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Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model. She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for her debut in the film adaptation of…
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Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model. She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for her debut in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Throughout the 1990s, she worked on both film and television, most notably by portraying the title character in the 1996 BBC television series Emma. She started film work in the United States in the late 1990s. She appeared in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999). In 2001, she garnered international recognition when she was cast as the romantic lead opposite Ben Affleck in her breakthrough film, Pearl Harbor (2001). She then starred in a number of films including the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), Tiptoes (2003), The Aviator (2004), and Click (2006). Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), she has become known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), and Total Recall (2012). In 2016, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the period comedy film Love & Friendship, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She returned in action films with Jolt (2021). She also starred in two television projects with The Widow (2019) and Guilty Party (2021).
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2025
The Patient
Movie Dr. Rose
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2025
Wildcat
Movie Ada
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2025
Stolen Girl
Movie Maureen
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2024
Canary Black
Movie Avery Graves
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2023
Dynamo Is Dead
Movie Self
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2023
Prisoner's Daughter
Movie Maxine
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2023
Fool's Paradise
Movie Christiana Dior
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2021
Guilty Party
TV show Beth Burgess
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2021
Jolt
Movie Lindy
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2019
The Widow
TV show Georgia Wells
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2018
Farming
Movie Ingrid Carpenter
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2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
Movie Johanna
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2017
The F Word
TV show Self
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2016
Underworld: Blood Wars
Movie Selene
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2016
The Disappointments Room
Movie Dana Barrow
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2016
Love & Friendship
Movie Lady Susan Vernon
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2016
Chelsea
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
Absolutely Anything
Movie Catherine
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2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV show Self
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2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Movie Eliza Graves
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2014
The Face of an Angel
Movie Simone Ford
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
- 2014
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2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV show Self
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2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
Movie Cate McCall
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2012
Total Recall
Movie Lori Quaid
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2012
Republicans, Get in My Vagina!
Movie Woman #3
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2012
Underworld: Awakening
Movie Selene
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2012
Contraband
Movie Kate Farraday
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
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2009
Everybody's Fine
Movie Amy
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2009
Whiteout
Movie Carrie Stetko
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
Winged Creatures
Movie Carla Davenport
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2009
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Movie Selene
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2008
Nothing But the Truth
Movie Rachel Armstrong
