Samantha-Jane Beckinsale (born 23 July 1966) [citation needed], known professionally as Samantha Beckinsale, and Sam Beckinsale, is a British actress. [211] In 2001, Beckinsale said she was "embarrassed" that Sheen never proposed,[43][212] but felt as though she was married. [174] Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and has resided in London for most of her life. She is also known for playing Lesley in the sitcom Shelley from 1989 to 1992. Samantha Beckinsale - Kate Stevens Three years later she starred as Jilly Howell in the short-lived sitcom Get Well Soon and in 1998 became Gillian Monroe in the short-lived sitcom Duck Patrol with One Foot in The Grave's Richard Wilson. [230] The Commission found that "the photographs had been taken in a public place and did not reveal any private details about Lilysuch as her health or schoolingbut were restricted to general observations about her apparent reaction to her surroundings. [202] She appeared in a Diet Coke television advertisement in 2004, directed by Michel Gondry. Later in the summer of that year she played the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1994). Samantha Beckinsale was born in England on July 23, 1966. "[29] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone was won over by her "lovely" performance[30] while Vincent Canby of The New York Times noted that she and Robert Sean Leonard "look right and behave with a certain naive sincerity, although they often seem numb with surprise at hearing the complex locutions they speak. She is famous for being a TV Actress. The 1960s were an era of protests. It was my first-ever play and my mother had cut out reviews of him in previous productions. With her husband, actor Richard Beckinsale, she is the mother of actress Kate Beckinsale. I really love him a lot. [119], Beckinsale then made a return to smaller-scale projects: "My experience is that I sort of stepped away from the independent movies and did a couple of big movies. Samantha made her TV debut with the 1989 TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot The Adventure of Johnny Waverly. The series featured her as a barmaid and also starred David Suchet and Hugh Fraser. [27], In 1993, Beckinsale landed the role of Hero in Kenneth Branagh's big-screen adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. [10] When she was five, her father died suddenly of a heart attack aged 31; she was deeply traumatised by the loss and "started expecting bad things to happen. Samantha Beckinsale is an English actress. "[64] Her performance earned her a London Critics' Circle Film Award. [241] In 2012, Beckinsale joined Nestl's Share the Joy of Reading Program to raise awareness about the importance of people's literacy.[242]. She also appeared in the TV film Out of the Ashes (2001). . Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. "[74] Thomas felt her performance would take her to "a new career level. "[125] However, Scott felt that "her skill and discipline cannot overcome the sense that she is an exotic species transplanted into this grim ecosystem. Majority of Samanthas money comes from being a tv actress. She followed those with starring roles in The Aviator (2004) and Click (2006). [232] The Daily Express had falsely reported that she was "facing heartbreak" after losing out on a role in a remake of Barbarella. Please check back soon for updates. "[79] He eventually decided to hire her because she wasn't "too beautiful. "[59] Turan praised the "appealing and believable" leads, adding that Beckinsale "reinforces the strong impression she made in Cold Comfort Farm, The Golden Bowl, and The Last Days of Disco" after "recovering nicely" from her appearance in the much-maligned Pearl Harbor. After some minor television roles, her film debut was Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford. Not morals, but movie values. [98], Beckinsale became known as an action star after playing a vampire in 2003's Underworld. [144] Unable to find a script she felt passionate about, Beckinsale kept a low profile in 2010 and 2011, opting to spend time with her daughter. She was drawn to the project by the script: "It's so unusual these days to read a script that has those old-fashioned values to it. I've seen all her work, and I was glad that she agreed to audition. [81] In a 2004 interview, the actress noted that his comments were "upsetting"[82] and said she wore leather trousers because "it was snowing out. "[126] The film grossed solely $414,404 worldwide. [65] She starred opposite Orlando Bloom in a 2002 Gap television advertisement directed by Cameron Crowe. She became romantically involved with co-star Michael Sheen after meeting during play rehearsals. "You do love her, but in the way the family of a young girl could be exasperated by her outrageous behaviour and still love her. It was filmed in Manitoba, Canada. He's the most outrageously talented person I've ever met. [145], Beckinsale returned to acting in 2012 with appearances in three action films. She had already decided that she wanted to act, but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. She returned in action films with Jolt (2021). She is an actress and writer, known for Jake's Progress (1995), London's Burning (1988) and Duck Patrol (1998). [175] Also in 2015, she starred alongside Simon Pegg in the poorly received British comedy Absolutely Anything, as an author agency employee and the love interest of a man (Pegg) chosen by four aliens to do anything he wants. In 1994, she appeared as Christian Bale's love interest in Prince of Jutland, a film based on the Danish legend which inspired Shakespeare's Hamlet,[33] and starred in the murder mystery Uncovered. [199], In 2021, Deadline announced that Beckinsale will star in the Catherine Hardwicke directed family drama Prisoner's Daughter. Richard Beckinsale was an English actor who became a household name in the 70s. [214] Beckinsale and Sheen remain close friends; she remarked in 2016, "He's really dear, close family. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995), filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994 and which opened to spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over $5 million during its American run. [176] Tom Huddleston of Time Out said her character "is never really developedwhich is perhaps a blessing, because her cut-glass-posh performance is almost as grating as Pegg's. "[177] A fan of Monty Python growing up, in 2014 Beckinsale appeared on the fourth episode of Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) where she spoke of her favourite Python comedy sketch. 