Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale was born on July 26, 1973, London, England

Birth name: Kathrin Bailey Beckinsale

Education : Attended Flexlands Private School in London, England.
Graduated from Godolphin and Latymer School in London in 1991.
Attended New College, Oxford University majoring in French and Russian literature.

Parents: Judy Loe and Richard Beckinsale

Occupation: English actress

Nationality: British

Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Hair color: Brown

Eye color: Brown

Measurements: Bust34 C, Hips32, Waist32

Weight: 120 lbs

Shoe Size: 9

Fan sites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

Pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

Filmography:

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Uncovered (1994)
Prince of Jutland (1994)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
Haunted (1995)
Emma (1996)
Shooting Fish (1997)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
Brokedown Palace (1999)
The Golden Bowl (2000)
Serendipity (2001)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Laurel Canyon (2002)
Underworld (2003)
Tiptoes (2003)
The Aviator (2004)
Van Helsing (2004)
Click (2006)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Vacancy (2007)
Snow Angels (2007)
Winged Creatures (2008)
Whiteout (2008)
Nothing But the Truth (2008)

Biography:

Born in London, Beckinsale was the daughter of actors Judy Loe and Richard Beckinsale, who died from heart attack in 1979. She has a paternal half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Beckinsale's paternal great-grandfather was Burmese, and Beckinsale has said that she was "very oriental-looking" as a child.
Beckinsale attended the private Godolphin and Latymer School, an all-girls independent school in London. In her teens, Beckinsale twice won the W. H. Smith Young Writers' competition — once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a rebellious adolescence, including a period of anorexia and starting a smoking habit, 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. Having gained three language A levels, Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature at New College, Oxford, 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.

Trivia:

Is amused by her daughter's reaction to the Botoxed women in Hollywood, because she compares them to Lord Voldemort from HARRY POTTER series.
Is the third most searched movie star of 2006, according to IMDB.
Spent nine hours getting the perfect haircut before going to the 2006 MTV Movie Awards.
Makes sure her mouth is minty fresh before she kisses her co-stars - because she is paranoid she has bad breath.
Wants to quit the US and return to Britain to raise six-year-old daughter Lily because she wants her to understand her culture. (January 16, 2006)
Denied rumors that she went to England for a secret tryst with a friend, insisting he’s friend's husband and they've just had a baby. (January 7, 2006)
Is glad movie bosses have dumped plans for a doll version of her UNDERWORLD: REVOLUTION character Selene - because the last ones made her look like a transsexual. (January 6, 2006)
Says she strips for her director husband Len Wiseman on a webcam when they are working apart. (December 13, 2005)
Almost quit THE AVIATOR (2004) after she began to doubt her acting career.
Says she would consider a return to university to finish studying. (December 20, 2004)
Threatened to quit the movie industry, because she was fed up with reading so many false stories about herself. (2004)
Use internet cameras to communicate with her husband when he’s away.
Denied having plastic surgery to boost her bust size, pointing to pregnancy as the cause of her apparently unsightly scars. (2004)
Hated the PEARL HARBOR experience because director Michael Bay bluntly explained she was picked for the film because she wasn't beautiful.
Voted the most beautiful actress in Britain in a poll carried out by UCI Cinemas to mark the release of TROY. (2004)
Is featured in an advertising campaign for Diet Coke.
Is keen to avoid Hollywood's obsession with plastic surgery, rubbishing reports she's had breast implants. (April 13, 2004)
Was desperate to wed her new lover, Len Wiseman, but Sony Pictures bosses insisted she couldn't take the time off from promoting UNDERWORLD, the Wiseman-directed film which brought them together. (September 24, 2003)
Was left stunned after demanding her breasts be enhanced on the posters for her new film UNDERWORLD, because artists made them too big. (September 17, 2003)
Hated the tight-fitting leather suit she wore for new movie UNDERWORLD because it was too hot, too cold and she couldn't go to the toilet. (September 16, 2003)
During PEARL HARBOR. (2001) filming, a gust of wind lifted Kate Beckinsale and Catherine Keller's skirts revealing more than the film crew expected to see. Both had been instructed to lose their underpants for a particular scene so that their panty lines were not visible on camera.
Got the lead female role in PEARL HARBOR. (2001) after Charlize Theron pulled out to do SWEET NOVEMBER. (2001)
Lost out to Juliette Binoche for a part in WUTHERING HEIGHTS. (1992)
Suffers from stomach ulcers.
According to an interview she gave on the UK show THE BIG BREAKFAST she hates wearing knickers. (December 2001)
Selected by Hello Magazine as England's Number #1 Beauty. (2002)
Her maternal grandfather was Burmese.
Hand-delivered a pleading letter to director John Schlesinger in Paris in the middle of the night, having failed the audition for the role of Flora Poste in COLD COMFORT FARM. She later won the part after all.
Was paid $200,000 for PEARL HARBOR. (2001)
Nominated for Best Female Performance at MTV Movie Awards for PEARL HARBOR. (2002)