Kate Beckinsale is an English actress known in Hollywood. Her most recognizable film works are the saga "Another World", "Van Helsing", "Pearl Harbor", "Click: With a Remote Control for Life", "The Abode of the Damned." In addition to acting abilities, Kate is an educated person, besides she is able to freely communicate in Russian.
Young years and the beginning of a career
Kate Beckinsale, nee Katherine Bailey Beckinsale, was born July 26, 1973 in London.
She was born into the family of 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 Kate was three years old, he died of a heart attack.
The girl grew smart. In adolescence, Kate twice won the competition of young writers for three poems and three stories. Having matured, 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 vitamin and don’t drink. But I smoke. If I don’t smoke, then it becomes unbearable. It’s easier for you to throw me out of the balcony, so I get annoying"
Kate Beckinsale made her television debut in 1991. Among her first works was the series "Devices and Desires" and the film "One Against the Wind." In the same year, Beckinsale entered the University of Oxford at the Department of French and Russian Literature. Kate thought for a long time about going to a drama school instead of Oakford, and, deciding that "there isn’t much knowledge, " she chose the latter.
Along with her studies, Kate continued to appear on television, but in the mid-1990s she briefly stopped working in films, as she went to Paris with the Oxford study program.
Popular movies with Kate Beckinsale
For almost 30 years of film career, the actress appeared in 50 films.
In 2001, Kate got 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 film, male roles were played by Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett.
After some time, 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 "Another World" 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: With a remote control for life", the melodrama "Aviator", based on the real romantic story of classic Hollywood, as well as the horrors "Resident of the Damned."
