Kate Beckinsale

Kate is ranked #73 in the "100 Hottest Brunettes of AIM."

Kate claims that if she had an opportunity to switch her body with someone else, it would be Queen Latifah because she has big breasts.

Kate doesn't like doing nude scenes.

Kate is very good friends with Victoria Beckham.

Despite having been a vampire in the movie Underworld, she is not a big fan of vampire movies.

In 2004, Kate gained considerable weight to portray Ava Gardner in The Aviator.

After Kate's mom married the director named Rob Bettersby, she had four stepbrothers and a stepsister.

Kate has been on the cover pages of the following magazines:

Daily Mail Weekend
Hollywood Life
TVFilm
Gong
Video And DVD News
AD Magazine
Tatler
Total DVD
Cinema
Premiere
Deluxe

Kate doesn't drink alcohol.

In school, Kate hated physical education.

In the year 2002, Kate was chosen by Hello Magazine as England's Number #1 Beauty.

While having primary education at Flexlands Private School in London, Kate did ballet dancing.

Kate hates wearing knickers.

Kate played the role of a vampire in 2003 in the movie Underworld and played a vampire hunter in the following year in the movie Van Helsing.

Kate is right-handed.

In 1992, Kate auditioned for a role in the movie Wuthering Heights, but lost out to Juliette Binoche.

Kate suffers from stomach ulcers.

Kate did her A Levels in Russian, German and French.

Kate got the role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out.

Kate has a habit of smoking.

At the 2008 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in the UK, Kate Beckinsale was awarded the Actress of the Year award.

Kate attended the Godolphin and Latymer School in London, England.

Kate demanded that the makers of her 2008 film Whiteout hire a body double for her nude shower scene. She is not comfortable to bare her thighs and bottom which she thinks looks big.

Kate considers Katharine Hepburn and Geena Davis to be her heroines in the movie industry.

Her professional debut came in the voice-over role of Alice Mair for the TV adaptation of Devices and Desires by P.D. James.

Kate once dated actor Edmund Moriarty, whom she met as a student while doing the production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in Oxford.

The three rings Kate has on her ring finger signify each member of her family: husband Len Wiseman, herself, and her daughter Lily.

When she was about 17 or 18 years old, Kate appeared in a training video on industry safety. She played the role of a factory worker who dreams of becoming a pop star, skids on cleaning fluid, and becomes a paraplegic.

Kate has a half-sister, Samantha, who is also an actress. Samantha appeared in the British action show London's Burning and numerous British films. Her stepfather Roy Battersby is a TV director.

In 1996, Kate was part of three theatrical productions in London: Sweetheart, Clocks and Whistles, and Faithless.

Kate lent her voice for the audio books/taped readings of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 1997 and Emma by Jane Austen.

As a writer, Kate won awards for short fiction and poetry, both from entering the W.H. Smith Young Writers' Competition.

In 1991, Kate made her television debut on a World War II drama entitled One Against the Wind.

Kate's Lists Rankings:
2002 - No.63, Stuff's 102 Sexiest Women
2005 - No.71, FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World
2005 - No.23, Maxim's Hot 100 List
2006 - No.78, FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World
2006 - No.74, AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women
2007 - No.21, Maxim's Hot 100 List
2007 - No.28, AfterEllen.com's Hot 100
2007 - No.16, AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women
2008 - No.3, AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women
2008 - No.40, AfterEllen.com's Hot 100
2008 - No.12, FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World

Kate owns a cat named Wabbit. Wabbit got lost in April 2006 but was later found on a neighbor's roof.

The role of Adam Sandler's wife in Click was originally offered to actress Lauren Graham, but because it conflicted with her hit show Gilmore Girls, she declined. The part went instead to Kate, who actually resembles Lauren.

In 2004, Kate appeared in a TV commercial for Diet Coke. In 2002, Kate also did a commercial for Gap called "Denim Invasion".

Kate is 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 metres) tall. She has light brown hair.

Kate was paid $200,000 to play Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson in Pearl Harbor.

When she was just a teenager, Kate was anorexic. She was able to recover with the help of her mom and stepdad. She also underwent five years of Freudian analysis.

Kate almost quit The Aviator after she began to doubt her acting career.