Kate Backinsale Biography

Occupation Actress
Birthday      July 26, 1973 (39)
Sign            Leo
Birthplace   London, England, United Kingdom
Height         5' 8" (1m73)  How tall is Kate Beckinsale                
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English actress Kate Beckinsale is revealing herself to be one of films' most versatile and charismatic actresses. She first gained notice in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing and then subsequently appeared as the heroine of John Schlesinger's Cold Comfort Farm, Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco opposite Chloe Sevigny, Jonathan Kaplan's Brokedown Palace opposite Claire Danes and in the British comedy Shooting Fish. Additional film credits include Haunted opposite Aidan Quinn, and Manuel Fleche's Mary Louise ou la permission.
In 2001, Beckinsale starred opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in Disney's epic Pearl Harbor. She starred opposite John Cusack in Serendipity, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Gary Oldham in Tiptoes and opposite Christian Bale and Frances McDormand in the ensemble drama Laurel Canyon. Recent film appearances include starring opposite Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing and starring in the hit vampire tales Underworld and sequel Underworld: Evolution for Sony Screen Gems. Beckinsale also starred as screen legend 'Ava Gardner' in Martin Scorcese's The Aviator.

Her television appearances include playing the title role in A&E's Emma and in One Against the Wind for Hallmark Films. On the stage, she has appeared in Clocks & Whistles, Sweetheart, and the British National Touring production of The Seagull.

She was last seen in the summer comedy blockbuster Click for Sony Pictures opposite Adam Sandler and is currently in production for the action thriller Whiteout. Beckinsale will next be seen in the independent drama Snow Angels opposite Sam Rockwell, directed by David Gordon Green.

Kate Backinsale Biography

Date of Birth26 July 1973, London, England, UK
Birth NameKathryn Bailey Beckinsale
Height5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography :

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, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series "Rising Damp" (1974), "Porridge" (1974) and "The Lovers" (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31.Kate attended the private school Godolphin and Latymer School in London for her grade and primary school education. In her teens she twice won the British bookseller W.H. Smith Young Writers' competition - once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a tumultuous adolescence (a bout of anorexia - cured - and a smoking habit which continues to this day), she gradually took up the profession of acting.Her major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called One Against the Wind (1991) (TV), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. It first aired on American television that December. Kate began attending Oxford University's New College in the fall of 1991, majoring in French and Russian literature. She had already decided that she wanted to act, but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. While in her first year at Oxford, Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama Prince of Jutland (1994), cast as Ethel. The film was shot during the spring of 1993 on location in Denmark, and she filmed her supporting part during New College's Easter break. Later in the summer of that year she played the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1994). Before she went back to school, her third year at university was spent at Oxford's study-abroad program in Paris, France, immersing herself in the French language, Parisian culture and French cigarettes.A year away from the academic community and living on her own in the French capital caused her to re-evaluate the direction of her life. She faced a choice: continue with school or concentrate on her flourishing acting career. After much thought, she chose the acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford, after finishing three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV), filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994 and which opened to spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over $5 million during its American run. It was re-released to U.K. theaters in the spring of 1997.Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995; she toured in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull". After turning down several mediocre scripts "and going nearly berserk with boredom", she waited seven months before another interesting role was offered to her. Her big movie of 1995 was the romance/horror movie Haunted (1995), starring opposite Aidan Quinn and John Gielgud, and filmed in West Sussex. In this film she wanted to play "an object of desire", unlike her past performances where her characters were much less the siren and more the worldly innocent. Kate's first film project of 1996 was the British ITV production of Jane Austen's novel Emma (1996) (TV). Her last film of 1996 was the comedy Shooting Fish (1997), filmed at Shepperton Studios in London during early fall. She played the part of Georgie, an altruistic con artist. She had a daughter, Lily, in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen.

Kate Beckinsale Biogreaphy & Filmography

Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Kate Beckinsale wowed critics and audiences with her comedic performance in the BBC television movie Cold Comfort Farm.

Personal Details :

Name: Kate Beckinsale
Born: 26 July 1973 (Age: 38)
Zodiac Sign : Leo
Where: London, England
Height: 5′ 8″
Awards: No major awards
Best Known As: The vampire Selene in the Underworldfilms

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)

Kate Backinsale Biography Career

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)

Keckinsale Bio-Data

Keckinsale Bio-Data

Kate Beckinsale  Bio-Data
Kate was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series “Rising Damp” (1974), “Porridge” (1974) and “The Lovers” (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31.
Beckinsale attended the private school Godolphin and Latymer School in London for her grade and primary school education. In her teens she twice won the British bookseller W.H. Smith Young Writers’ competition – once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a tumultuous adolescence (a bout of anorexia – cured – and a smoking habit which continues to this day), she gradually took up the profession of acting.
Kate  major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called One Against the Wind (1991) (TV), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. It first aired on American television that December. Kate began attending Oxford University’s New College in the fall of 1991, majoring in French and Russian literature. She had already decided that she wanted to act, but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. While in her first year at Oxford, Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama Royal Deceit (1994), cast as Ethel. The film was shot during the spring of 1993 on location in Denmark, and she filmed her supporting part during New College’s Easter break. Later in the summer of that year she played the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1995). Before she went back to school, her third year at university was spent at Oxford’s study-abroad program in Paris, France, immersing herself in the French language, Parisian culture and French cigarettes.
A year away from the academic community and living on her own in the French capital caused her to re-evaluate the direction of her life. She faced a choice: continue with school or concentrate on her flourishing acting career. After much thought, she chose the acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford, after finishing three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV), filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994 and which opened to spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over $5 million during its American run. It was re-released to U.K. theaters in the spring of 1997.
Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995; she toured in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull”. After turning down several mediocre scripts “and going nearly berserk with boredom”, she waited seven months before another interesting role was offered to her. Her big movie of 1995 was the romance/horror movie Haunted (1995), starring opposite Aidan Quinn and John Gielgud, and filmed in West Sussex. In this film she wanted to play “an object of desire”, unlike her past performances where her characters were much less the siren and more the worldly innocent. Kate’s first film project of 1996 was the British ITV production of Jane Austen’s novel Emma (1996) (TV). Her last film of 1996 was the comedy Shooting Fish (1997), filmed at Shepperton Studios in London during early fall. She played the part of Georgie, an altruistic con artist. She had a daughter, Lily, in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen.

