Kate BeckinsaleKate Beckinsale
Biography Beckinsale won first prizes in several young writing competitions.
After completing school in London, she followed in the footsteps
of her parents and began her acting career. Her first role was in
One Against the Wind, a television film about World War II that
was first aired in 1991. Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature
at New College, Oxford University, though she did not finish her
degree. She thought that having an academic background studying
foreign language and literature would broaden her range of acting
roles.
Film career Her first major American film, Brokedown Palace (1999), was not a commercial success. Soon after, Beckinsale was cast in the 2001 film Pearl Harbor, which was one of the highest grossing films of its year. In the years following, she appeared in a series of American films that were high-profile, but were given a somewhat poor critical reception, including Serendipity (2001), Underworld (2003) and Van Helsing (2004). Notably, she appeared as Ava Gardner in The Aviator, a role for which she gained 20 pounds. In 2006, Beckinsale was placed at #78 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World", after being #71 in 2005. She has also been placed at #16 in Maxim magazine's "HOT 100" (2003), #63 in Stuff Magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002), and was chosen by Hello magazine as "England’s #1 Beauty", also in 2002. In January 2006, Beckinsale reprised her role as a vampire who shares a forbidden love for a lycan in the movie Underworld: Evolution, a sequel to her 2003 film, Underworld, again directed by her husband, Len Wiseman. The film opened at the #1 spot at the box office, grossing over $26 million in its first weekend of release. On January 24, 2006, Beckinsale was featured on the MTV series,
Punk'd. The set-up for the segment took place at the Avalon Hotel
in Los Angeles. This will be her third appearance and first outside
from the Underworld series with her ex-boyfriend Michael Sheen. Beckinsale dated Welsh actor Michael Sheen for a long period of time, and the two have a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen (born 31 January 1999). Sheen co-starred with Beckinsale in Underworld, and had a flashback appearance in its sequel. In June 2003, a few months after she had separated from Sheen, Beckinsale became engaged to the director of Underworld, Len Wiseman, and the two were wed on 9 May 2004 in Bel-Air, California. Interestingly, she has stated that she hates wearing knickers.
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Kate Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973 in London, United Kingdom)
is an English actress.
