Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale
Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsaleis an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothingwhile still a student at the University of Oxford. She then appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland, Cold Comfort Farm, Emma, and The Golden Bowl, in addition to various stage and radio productions. She began to seek film work in the United States in the late 1990s and, after appearing in small-scale dramas The Last...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth26 July 1973
CityLondon, England
When I first started working, I was very aware of the fact that I'd been to university and studied Russian and French and not acting. So when I started working, I'd started working quite young, I felt like it was important to treat myself kind of like an apprentice and do as many different types of things as I could.
I'm surprised there aren't more celebrities in burkhas.
No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
Always argue over text so other people aren't embarrassed!
No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl.
I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.
Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.
I have a husband who literally worships me. And cleans the house. And blow-dries my daughter's hair.
I think that's why I gravitated toward slightly broader... ummm, more conceptual kinds of movies, Underworld and Van Helsing. That was as much as I could actually give. But you're actually more of an animated figure. It does go against the grain, as an actor.
I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
I sort of ended up in Los Angeles by accident. And it was sort of terrible to be jostled into this position of a fame-hungry starlet. Which is so honestly not me! In fact, I could use a bit more of that because I am such a hermit! So I allowed myself to get really bothered.
Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.
I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.