`Kate Beckinsale

 Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress and model. While a student at Oxford and later at Oxford, she made her debut in film in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) after which she had a few smaller television roles. She appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996), Shooting Fish (1997) (a contemporary romantic crime comedy) and The Golden Bowl (2000), in addition to various stage and radio productions.Beckinsale started film work in the United States in the late 1990s. Following small-scale dramas such Brokedown Palace (1999) and The Last Days of Disco 1998, she was featured in Pearl Harbor (2001), Serendipity (2001) and Tiptoes (2003). She followed those with starring parts in The Aviator (2004) and Click (2006). The films all established her as a protagonist in Hollywood.Since she played the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003-2016), Beckinsale has become known for her performance in action films like Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009),