PROFESSION: Actress and Model

Any English beauty lovers out there? If yes, then I am so sure that you have all heard of Kate Beckinsale! She is an actress and a model. Beckinsale has done movies like Much Ado About Nothing, Prince of Jutland, Cold Comfort Farm, Emma and The Golden Bowl. Beckinsale started out as an actress on television doing minor roles. Beckinsale has also been a part of various stage and radio productions. Beckinsale’s breakthrough was with the famous movie Pearl Harbor and the much loved Serendipity. Beckinsale is known for her like Underworld, Van Helsing, Underworld: Evolution, Whiteout, Winged Creatures, Nothing but the Truth, Contraband, Underworld: Awakening and Snow Angles. Beckinsale made her debut while she was still studying at Oxford University. So, we know now that she is a beauty with brains! Beckinsale is the princess of action movies, for me. Beckinsale has a daughter with Michael Sheen. Her name is Lily Mo Sheen. Beckinsale married Len Wiseman in the year 2004.

EARLY LIFE

Officially known as Kathrin Romary Beckinsale. She was born in England and is the alone child of Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe, who are both actors. Beckinsale made her debut on the small screen when she was only 4 years old, with the episode This is Your Life. The episode was dedicated to her father. Beckinsale lost her father of 31 years old to a heart attack when she was about five years old. This tragic loss really affected her. After this, she started thinking that bad things will happen. After a few years, Judy Loe, her mother, moved in with the director Roy Battersby. Kate Beckinsale shares a pretty close relationship with him. She was brought up along with his four sons and a daughter. Beckinsale has won awards for writing both fiction and poetry. Beckinsale often says that she “loathed being a teenager”.  Her teenage was tough on herB . Beckinsale had anorexia when she was 15 years old and so, she had to undergo Freudian psychoanalysis for a long period of 4 years. Beckinsale has a smart mind! She studied French and Russian Literature at Oxford and is described as slightly nuts and very charming by Victoria Coren. She was involved with the drama society and has also performed at the Oxford Playhouse.

CAREER

Beckinsale knew she wanted to be an actress ever since she was a kid. This was mainly because of the fact that her parents were both actors and she understood the fun that they had. She made her debut with a small part in Devices and Desires. She appeared in the film One Against The Wind. From then on, Beckinsale has done a lot of movies like Much Ado About Nothing, Prince of Jutland, Hamlet, Marie- Louise Ou La Permission, Cold Comfort Farm, Haunted, Emma, Shooting Fish etc. She also did plays and stage shows. That is how she met Michael Sheen.

Around 1998, Beckinsale started looking for work in the United States of America. This move resulted in her doing movies like The Last Days of Disco, The Golden Bowl, Pearl Harbor, Serendipity, Laurel Canyon, The Underworld Series, Van Helsing, The Aviator and the like.

After this phase, Beckinsale shifted her focus to small scale drama. It included the drama Snow Angels, Winged Creatures, Nothing but the Truth, Everybody’s fine and the like. In the year 2012, Beckinsale again started acting in mainstream cinema with movies like Contraband, Reykjavik-Rotterdam, Total Recall and her new movies like The Trials of Cate McCall, Eliza Graves, The Face of An Angel, Absolutely Anything.

Apart from acting, Beckinsale has also tried her hand at modeling. She has worked as an occasional model. She has appeared in the music video “Waltz Away Dreaming” for George Michael. She also also starred opposite Orlondo Bloom in an advertisement for Gap. She has worked for other commodity advertisements like Diet Coke and Absolut Vodka and Lux.

ASSETS

- Chevy Suburban

- Pontiac Grand AM

- Santa Monica Hills Home

PERSONAL LIFE

Kate Beckinsale has managed to keep a relatively calm media image. She has her life pretty sorted out. She was in a serious relationship with Michael Sheen for around 8 years stretching from 1995 to 2003. They have a daughter together named Lily Mo Sheen, in the year 1999. For Beckinsale, it was love at first sight. The man never proposed but to her, the relationship felt like marriage. When this relationship ended in the year 2003, she was involved with the movie Underworld. During the filming time, Beckinsale and Len Wiseman, the director, got involved in a relationship.