Information of Kate Beckinsale

Information of Kate Beckinsale
Pet name : Whoo baby

Birth Place: London England in United Kingdom

Birth Date : 26 Jul; year 1973

Color Of Eyes : Brown

Color Of Hair : Brown

Body Figure : 34’’ 24’’ 34’’

Estimated Body Height : 5 feet 8 inch

Profession : Actress

Well Known As : Actress

Bio of Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado. Kate is one of those rare hybrids of beauty and brains. She studied at Oxford University before leaving to pursue her acting career. Despite her toned display on the cover of the magazine, Kate admitted that she was never much of a gym person when she was younger.Kate Beckinsale shows off her fit physique on the cover of Women’s Health’s in July 2012. Kate Beckinsale is the latest Hollywood star to have spoken out against plastic surgery.

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Kathryn Bailey "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress.
She initially came to prominence in the 1990s for her roles in costume dramas such as Cold Comfort Farm, Much Ado About Nothing and Emma. Following a breakout performance in 2001's Pearl Harbor, she has appeared in big-budget Hollywood movies like The Aviator, the Underworld films and Van Helsing as well as smaller independent movies such as Everybody's Fine and Winged Creatures. She earned a Critic's Choice Award nomination for her performance in 2008's Nothing But the Truth.
She has three films set for release in 2012: Underworld 4, Contraband and Total Recall.

Early life
Beckinsale was born in London to actor Richard Beckinsale and actress Judy Loe. Her father unexpectedly died from a heart attack in 1979 (at the age of 31) when she was just five years old. Her mother later married director Roy Battersby, and Beckinsale was raised alongside his four sons and daughter. She also has a paternal half-sister, actress Samantha Beckinsale.

Beckinsale attended Godolphin and Latymer School in West London and was involved with the Orange Tree Youth Theatre. In her teens, she twice won the W. H. Smith Young Writers' competition—once for short stories and once for poetry. She had a nervous breakdown and developed anorexia at the age of fifteen and underwent Freudian psychoanalysis for four years.

She studied French and Russian literature at New College, Oxford University and was involved with the Oxford University Dramatic Society, most notably being directed by fellow student Tom Hooper in a production of A View from the Bridge at the Oxford Playhouse. She spent her third year in Paris as part of Oxford's study-abroad program, after which she decided to leave university to concentrate on her burgeoning acting career.

Career
Beckinsale landed her first major role, in Kenneth Branagh's big-screen Shakespearean adaptation, Much Ado About Nothing, during her first year at Oxford University. She filmed three other movies while at university: Prince of Jutland, Uncovered and French-language Marie-Louise Ou La Permission. Shortly after leaving Oxford, Beckinsale appeared in Cold Comfort Farm, Haunted and the TV adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. In 1995 and 1996, Beckinsale worked on four plays, most notably The Seagull opposite Michael Sheen. In 1997, she starred in Shooting Fish and as Juliet in a radio production of Romeo and Juliet opposite her then partner, Michael Sheen, who also directed.

Beckinsale then began to seek work in Los Angeles, starring in 1998's The Last Days of Disco with Chloe Sevigny and 1999's Brokedown Palace with Claire Danes. The former earned her a London Critics Circle Film Award. After a break following the birth of her daughter, Beckinsale was cast in 2001's Pearl Harbor opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, one of the highest-grossing films of its year. She followed this with Serendipity, The Golden Bowl and Laurel Canyon.

She became known as an action star following staring roles in Underworld and Van Helsing.[14] In 2004, she portrayed Ava Gardner in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, a role for which she gained almost 1½ stones (21 lbs). Other roles included Click with Adam Sandler and Tiptoes with Gary Oldman.

In 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as a vampire in the successful sequel Underworld: Evolution[16] and, in 2007, she appeared in thriller Vacancy and independent film Snow Angels. In 2008, she appeared in Winged Creatures and Nothing But the Truth, receiving a Critic's Choice Award nomination for her performance in the latter. Despite strong award buzz for both Beckinsale and co-star Vera Farmiga, the film never received a full theatrical release after the distributor filed for bankruptcy. In 2009, she starred in the comic-book adaption Whiteout and Everybody's Fine opposite Robert De Niro.

Beckinsale has three films set for release in 2012: Underworld 4, Contraband and Total Recall.

Personal life
Beckinsale married American director Len Wiseman on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California. They live in Los Angeles with Beckinsale's daughter, Lily Mo Sheen.

Beckinsale previously had a eight-year relationship with Welsh actor Michael Sheen from 1995 to 2003, after meeting when cast in a touring production of The Seagull. Their daughter, Lily Mo Sheen, was born 31 January 1999. The relationship ended after the filming of Underworld (in which they both starred) because Beckinsale realised she had fallen for the film's married director, Len Wiseman. The former couple have remained close friends. Beckinsale has said, "I love him dearly – I would miss him dreadfully if he wasn't in my life.He is one of the most thoughtful, principled people and Lily is so lucky to have him as a dad."