kate beckinsale's biography
in 1994, she had a role in the 1994 bbc satire show cold comfort farm, which received good reviews in us art-house theatres and was a hit among the indie community.
in her third year at oxford, she studied french and parisian culture.
after completing school, and spending a year away, she came to a cross-roads in her life where she had to choose between school or acting. she chose to remain dedicated to being an actress.
in 1995 she toured with the thelma holts theatre company production of anton chekhov's "the seagull". by the end of that year she had landed a role in a big movie romance/horror movie starring opposite aidan quinn and john gielgud called haunted.
beckinsale dated welsh actor michael sheen for a long period of time, and the two have a daughter, lily mo sheen (born 31 january 1999). sheen co-starred with beckinsale in underworld.
kate joined ben affleck and josh hartnett for the 2001 bruckheimer movie, pearl harbor. she got the lead female role after charlize theron pulled out to do sweet november.
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