckinsale appeared in Winged Creatures, a film about how six different witnesses cope with the aftermath of a shooting
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Hosted the 4th Annual Pink Party to raise funds for the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and organised a screening of All About Eve for FilmAid International
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Beckinsale starred in Nothing but the Truth, as a journalist who refuses to reveal her source
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2007· 3 entries
Appeared alongside David Schwimmer in the sixth of the Writers Guild of America member-conceived Internet videos for Project "Speechless," in support of the WGA labour strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture &
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Beckinsale starred opposite Sam Rockwell in the independent drama Snow Angels, based on the novel by Stewart O'Nan
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Beckinsale appeared alongside Luke Wilson in Vacancy, a thriller set in an isolated motel
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2006· 1 entry
Beckinsale reprised her role as Selene in the successful vampire sequel Underworld: Evolution, directed by her husband, Len Wiseman
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2004· 3 entries
Beckinsale and Wiseman married on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California.
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Beckinsale starred in the action horror film Van Helsing
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Beckinsale portrayed Ava Gardner in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator
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2003· 1 entry
Starred in the little seen Tiptoes with Gary Oldman and Matthew McConaughey
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2002· 1 entry
Beckinsale starred in Lisa Cholodenko's Laurel Canyon, as a strait-laced academic who finds herself increasingly attracted to her free-spirited future mother-in-law
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2001· 3 entries
In 2001, Beckinsale said she was "embarrassed" that Sheen never proposed, but felt as though she was married.
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With a leading role in the war film Pearl Harbor, as a nurse torn between two pilots, played by Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett
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Beckinsale said she was "embarrassed" that Sheen never proposed, but felt as though she was married
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1999· 1 entry
Beckinsale appeared opposite Claire Danes in Brokedown Palace, a drama about two young Americans forced to deal with the Thai justice system on a post-graduation trip abroad
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1997· 4 entries
Appeared in the music video for George Michael's "Waltz Away Dreaming
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Voiced an audiobook production of Romeo and Juliet
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Played Juliet to Michael Sheen's Romeo, in an audio production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Sheen
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Beckinsale appeared opposite Stuart Townsend in the comedy Shooting Fish, one of the most commercially successful British films of that year
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1996· 1 entry
“You do love her, but in the way the family of a young girl could be exasperated by her outrageous behaviour and still love her.”
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1995· 3 entries
Appeared in Haunted, a ghost story in which Derek Elley of Variety felt she "holds the screen, with both physical looks and verbal poise
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Beckinsale starred in Cold Comfort Farm, as Flora Poste, a newly orphaned 1930s socialite sent to live with distant family members in rural England
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While studying in Paris, she filmed the French language Marie-Louise ou la permission
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1994· 1 entry
Appeared as Christian Bale's love interest in Prince of Jutland, a film based on the Danish legend which inspired Shakespeare's Hamlet, and starred in the murder mystery Uncovered
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1993· 3 entries
Made her theatrical film debut with a role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation Much Ado About Nothing whilst studying at the University of Oxford
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Beckinsale landed the role of Hero in Kenneth Branagh's big-screen adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing
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Appeared in the pilot of the ITV detective series, Anna Lee, starring Imogen Stubbs
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1992· 1 entry
Starred alongside Christopher Eccleston in "Rachel's Dream," a 30‑minute Channel 4 short
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1991· 2 entries
With a small part in an ITV adaptation of P
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“She died the night of July 15 in my arms after immeasurable suffering.”
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1973· 1 entry
Born 1973-07-26.
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