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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.

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.

Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor (2001) after Charlize Theron pulled out to do Sweet November (2001)... (read more)

"If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!"

"People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings."

"With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person." ... (read more)

Only now, with her role alongside Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett in the $130 million blockbuster Pearl Harbour, has Kate Beckinsale finally come to be regarded as a fine actress and personality in her own right - as opposed to the damaged daughter of a famous father. Being smart, well-read and occasionally outspoken - much like her screen heroines Geena Davis and Katherine Hepburn - she's had producer Jerry Bruckheimer say of her: "She has such subtlety and style. She can switch to humour from high drama in a split second. She reminds me of Meg Ryan some years back", while legendary director John Schlesinger adds that she has the "same combination of freshness and intelligence" as the young Julie Christie. High praise, hard earned.

As said, Kate took some time to emerge from the shadow of her father, the much-beloved comic actor Richard Beckinsale, star of Rising Damp, The Lovers and Porridge. Born on July 26th, 1973, she was only five when he suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, leaving her to be raised by her mother, the actress Judy Loe (Kate has a half-sister, Samantha Beckinsale, herself an actress and star of London's Burning - they met when very young, but not again till 1995). Yet, so popular was her dad, and so shocked was the nation by his untimely death, that she would for years be talked about as his tragic daughter, rather than her own person.... (read more)