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Kate Beckinsale

US director Martin Scorsese arrives at the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square, in London 19 December 2004 for the U.K film premiere of the Hollywood film 'The Aviator' is directed by Martin Scorsese. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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About Kate Beckinsale

Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is an English actress. After some minor television roles, she made her film debut in Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while still a student at Oxford University. She then appeared in British costume dramas such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), Emma (1996) and The Golden Bowl (2000), in addition to various stage and radio productions. She began to seek film work in the United States in the late 1990s and, after appearing in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999), she had a breakout year in 2001 with starring roles in the war epic Pearl Harbor and the romantic comedy Serendipity. She built on this success with appearances in the bio-pic The Aviator (2004) and the comedy Click (2006).

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