The following article contains references to disordered eating and substance use.
Even after gracing the screen for decades, Kate Beckinsale remains an enigma to many.
Beckinsale can do it all seemingly without breaking a sweat and apparently, without much planning ahead.
It’s also hard to imagine that Beckinsale was a rather unknown talent once.
After all, she had was born to actors Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe.
Sadly, Richard died on March 19, 1979, after having a heart attack.
Kate was only 5 years old.
Despite this, however, she grew up close to her stepfather.
For Kate Beckinsale, the loss affected her health significantly when she was a young teen.
She developed an eating disorder at the age of 15.
“And there’s a certain amount of guilt that flies around.”
Her family was incredibly supportive, and eventually, she recovered.
If you need help with an eating disorder, or know someone who does, help is available.
Not long after, she made her big-screen debut in Kenneth Branagh’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”
The film also later led to the actor’s Cannes debut.
“I was 18 years old, and I was completely stunned when I got here!
No one had told me what to expect.
Years later, the actor also revealed that she suffered a major wardrobe malfunction while attending the festival.
She ended up having to hold down the front gusset while Reeves and Leonard held down the back.
Unbeknownst to many, she did consider returning, but a traumatic event kept her from doing so.
While at Oxford, she had friends who did drugs together from time to time.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, Beckinsale’s friends were all temporarily expelled.
As for the actor, she couldn’t bring herself to return after what happened.
That was the reason why I didn’t go back,” Beckinsale confirmed.
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The two met when they starred together in the touring production of “The Seagull.
“Having as many strong females in your teenage daughter’s life as possible is a good thing.”
The group even spent Christmas together at one point.
She also shot the BAFTA-winning TV movie “Cold Comfort Farm.”
For the actor, her choice ultimately came down to one thing.
“I made my decision based on which made me the most anxious.
This was such a stretch: I was very, very English,” she once revealed toThe Guardian.
Around this time, Beckinsale also booked several other major film roles.
In the end, her hard work paid off.
“The two movies overlapped,” Beckinsale said of filming toVulture.
“I’d never fired a gun, I’d never punched anybody.
And while both continued their work in the “Underworld” universe, the stars moved on romantically.
The trio actually got along very well.
And everyone is nice.
So it’s not bad,” Beckinsale later toldEntertainment Weeklyin 2012.
In 2004, Beckinsale and Wiseman married in a lowkey wedding ceremony in Los Angeles.
In 2016, Wiseman filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
During a 2007 interview withGlamour, Beckinsale alluded to this issue when talking about Wiseman’s busy filming schedule.
“It’s awful!
He’s always busy.
“The thing about Whit is that he is sort of Jane Austen-ish,” Beckinsale toldThe Stanford Daily.
It also needed some help in getting promoted, which is why the actor created an Instagram account.
“They said, ‘We do it all for you.’
But that was just not my vibe,” the star toldFlaunt.
She has pursued all kinds of projects and delved into a variety of genres.
In 2023, Beckinsale joined the star-studded cast of Charlie Day’s comedy, “Fool’s Paradise.”
