Kate Beckinsale

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/

Recently there was talk about the idea that the only woman who can headline an action series is Angelina Jolie with Tomb Raider and Salt. One that I think was left out is the lovely Kate Beckinsale. She has been a vampire at war with the werewolves in “Underworld” and did help out Van Helsing in his movie. In fact it seems like recently she has done more action movies than dramas or comedies. Interesting for someone who started out in “Much Ado about Nothing” and “Emma”. When she started to get national attention after doing “Pearl Harbor”, I didn’t even realize that she was the same actress from “Emma”.

She has just come back to the Underworld franchise after sitting out the last one (which was a prequel anyway). You have to worry about the quality of the films that she’s doing and why she isn’t doing more films that would be taken seriously by the Academy to get more recognition for her talent more than her looks. Her last two roles have been more of just being the “wife” (Click and what I’ve read of Contraband).

Movies I've watched her in: Much Ado About Nothing; Emma; Underworld 1, 2&3; Van Helsing; Click; Whiteout