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
I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.
I must say, I am thrilled with my fan base. For some reason some of them are quite young, so they are quite frightened.
I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?
I feel like I'm really lucky.
Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?
When [Len Wiseman and I] first met, I was a huge fan of the 'Alien' movies. I was a huge 'Die Hard' fan until it ate my husband for two years. We sit and watch movies all the time. One of my favorite movies is 'Dog's Day Afternoon.' Len loves that movie.
It's wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isn't all about me.
Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.
I quite fancy having a hover car, but I don't fancy everyone having one. Because I feel like I spend quite a lot of time stuck in traffic on the 405 but if everybody had one then they'd be scared and we'd crash, but if it was just me, then I think I would zoom home quite fast. I also quite fancy a phone attached to my hand but then I don't know if I fancy it being stuck to my body.
If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.
Where possible, if there's something that is highly likely to kill you, the studios won't insure us to do [the stunts]. But where we are insurable, Len likes to make us do that. He likes to see actors' faces and have everybody know that that is them doing it. Yeah, I definitely got some bruises on this one.