Kate Beckinsale

 Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973)[1][2][3 is an English model and actress from England. While at Oxford, she studied for her degree, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993). She appeared in British costume dramas like Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (95), Emma (1996), Shooting Fish (1997) (a contemporary romantic comedy), and The Golden Bowl ((2000), Beckinsale began film work in the United States in late 1990s. After appearing in smaller-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999), she was a part of the war-themed drama Pearl Harbor (2001), the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001) and Tiptoes (2003). Then she starred in the aforementioned films with her leading roles in The Aviator (2004) and Click (2006). These films established her as a protagonist in Hollywood.Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003-2016), Beckinsale has become known for her work in action movies, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012) as well as Total Recall (2012). Still, she appears in small dramatic projects like Snow Angels (2007) and Nothing but the Truth (2008). For the two first films she received positive reviews. In 2016, she was awarded praise from critics for her performance in the period comedy film Love & Friendship, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for the Best actor in a Comedy. Jolt (2021) was her second film. She also starred in two television projects with The Widow (2019) and Guilty Party (2021).