Kate Beckinsale
Biography
Kate Beckinsale is an English actress who made her theatrical film debut in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while studying at Oxford. She followed it with leading roles in British costume dramas, including Cold Comfort Farm (1995), and later appeared in the war film Pearl Harbor (2001) and the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001). Her role as the vampire Selene in Underworld (2003) and its sequels turned her into an action star and led to bigger films such as Van Helsing (2004), The Aviator (2004), and Total Recall (2012). She also earned praise for Love & Friendship (2016) and Snow Angels (2007), and appeared in The Only Living Boy in New York (2017). She earned a London Critics' Circle Film Award for The Last Days of Disco (1998) and was nominated for a Critic's Choice Award for Nothing but the Truth (2008). Later television work included the limited series The Widow (2019).
53years old
Turns 54 on July 26in 257 days
- Born Chiswick
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 43
- Career span
- 32 years1993 to 2025
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Big break
Beckinsale was initially considered too young for Cold Comfort Farm, but won the part of Flora Poste after writing a pleading letter to director John Schlesinger.
Early training
While at Oxford, Beckinsale joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Fellow student Tom Hooper directed her there in A View from the Bridge, staged at the Oxford Playhouse.
A change of course
Beckinsale quit the University of Oxford to focus on her acting career, saying she was not enjoying either her studies or acting enough because both were very high pressure.
Getting ready for a role
To research the role, Beckinsale spent time at The L.A. Times with female reporters and talked with Judith Miller about her experience. She called the research an amazingly fulfilling, brilliant experience.
Behind the camera
Beckinsale served as an executive producer on the 2021 Paramount+ dark comedy series Guilty Party, in which she also starred.
A role that slipped away
Beckinsale appeared with Luke Wilson in the 2007 thriller Vacancy, which takes place in a motel in a remote spot. Sarah Jessica Parker was cast in the part first, but she dropped out before filming began.
Kate Beckinsale movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Len Wiseman directed three of these films, Whit Stillman two. Bill Nighy appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bill Nighy's page
Charles Dance's page
Michael Sheen's page
Richard Cetrone's page
Shane Brolly's page
Alec Baldwin's page
Len WisemanDirector, 3 films, 2003 to 2012
All films by Len Wiseman
Whit StillmanDirector, 2 films, 1998 to 2016
All films by Whit Stillman
Also two films together27 more actors
- Brian CoxPrisoner's Daughter (2023) and Royal Deceit (1994)
- Nick NolteThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013) and The Golden Bowl (2000)
- Sam RockwellEverybody's Fine (2009) and Snow Angels (2007)
- Ian HolmThe Aviator (2004) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
- Stephen FryLove & Friendship (2016) and Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
- Chloë SevignyLove & Friendship (2016) and The Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Ewen BremnerPearl Harbor (2001) and Royal Deceit (1994)
- Steven MackintoshUnderworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) and Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- Alan AldaNothing But the Truth (2008) and The Aviator (2004)
- Freddie JonesCold Comfort Farm (1995) and Royal Deceit (1994)
- Brendan Sexton IIIThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013) and Everybody's Fine (2009)
- Scott SpeedmanUnderworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld (2003)
- Joanna LumleyAbsolutely Anything (2015) and Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
- Theo JamesUnderworld: Blood Wars (2016) and Underworld: Awakening (2012)
- Sinéad CusackStonehearst Asylum (2014) and Uncovered (1995)
- Robert Sean LeonardThe Last Days of Disco (1998) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Sophia MylesUnderworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld (2003)
- Edmund KingsleyWildcat (2025) and Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
- James MurtaughEverybody's Fine (2009) and The Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Matt RossThe Aviator (2004) and The Last Days of Disco (1998)
- Kevin GreviouxUnderworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) and Underworld (2003)
- Tom BennettWildcat (2025) and Love & Friendship (2016)
- Alex LoweHaunted (1995) and Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
- Zita GörögUnderworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld (2003)
- Scott McElroyUnderworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld (2003)
- Marcia De RousseThe Disappointments Room (2016) and Tiptoes (2002)
- Mike MukatisUnderworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kate Beckinsale's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.3 billion
32 of the 43 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 43 films: 32 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 32Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 78% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$449M19.8% of the total
- 2$300M13.3% of the total
- 3$241M10.6% of the total
- 4$214M9.4% of the total
- 5$199M8.8% of the total
- 6$160M7.1% of the total
- 7$111M4.9% of the total
- 8$96M4.3% of the total
$494 millionfrom the other 24 films with a worldwide figure, 22% of the total