Kate Beckinsale is an English actress famous in Hollywood. Her most recognizable films are the saga "Underworld", "Van Helsing", "Pearl Harbor", "Click: Remote Control for Life", "Abode of the Damned". In addition to acting skills, Kate is an educated person, moreover, she knows how to freely express herself in Russian.
Early years and early career
Kate Beckinsale, nee Katherine Bailey Beckinsale, was born on July 26, 1973 in London.
She was born to the popular comedian Richard Beckinsale and television actress Judy Lowe. Kate has a half-sister from her father's first marriage. Richard was a sought-after actor in various British comedies in the early 1970s, but when Keith was three years old, he died of a heart attack.
The girl grew up smart. As a teenager, Kate won the Young Writers Competition twice for three poems and three short stories. Growing up, Kate decided to follow in the footsteps of her parents and connect her life with acting. Unfortunately, during this period, the teenager began to have problems with smoking and anorexia. Despite the fact that Kate coped with anorexia, she could not get rid of smoking: “I take a lot of vitamins and do not drink. But I smoke. If I don't smoke, then I become unbearable. It's easier for you to throw me off the balcony, as I become so annoying."
Kate Beckinsale made her television debut in 1991. Among her first works were the series "Devices and Desires" and the film "One Against the Wind". In the same year, Beckinsale entered the University of Oxford in the department of French and Russian literature. Kate thought for a long time about going to drama school instead of Oakford, and, having decided that “there is never a lot of knowledge,” she opted for the latter.
Along with her studies, Kate continued to appear on television, but in the mid-1990s she briefly interrupted her work in films, as she went to Paris on the Oxford training program.
Popular films with Kate Beckinsale
For almost 30 years of her film career, the actress has appeared in 50 films.
In 2001, Kate landed the lead role in the military melodrama Pearl Harbor. This is a story of love and loss against the backdrop of the American-Japanese War. In this motion picture, the male roles were played by Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.
Some time later, the actress embodied the image of the brave Anna Valerie in the fantasy action movie Van Helsing, where Hugh Jackman played the monster hunter.
Kate Beckinsale starred in Underworld and subsequent sequels to the saga of the war between werewolves and vampires.
The actress is also famous for her roles in the comedy "Click: Remote Control for Life", the melodrama "Aviator", based on the real-life romantic history of classic Hollywood, as well as the horror "Abode of the Damned".
Personal life of the actress
Kate Beckinsale was in a relationship with actor Michael Shinn, from whom she gave birth to a daughter in 1999. However, the couple broke up, and in 2004 the actress married director Len Wiseman. The couple lived for 11 years, but they divorced in 2015.
Now the 45-year-old actress is dating comedian Matt Rife, who is half her age.
