Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model. She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for her debut in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Throughout the 1990s, she worked on both film and television, most notably by portraying the title character in the 1996 BBC television series Emma. She started film work in the United States in the late 1990s. She appeared in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999). In 2001, she garnered international recognition when she was cast as the romantic lead opposite Ben Affleck in her breakthrough film, Pearl Harbor (2001). She then starred in a number of films including the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), Tiptoes (2003), The Aviator (2004), and Click (2006). Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), she has become known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), and Total Recall (2012). In 2016, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the period comedy film Love & Friendship, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She returned in action films with Jolt (2021). She also starred in two television projects with The Widow (2019) and Guilty Party (2021).

Filmography

• 2025Stolen Girl — Maureen
• 2025The Patient — Dr. Rose
• 2025Wildcat — Ada
• 2024Canary Black — Avery Graves
• 2023Fool's Paradise — Christiana Dior
• 2023Prisoner's Daughter — Maxine
• Guilty Party — Beth Burgess, Executive Producer
• 2021Jolt — Lindy
• The Widow — Georgia Wells
• 2018Farming — Ingrid Carpenter
• 2017The Only Living Boy in New York — Johanna
• 2016Love & Friendship — Lady Susan Vernon
• 2016The Disappointments Room — Dana Barrow
• 2016Underworld: Blood Wars — Selene
• 2015Absolutely Anything — Catherine
• 2014Stonehearst Asylum — Eliza Graves
• 2014The Face of an Angel — Simone Ford
• 2013The Trials of Cate McCall — Cate McCall
• 2012Contraband — Kate Farraday
• 2012Republicans, Get in My Vagina! — Woman #3
• 2012Total Recall — Lori Quaid
• 2012Underworld: Awakening — Selene
• 2009Everybody's Fine — Amy
• 2009Underworld: Rise of the Lycans — Selene
• 2009Whiteout — Carrie Stetko
• 2009Winged Creatures — Carla Davenport
• 2008Nothing But the Truth — Rachel Armstrong
• 2007Snow Angels — Annie Marchand
• 2007Vacancy — Amy Fox
• 2006Click — Donna Newman
• 2006Underworld: Evolution — Selene
• 2004The Aviator — Ava Gardner
• 2004Van Helsing — Anna Valerious
• 2003Laurel Canyon — Alex
• 2003Underworld — Selene
• 2002Tiptoes — Carol
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Evelyn Johnson
• 2001Serendipity — Sara Thomas
• 2000The Golden Bowl — Maggie Verver
• 1999Brokedown Palace — Darlene Davis
• 1998Alice Through the Looking Glass — Alice
• 1998The Last Days of Disco — Charlotte
• 1997Shooting Fish — Georgie
• 1996Emma — Emma Woodhouse
• 1995Cold Comfort Farm — Flora Poste
• 1995Haunted — Christina Mariell
• 1995Marie-Louise ou la permission — Marie-Louise
• 1995Uncovered — Julia
• 1994Prince of Jutland — Ethel
• 1993Anna Lee: Headcase — Thea Hahn
• 1993Much Ado About Nothing — Hero
• 1992Rachel's Dream — Rachel
• Rachel's Dream — Rachel
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Devices and Desires — Young Alice Mair (voice)
• 1991One Against the Wind — Barbe Lindell
• Couples — Child
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Barbe
• Drifter — Wendy Ford
• The Savior — Jordyn Parker
• Turnbuckle
• Twilight of the Dead
• White — Barbara, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2023Dynamo Is Dead — Self
• The F Word — Self
• Chelsea — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• 2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED — Self - Guest Judge
• Conan — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Chelsea Lately — Herself
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Extra — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter