Kate Beckinsale facts

• Kate Beckinsale was born on July, 26 1973 in London.
• Real name: Kathryn Bailey Beckinsale
• Parents: Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe.
• Her first role was in the television film, One Against the Wind (1991).
• Beckinsale was chosen by the English magazine Hello! as "England’s #1 Beauty" in 2002.
• Kate is Esquire magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive 2009.
• Beckinsale played the role of a vampire in 2003 in the movie Underworld and a vampire hunter in Van Helsing (2004).
• She suffers from stomach ulcers. 
• Kate is right-handed.
• Kate Beckinsale is 5' 7" inches (1.70 m) tall.
• Beckinsale got the role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out.
• Kate studied French and Russian literature while a student at Oxford.
• Met Len Wiseman when he directed her in Underworld (2003).
• Kate was anorexic as a teenager
• Kate shares a birthday with Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock and Jeremy Piven.
• Got the lead female role in Pearl Harbor after Charlize Theron pulled out.