Real Name : Kate Beckinsale
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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 (I)' (qv), 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' (qv), born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series _"Rising Damp" (1974)_ (qv), _"Porridge" (1974)_ (qv) and _"The Lovers" (1970)_ (qv). 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)_ (qv), 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' (qv)'s film adaptation of 'William Shakespeare (I)' (qv)'s _Much Ado About Nothing (1993)_ (qv). Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama _Prince of Jutland (1994)_ (qv), 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)_ (qv). 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)_ (qv), 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' (qv)'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)_ (qv), starring opposite 'Aidan Quinn (I)' (qv) and 'John Gielgud' (qv), 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 (I)' (qv)'s novel _Emma (1996) (TV)_ (qv). Her last film of 1996 was the comedy _Shooting Fish (1997)_ (qv), 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' (qv).
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Kate Beckinsale
- The Trials of Cate McCall
- Contraband
- G4 Presents Comic Con 2012 Live
- Guys Choice Awards 2012
- The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards
- Behind the Seams: The 14th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards Special
- A Moment With
- The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
- The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards
- 2012 MTV Movie Awards
- Underworld: Awakening
- Total Recall
- Republicans, Get in My Vagina
- Scream Awards 2011
- The Big Picture
- Janela Indiscreta
- Conan
- TV Festival Du Cannes 2010
- Whiteout
- The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- The 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
- Almost Famous II
- ES.TV HD
- Everybody's Fine
- Nothing But the Truth
- Speechless
- The 2nd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Winged Creatures
- Vacancy
- Up Close with Carrie Keagan
- Snow Angels
- Xposé
- Chelsea Lately
- VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed - Scenes They Don't Want You to See
- Like Father, Like Sunday
- 2006 MTV Movie Awards
- Underworld: Evolution
- Underworld: Evolution - Inside the Action
- Live from the Red Carpet: The 2006 Golden Globe Awards
- The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
- Scream Awards 2006
- Click
- Made in Hollywood
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
- VH1 Big in 05
- 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
- A Life Without Limits: The Making of 'The Aviator'
- Van Helsing
- Van Helsing: The Man and the Monsters
- Underworld: The Making of Underworld
- The Aviator
- 52 Most Irresistible Women
- The World of Van Helsing
- Van Helsing: Behind the Screams
- 4Pop
- Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- Sunday Morning Shootout
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Underworld
- Tiptoes
- MythBusters
- Punk'd
- 2002 MTV Movie Awards
- 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Laurel Canyon
- Journey to the Screen: The Making of 'Pearl Harbor'
- History vs. Hollywood
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
- Serendipity
- On the Set: Serendipity
- Pearl Harbor
- The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale
- The Golden Bowl
- Brokedown Palace
- Talking Movies
- Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- So Graham Norton
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- The Last Days of Disco
- Total Request Live
- Shooting Fish
- Corazón de...
- The View
- Mundo VIP
- Access Hollywood
- Emma
- The Daily Show
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
- Marie-Louise ou la permission
- Un siècle d'écrivains
- Uncovered
- Haunted
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Prince of Jutland
- Anna Lee: Headcase
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- Much Ado About Nothing
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Rachel's Dream
- Gomorron
- HBO First Look
- The Big Breakfast
- Días de cine
- Devices and Desires
- One Against the Wind
- Coming Attractions
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Cinema 3
- Entertainment Tonight
- Children in Need
- Couples
- This Is Your Life
- Today
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- * Played Nina in Chekov's "The Seagull" - UK tour (1995).
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- If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
- No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
- Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, No one's being nice enough to me!
- I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring".
- With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.
- Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19. When I shave my legs, I use my child's shampoo and a razor - if I can find one. If I did everything they said I did, I would never see Lily.
- I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?
- I think, at 19, I was very grown-up in certain ways and extremely not so in others. If I had come on to a movie set at that age and someone had said, 'You're a bit funny-looking, can you go on a diet?' - I might have jumped off a building. I just didn't have the confidence to put that into perspective at the time.
- "I look at how 'Keira Knightley' (qv) is coiffed when she attends events. I remember going to Cannes with _Much Ado About Nothing (1993)_ (qv) when I was 18, and nobody told me, 'Oh, here's a make-up artist or, 'This person wants to dress you, what clothes are you wearing?' It just wasn't like that when I started. Nobody even told me I could bring a friend! I just sort of showed up in a very expensive pair of trousers I bought in Harvey Nichols, and something I bought in the Sock Shop at the airport. But 'Keira Knightley' (qv) has like full hair and make- up and a proper outfit and I think, 'Wow, she's not going to have the before photos I had to endure!' She's really lucky".
- I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl. about her daughter's pet rabbit.
- "It's the only time my education has come in remotely handy." -on using her Russian literature studies for copying her "Van Helsing" script into Russian to acquire a Slavic accent.
- She [Lily] already has some Americanisms: she says 'pants' instead of trousers and 'elevator' instead of lift. That's more than enough for me."
- We had something recently when there were about 16 people in front of us taking pictures and Lily was enjoying the chance to legitimately shout at some grownups because normally she's not allowed. But even when she shouted they didn't stop. I find that shocking.
- I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
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