Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is 'Judy Loe .
Studied French and Russian literature while a student at Oxford.
Studied at New College Oxford, but left to pursue her acting career before completing her degree course.
Her mother, Judy Loe is an actress, and her father, Richard Beckinsale , was famous as a comedy actor.
Attended grade/primary school at Flexlands Private School in London, England, she took ballet there and it was at this young age that her father died of a heart attack.
Younger half-sister of Samantha Beckinsale.
Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out to do Sweet November .
Lost out to Juliette Binoche for a part in Wuthering Heights .
Has a daughter, Lily Mo Sheen (b. 31 January 1999), with Welsh actor Michael Sheen.
Suffers from stomach ulcers.
According to an interview she gave on the UK show "The Big Breakfast" (December 2001), she hates wearing knickers.
Selected by Hello Magazine as Englands Number #1 Beauty.
One of Kates paternal great-grandmothers, Mary Mitchell, was born in Burma, to a white father, Thomas Mitchell, and a Burmese (Asian) mother, Ma Ninhe.
June 2003: Engaged to director Len Wiseman.
Married Len Wiseman on 9th May 2004 at the Bel-Air Hotel. Her daughter, Lily, received her own "wedding ring" from Wiseman.
Half sister-in-law of Richard Trinder.
Spent her teens reading French, Russian and German novels because of her studies, and completed A-levels in Russian, German and French, which resulted in her admission to Oxford University.
Won the prestigious WH Smiths Young Writers competition for her poetry in 1986.
Ranked #63 in Stuff magazines "102 Sexiest Women In The World"
Was in close competition for the role of Rachel Keller in The Ring , but lost out because producers felt she looked too young.
Normally slender, she gained twenty pounds for roles in 2004 - ten pounds for Van Helsing and another ten pounds to portray the voluptuous Ava Gardner in The Aviator .
Has played a vampire ( Underworld ) and a vampire hunter ( Van Helsing ).
Was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2005 and 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballots. She was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actress category on the 2005 ballot for her performance in the film Van Helsing and again two years later in the same category for her roles in the films Click and Underworld: Evolution . She failed to receive either nomination.
Named #23 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Met Len Wiseman when he directed her in Underworld .
Ranked as #71 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
She did not like Physical Education at school. It was also her worst subject.
Was anorexic as a teenager
Lives in Venice, California because it reminds her of London.
Named #78 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement..
Replaced Sarah Jessica Parker after she dropped out from the film Vacancy .
Ranked #21 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Director Stephen Sommers wanted Kate for the role of "Anna Valerious" in Van Helsing . But Stephen feared that it was too similar in tone to Underworld , a film that Kate started and was filming at the time. Eventually, her agent got Sommers to send the script and Kate immediately signed on.
Ranked as #12 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women 2008".
Ranked as #10 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Had an emergency appendectomy in January, 2004.
Esquire magazines "Sexiest Woman Alive" in 2009.
According to her interview on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (aka "Live with Regis and Kelly") that when she was working on Everybodys Fine , she had never heard of nor had cannoli before until the films star, Robert De Niro introduced her to it.
Aged six, a school report found she had the reading age of an eleven-year-old and an IQ of 152.
Ranked #14 in the 2011 Ask Men list of the top 99 "most desirable" women.
Ranked #3 in the 2010 Ask Men list of the top 99 "most desirable" women.
Ranked #21 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Ranked #41 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Voted #22 on Ask mens top 99 most desirable women of 2012.
The doormat in her Los Angeles home reads - "Nice to see you, to see you, nice" - a popular British catchphrase coined by TV personality Bruce Forsyth.
She had a body double for her nude scenes in Haunted
Ranked #43 on Maxims "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
(November 2015) Filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years Len Wiseman.
Kates first screen kiss occurred when she locked lips with Robert Sean Leonard in Much Ado About Nothing .
She has never learned how to drive.
Demonstrated on Larry King s show her hidden talent for pretending to sneeze, which King called phenomenal.
Kate Beckinsale thought that the American elections were a joke at first and agrees with the London Mayors comment that "Trumps stance on Islam is ignorant" during an interview with Larry King on "Larry King Now" .
Named "The Most Beautiful Face of 2007" by TC Candlers list of the "100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World", and ranked on their list for 18 consecutive years (1999-2016).
Supports various charities including The British Heart Foundation and Habitat for Humanity.
Often brings a pantomime horse costume with her when she travels.
Is known for her love of jokes and pranks, usually at the expense of her co-stars.
Has a cat named Clive and a dog named Myf.
She became a fan of comic books due to her ex-husband and daughter both being huge fans.
Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog.
With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it,seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.
If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.
When I was pregnant, I had the romantic idea that after the baby was born I would not only take up reading in earnest again, but also write a novel while my daughter slept in her Moses basket. Of course, I barely had time to keep up with my magazines until she started sleeping properly.