9. Her next film appearance was in the 2004 British comedy Lighthouse Hill. The film featured her as Sally and also starred Jason Flemyng and Kirsty Mitchell. Samantha went on to live with her mother when Richard divorced her in . Kate Beckinsale's childhood dreams of becoming a big sister were ruined by her father's untimely death. Samantha Beckinsale. Publicity Listings The series featured her as Gillian and lasted from 1994 to 1995. Her father, Richard, was an English actor, best known for playing Lennie Godber in the BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British series Rising Damp.. [141] She also made a brief cameo in the prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; she appeared in flashforwards composed of footage from 2003's Underworld. "[186] In late 2016, Beckinsale returned as Selene in the fifth installment of the Underworld franchise, Underworld: Blood Wars, which grossed $81.1million worldwide. It is also known as being the most generous and noble of signs. "[161] The New York Post asserted Beckinsale "vastly overstays her welcome. He's somebody I've known since I was 21 years old. It's a big, sweeping epic.You just never get the chance to do that. The John Schlesinger-directed film was an adaptation of Stella Gibbons's novel and also featured Joanna Lumley, Eileen Atkins, Ian McKellen, Rufus Sewell and Stephen Fry. [229], In July 2003, the Press Complaints Commission dismissed a complaint filed by Beckinsale. Her mother, Judy Loe is an actress, and her father, Richard Beckinsale, was famous as a comedy actor. Ruling Planet: Samantha Beckinsale has a ruling planet of Sun and has a ruling planet of Sun and by astrological associations Saturday is ruled by Sun. The mother of London's Burning actress Samantha Beckinsale, who was married to Richard for five years, uses the tome, entitled All My Love, Richard, to lay bare her feelings for the Porridge and Rising Damp star, who died from a heart attack in March 1979 at the peak of his career. She resides in Venice, California with her mom and step-dad. In a desperate push to get her story out there, the actor's ex-wife Margaret Bradley has risked angering family members by releasing parts of the book, including excerpts of Richard's handwritten poems, letters and never seen before photos, on comedy website Chortle. [143] In May 2010, Beckinsale sat on the nine-member 2010 Cannes Film Festival jury, chaired by director Tim Burton. She has also donated film memorabilia to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation,[235][236] MediCinema,[237] Habitat For Humanity[238] and the Entertainment Industry Foundation. I just didn't have the confidence to put that into perspective at the time. The film was heavily panned by critics and flopped at the box office;[183] it only made $1.4million in its opening weekend, and a total of $2.4million in North America. Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Chiswick, London, England. "I did have my kid, my husband and, in fact, my ex was around a lot, so it was very nice to come home to my people whom I love. [208][209][210] In 1997, they voiced an audiobook production of Romeo and Juliet. "[86] However, Mike Clark of USA Today felt that the "usually appealing Kate Beckinsale" is "inexplicably submergedlike her hospital colleaguesunder heaps of tarty makeup that even actresses of the era didn't wear. . Samantha Beckinsales age is 56. Judy Loe was born Judith Margaret Loe in Urmston, Manchester, England, to Nancy (Jones), a department store worker, and Norman Scarborough Loe, who worked in equipment business. Richard went on to become famous and wed Judy Loe, mother of actress Kate Beckinsale, before dying suddenly in his sleep aged just 31, when Kate was five. Judith Margaret Loe (born 6 March 1947) [1] is an English actress. Shortly after Never the Twain, she was offered the role of Lesley in the final three series of Thames Televisions Shelley. The show ran from 1989 to 1992. Samantha Beckinsales mothers name is unknown at this time and her fathers name is under review. Once more details are available on who she is dating, we will update this section. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series Rising Damp (1974), Porridge (1974) and The Lovers (1970). [227][228], In 2012, she appeared alongside Judy Greer and Andrea Savage in the Funny or Die video "Republicans, Get in My Vagina", a satire of the Republican Party's policies concerning abortion and prenatal care. She had a daughter, Lily, in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen. Samantha was earlier married to actor Richard Tinder, but they divorced in 1995. She is the mother of actress Kate Beckinsale, and the stepmother of Kate's half-sister, Samantha . [152] The Hollywood Reporter noted that "when she's not actually fighting, her performance consists of little more than striding purposefully toward or away from the camera. Jolt was adapted from a screenplay by Scott Wascha and directed by Tanya Wexler and released by Amazon Studios on 23 July 2021. She then quit university to focus on her burgeoning acting career: "It was getting to the point where I wasn't enjoying either thing enough because both were very high pressure. Stephan Lee. Like many famous people and celebrities, Samantha Beckinsale keeps her personal life private. [128] Bradshaw felt "Wilson and Beckinsale have the chops for scary movies"[129] while Gleiberman noted "Luke Wilson, with his hangdog defensive mopiness, and Kate Beckinsale, all sexy severity, are ideally matched as a couple who hate each other. [194], Beckinsale starred in the ITV/Amazon Prime drama The Widow (2019), her first TV series for more than 20 years. She found their sex scene awkward because she knew Bale well: "If it was a stranger, it would have been easier. She has also appeared in popular British programs including Doctors and Holby City as Maggie Thornton. "[134] The film received a very limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles; it was released simultaneously on DVD. 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