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| 2 | ->''"I think I like playing the bad girl. I like complicated. I like flawed, messed up complicated. It's more interesting."'' |
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| 4 | Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973 in Chiswick, London) is an English actor. She is the daughter of actor Creator/RichardBeckinsale and actress Judy Loe and made her first acting appearance at only eighteen months old, playing her mother's daughter on TV. |
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| 6 | She made her film debut as Hero in the 1993 version of ''[[Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993 Much Ado About Nothing]]''. She is known for starring in the ''Film/Underworld2003'' movies, ''Film/VanHelsing'', ''Film/{{Click}}'', ''{{Film/Serendipity}}'', ''Film/{{Total Recall|2012}}'' (the 2012 remake) and ''Film/{{Vacancy}}''. |
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| 8 | She used to date Creator/MichaelSheen, with whom she had a daughter. Both Kate and Michael worked on ''Underworld''. During filming, they broke up. From 2004 to 2016, she was married to ''Underworld'' director Len Wiseman. |
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| 11 | !!Tropes associated with her career: |
| 12 | * ActionGirl: She started playing this role with ''Film/Underworld2003'' and has kicked a lot of butt since then, as both a hero and [[DarkActionGirl villain]]. |
| 13 | * FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. She often plays very serious, reserved and upper class characters. In real life, she's far more laid-back and outgoing and famous for her sense of humor and love of jokes and pranks. |
| 14 | * IAmVeryBritish: On the occasion that she uses her own accent, she often plays these characters. |
| 15 | * MsFanservice: She has a habit of showing off her fit, attractive body in her movies. |
| 16 | * OlderThanSheLooks: She's aged very well, to the point where many have pondered if she may not actually be playing a vampire. |
| 17 | * ThePrankster: Her poise and composure do very well to hide this aspect of her; she's stated a strong fondness for classic sleeping pranks, more devious sleeping pranks, and perhaps most amusingly, going around with various partners while disguised in comical pantomime horse costumes. |
| 18 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Her general look which nicely fits with playing a vampire. |
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