Kate Beckinsale is an American actress. During her first year at Oxford, she was offered a role in “Much Ado About Nothing”. She quit her studies to concentrate on her acting career. She did a number of low profile films like “Shooting Fish” and “The Last Days of Disco’. She also did a number of television films and stage shows. “Borkedown Palace” was her first major American film. She acted in a number of high profile films like “Serendipity”, “Underworld” and “Van Helsing”.