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<html> <head> <title>Kate Beckinsale</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/574/000026496/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Kate Beckinsale</b></font><p><img src="kate-beck-sized.jpg" height=246 width=195 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Kate Beckinsale"><b>AKA</b> Kate Beckinsale-Loe<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/725/000106407/" class=proflink>26-Jul</a>-<a href="/lists/972/000105657/" class=proflink>1973</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Female<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> England<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Pearl Harbor</i><p>In her teens Kate Beckinsale was anorexic, weighing 70 pounds at the age of 15. At 18, Beckinsale co-starred with <a href="/people/410/000025335/">Judy Davis</a> and <a href="/people/814/000024742/">Sam Neill</a> in the mini-series <I>One Against the Wind</I>. Her first film was <a href="/people/813/000025738/">Kenneth Branagh</a>'s <I>Much Ado About Nothing,</I>. By the age of 20, she became the first member of her family to take her acting career beyond the British Isles. After several roles playing innocent girls, she took a sexually provocative part in <I>Haunted</I>, then demanded a body double for the film's nude scenes. In <I>The Aviator</I>, she played <a href="/people/769/000023700/">Ava Gardner</a> to <a href="/people/581/000023512/">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>'s <a href="/people/653/000026575/">Howard Hughes</a>. In <I>Laurel Canyon</I>, she kissed <a href="/people/517/000025442/">Frances McDormand</a> in a swimming pool.<P> Beckinsale's father was a popular actor on British television, starring in <I>Bloomers</I>, <I>Porridge</I>, and three other 1970s sit-coms, until his death at the age of 31. Her mother is also a familiar face on British television, as a regular in a dozen series, most recently <I>Casualty</I>, <I>Holby City</I>, and <I>Space Island One</I>. Her stepsister, Samantha Beckinsale, played a firefighter in the long-running ensemble action show <I>London's Burning</I>, and has starred in five other British series and several films. Her stepfather, Roy Battersby, has worked for decades as a TV director.<p><b>Father:</b> <a href="/people/861/000163372/">Richard Beckinsale</a> (actor, b. 6-Jul-1947, d. 19-Mar-1979)<br><b>Mother:</b> Judy Loe (actress, b. 6-Mar-1947)<br><b>Father:</b> Roy Battersby (stepfather, British TV director, m. Loe 6-Mar-1997)<br><b>Sister:</b> Samantha Beckinsale (half-sister from father's first marriage, British actress)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Edmund Moriarty (British actor, dated early 1990s)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Michael Sheen (actor, dated 1995-2003, one daughter)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Lily Sheen (b. 31-Jan-1999)<br><b>Husband:</b> <a href="/people/813/000141390/">Len Wiseman</a> (film director, engaged 14-Jun-2003, m. 9-May-2004)<br><p> High School: Godolphin and Latymer School (1991)<br> University: <a href="/edu/486/000068282/">New College, Oxford University (dropped out)</a><br><p> <a href="/event/351/000083102/">Appendectomy</a> <br> <a href="/event/427/000072211/">Laser Eye Surgery</a> 2005<br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/371/000058197/">Coca-Cola</a> <br> <a href="/lists/237/000168730/">Burmese Ancestry</a> Paternal Great Grandfather<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/314/000068110/">Anorexia</a>, <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>, <a href="/lists/454/000159974/">Appendicitis</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/907/000406686/">The Only Living Boy in New York (27-Jul-2017)</a> <br> <a href="/films/080/000402868/">Underworld: Blood Wars (24-Nov-2016)</a> <br> <a href="/films/294/000402085/">The Disappointments Room (9-Sep-2016)</a> <br> <a href="/films/585/000405367/">Love & Friendship (23-Jan-2016)</a> <br> <a href="/films/306/000405088/">Absolutely Anything (12-Aug-2015)</a> <br> <a href="/films/790/000384635/">Stonehearst Asylum (14-Jun-2014)</a> <br> <a href="/films/588/000381442/">The Trials of Cate McCall (28-Nov-2013)</a> <br> <a href="/films/570/000354505/">Total Recall (2-Aug-2012)</a> · Lori Quaid<br> <a href="/films/750/000277916/">Underworld: Awakening (19-Jan-2012)</a> · Selene<br> <a href="/films/528/000277694/">Contraband (12-Jan-2012)</a> · Kate Farraday<br> <a href="/films/563/000211927/">Everybody's Fine (3-Nov-2009)</a> <br> <a href="/films/832/000207211/">Whiteout (9-Sep-2009)</a> · Carrie Stetko<br> <a href="/films/203/000203591/">Nothing But the Truth (8-Sep-2008)</a> · Rachel Armstrong<br> <a href="/films/277/000204662/">Winged Creatures (24-Jun-2008)</a> · Carla Davenport<br> <a href="/films/406/000132010/">Vacancy (20-Apr-2007)</a> <br> <a href="/films/352/000137938/">Snow Angels (19-Jan-2007)</a> <br> <a href="/films/254/000117900/">Click (23-Jun-2006)</a> · Donna Newman<br> <a href="/films/440/000112104/">Underworld: Evolution (12-Jan-2006)</a> <br> <a href="/films/239/000083987/">The Aviator (17-Dec-2004)</a> <br> <a href="/films/216/000051063/">Van Helsing (3-May-2004)</a> · Anna Valerious<br> <a href="/films/387/000123018/">Tiptoes (8-Sep-2003)</a> · Carol<br> <a href="/films/693/000036585/">Underworld (8-Sep-2003)</a> · Selene<br> <a href="/films/326/000061143/">Laurel Canyon (18-May-2002)</a> · Alex<br> <a href="/films/968/000037857/">Serendipity (13-Sep-2001)</a> <br> <a href="/films/495/000033396/">Pearl Harbor (21-May-2001)</a> <br> <a href="/films/812/000036704/">The Golden Bowl (14-May-2000)</a> · Maggie Verver<br> <a href="/films/971/000033872/">Brokedown Palace (13-Aug-1999)</a> · Darlene Davis<br> <a href="/films/972/000033873/">The Last Days of Disco (29-May-1998)</a> · Charlotte<br> <a href="/films/756/000089489/">Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)</a> · Alice<br> <a href="/films/777/000041654/">Shooting Fish (22-Aug-1997)</a> <br> <a href="/films/514/000088250/">Emma (16-Feb-1997)</a> <br> <a href="/films/392/000037281/">Haunted (30-Nov-1995)</a> <br> <a href="/films/147/000078910/">Cold Comfort Farm (1-Jan-1995)</a> · Flora Poste<br> <a href="/films/686/000088422/">Uncovered (May-1994)</a> <br> <a href="/films/451/000040331/">Royal Deceit (23-Feb-1994)</a> · Ethel<br> <a href="/films/390/000038276/">Much Ado About Nothing (7-May-1993)</a> · Hero<br> <a href="/films/433/000134031/">One Against the Wind (1-Dec-1991)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; 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