- Kate Beckinsale was born on July, 26 1973 in London.
- Real name: Kathryn Bailey Beckinsale
- Parents: Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe.
- Her first role was in the television film, One Against the Wind (1991).
- Beckinsale was chosen by the English magazine Hello! as "England’s #1 Beauty" in 2002.
- Kate is Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive 2009.
- Beckinsale played the role of a vampire in 2003 in the movie Underworld and a vampire hunter in Van Helsing (2004).
- She suffers from stomach ulcers.
- Kate is right-handed.
- Kate Beckinsale is 5' 7" inches (1.70 m) tall.
- Beckinsale got the role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out.
- Kate studied French and Russian literature while a student at Oxford.
- Met Len Wiseman when he directed her in Underworld (2003).
- Kate was anorexic as a teenager
- Kate shares a birthday with Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock and Jeremy Piven.
- Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out.
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