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Trivia
Birth Name: Kate Beckinsale
Date of birth: 26 July 1973
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Nickname: Kate
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse: Len Wiseman (9 May 2004 - present)
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.
Half-sister of Samantha Beckinsale.
Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor
(2001) after Charlize
Theron pulled out to do Sweet November (2001).
Lost out to Juliette Binoche for a part in
Wuthering Heights (1992).
Has a daughter, Lily 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" (1992) (December 2001), she hates
wearing knickers.
Selected by Hello Magazine as England's
Number #1 Beauty.(2002)
Her maternal grandfather was Burmese.
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 Smith's Young
Writers' competition two years running, once for her short stories, once
for poetry.
Ranked #63 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Shares a birthday with Sandra
Bullock, Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Piven.
Was in close competition for the role of
Rachel Keller in The Ring (2002), 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 (2004) and another ten
pounds to portray the voluptuous Ava Gardner in The Aviator (2004).
Has played a vampire (Underworld (2003) and
a vampire hunter (Van Helsing (2004).
Was listed as a potential nominee on the
2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst
Actress category for her performance in the film Van Helsing (2004), she
failed to receive a nomination however.
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