Kate Beckinsale
Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. She starred in the movies such as Underworld (2003), Van Helsing (2004), and Click (2006).
Kate Beckinsale | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Kate Beckinsale in October 2016 | |
| Born | Kathrin Romany Beckinsale 26 July 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Spouse | Len Wiseman (2004–2016) |
| Partner | Michael Sheen (1995–2003) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Richard Beckinsale, Judy Loe |
| Relatives | Samantha Beckinsale (half-sister) Roy Battersby (stepfather) |
Early life
changeKathrin Romany Beckinsale[1][2] was born in Chiswick, London, England. She is the only child of actor Richard Beckinsale and actress Judy Loe.[3] Her father was of one-quarter Burmese ancestry.[4]
She made her first television appearance at the age of four, in an episode of This is Your Life dedicated to her father.[5][6] When she was five years old, her 31-year-old father died suddenly of a heart attack. Beckinsale was deeply traumatised by the loss and "started expecting bad things to happen".[7] While she has seen her father "more on television than I have in life", "there are certainly enough memories for me not to feel that it's somebody I didn't know."[3]
Her widowed mother moved in with director Roy Battersby when Beckinsale was nine and she was brought up alongside his four sons and daughter.[8] She has a close relationship with her stepfather: "I couldn't have knitted a better one ... He wasn't pushy, he let me come to him."[3] She has a paternal half-sister, actress Samantha Beckinsale.
References
change- ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | BECKINSALE, Kate". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Janie Lawrence (5 April 1997). "Facing up to the past". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ↑ "Beast in the beauty". Telegraph Magazine. The Age.com. 25 April 2004. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ↑ "This Is Your Life". IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Kate talks about dad Richard Beckinsale (UK interview)". Youtube. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "Celebrity Central: Kate Beckinsale". People. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ Jane Wheatley (26 April 2007). "A weight off her mind: Kate Beckinsale". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
Other websites
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- Kate Beckinsale on IMDb
- Kate Beckinsale at the TCM Movie Database
- Kate Beckinsale at AllMovie
- Kate Beckinsale at TV.com
- Kate Beckinsale at People.com
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