Till date, both Beckinsale and Wiseman have remained friends with Michael Sheen. Though Beckinsale has not been able to steer way clear from the media’s paws, there have been issues with the press. She is protective of her daughter and in 2003, Beckinsale filed a complaint for printing her daughter’s picture in the newspaper, Daily Mail. The newspaper had to publish an apology for stating that Beckinsale had to go to a clinic to recover from her split with her partner Michael Sheen. Beckinsale is in favor of the pro-choice movement. She is also seen doing charity work. She also has a charity called British Heart Foundation. Beckinsale has donated for foundations like Entertainment Industry Foundation, Cedars- Sinai Medical Center. She plans to raise awareness regarding the subject of children’s literacy and its importance.

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CAREER / PROFESSION: ACTOR

Reaching new heights of success on each passing day

Seeing a small child in television serials and commercials, nobody ever dreamt that the now child (Leonardo DiCaprio) would become epitome of success. The top selling actor in Hollywood is not just good in his acting skills but also has a bright career in film production.

The Early days:

The great actor, Leonardo was born on November 11, 1974 in the city of Los Angeles, California in United States. He is the son of Irmelin and George DiCaprio. His mother was a legal secretary and then later moved to Ruhr, while his father was a comic artist and a distributor of comic books. They met in school and then later moved to Los Angeles where Leonardo was born. But soon after he was born, his parents divorced and Leonardo stayed with his mother. He studied in Elementary school and was a graduate from John Marshall High School. He then spent 4 years in Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies.

Golden Career track

Leonardo started his career with television and commercials. In his early days, he was a part of all-time favorites likes Romper Room, Santa Barbara and the New Lassie.

He joined the Hollywood with his debut Critters 3. He was also co-starred with Johnny Depp in the movie, What’s Wrong with Gilbert Grape. However, his career reached heights of success with the romantic movie Romeo and Juliet and Titanic.  The crime action drama movie Catch Me If You Can made him even popular. He was also starred in The Aviator, Blood Diamond, Shutters Island, The Great Gatsby and The Departed. Christopher Nolan’s Inception made him even more popular. His latest movie The Wolf of the Wallstreet has already made him a nominee for numerous awards.

Marital Status: Single

The 40 plus super hero is the most sorted bachelor. He is the heart throb of many teenage girls. The actor is single and has been in relationship with many co-actors. He dated the model, Kristen Zang but the relationship had troughs and crests. His name was also linked with Emma Miller. He also had an affair with Gisele Bundchen until the year 2005. He then had a relationship with Bar Refaeli. He had ups and downs in this relationship too and in 2011 the relationship was finally called off and they became just friends. Blake Lively was next in his list. He also dated Erin Heatherton later after breaking up with Blake. And since 2013, Leonardo is dating Toni Garrn.

Endorsements:

• Property

Leonardo has a chain of property. He owns a house in Malibu which is worth 23 million dollars. He also has a mansion worth 3.78 million dollars in the Hollywood hills. Leonardo even has an Island (Black adore Cay) and a river house in his list of property which is worth 1.75 million dollars.

• He also has an endorsement with the OPPO Mobile Telecommunications which is worth 5 million dollars.
• Production Company

He is also the owner of a production house with the name of Appian Way Productions.

Philanthropy

Leonardo has received world-wide appreciation for being an active philanthropic. He a great supporter of environment protection and is eco-friendly. He has solar panels and other eco-friendly gadget. He has been awarded with various awards for his enthusiasm and for being an aspiration to a lot of people through his involvement in projects like these. He, with his mother has donated 35000 dollars for a computer center. He also donated 1,000,000 dollars to the victims of the earthquake. He was a generous donator in the election time of John Kerry and Barrack Obama. He has also donated a large sum of money for wildlife protection.

Awards and nominations:

•  He won the Academy Award for the Best Actor in the year 2005, 2007 and The Best Supporting Actor in the year 1994.
•  He won the Bafta Awards for the Best Actor in the Leading Role in the year 2005, 2007.
•  He also received the Best Actor in the Comedy Role by the Critics’ Choice Movie Award.
• He has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama for 5 times.
• He has also received many nominations for the Best Actor through his entire career in acting.

Fun Quotes:

•  I prefer ordinary girls – you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn’t mean we are dating.
• The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it… It’s a great outlet. I’m not really sure who I am – it seems I change every day.
• The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
• I don’t see why I can’t have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It’s crazy.
• Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don’t know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I’m a weirdo.
  

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