Acting · Chiswick, London, England, UK · Born July 26, 1973
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).
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as Dr. Rose
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as Ada
MovieStolen Girl
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as Maureen
MovieCanary Black
2024
as Avery Graves
MovieDynamo Is Dead
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as Self
MoviePrisoner's Daughter
2023
as Maxine
MovieFool's Paradise
2023
as Christiana Dior
TVGuilty Party
2021
as Beth Burgess
MovieJolt
2021
as Lindy
TVThe Widow
2019
as Georgia Wells
MovieFarming
2018
as Ingrid Carpenter
MovieThe Only Living Boy in New York
2017
as Johanna
TVThe F Word
2017
as Self
MovieUnderworld: Blood Wars
2016
as Selene
MovieThe Disappointments Room
2016
as Dana Barrow
MovieLove & Friendship
2016
as Lady Susan Vernon
TVChelsea
2016
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieAbsolutely Anything
2015
as Catherine
TVMonty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
as Self
MovieStonehearst Asylum
2014
as Eliza Graves
MovieThe Face of an Angel
2014
as Simone Ford
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieThe Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
as Self
TVOff Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
MovieThe Trials of Cate McCall
2013
as Cate McCall
TVRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
TVRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieTotal Recall
2012
as Lori Quaid
MovieRepublicans, Get in My Vagina!
2012
as Woman #3
MovieUnderworld: Awakening
2012
as Selene
MovieContraband
2012
as Kate Farraday
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieEverybody's Fine
2009
as Amy
MovieWhiteout
2009
as Carrie Stetko
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieWinged Creatures
2009
as Carla Davenport
MovieUnderworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
as Selene
MovieNothing but the Truth
2008
as Rachel Armstrong
TVChelsea Lately
2007
as Herself
MovieVacancy
2007
as Amy Fox
MovieSnow Angels
2007
as Annie Marchand
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieClick
2006
as Donna Newman
MovieUnderworld: Evolution
2006
as Selene
MovieThe Aviator
2004
as Ava Gardner
MovieVan Helsing
2004
as Anna Valerious
MovieUnderworld
2003
as Selene
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVPunk'd
2003
as Self
MovieLaurel Canyon
2003
as Alex
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieTiptoes
2002
as Carol
TVLive from E!
2002
as Self
MovieSerendipity
2001
as Sara Thomas
MovieBeyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001
as Evelyn Stewart
MoviePearl Harbor
2001
as Evelyn Johnson
MovieThe Golden Bowl
2000
as Maggie Verver
MovieBrokedown Palace
1999
as Darlene Davis
MovieAlice Through the Looking Glass
1998
as Alice
MovieThe Last Days of Disco
1998
as Charlotte
MovieShooting Fish
1997
as Georgie
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
MovieEmma
1996
as Emma Woodhouse
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieHaunted
1995
as Christina Mariell
MovieMarie-Louise ou la permission
1995
as Marie-Louise
MovieUncovered
1995
as Julia
MovieCold Comfort Farm
1995
as Flora Poste
TVExtra
1994
as Self - Guest
MoviePrince of Jutland
1994
as Ethel
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
1993
as Hero
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Thea Hahn
Rachel's Dream
1992
as Rachel
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieRachel's Dream
1992
as Rachel
MovieOne Against the Wind
1991
as Barbe Lindell
TVDevices and Desires
1991
as Young Alice Mair (voice)
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Couples
1975
as Child
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Barbe
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Turnbuckle
The Savior
as Jordyn Parker
White
as Barbara
MovieTwilight of the Dead
