| While in her first year at Oxford,
Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation
of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Kate worked in three
other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the
medieval historical drama Prince of Jutland (1994), cast as Ethel.
The film was shot during spring, 1993 on location in Denmark, and
she performed her supporting part during New College's Easter break.
Later in the summer of that year, she performed as the lead in the
contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1994). Before she went back
to school, her third year at university was spent at Oxford's study-abroad
programme in Paris, France, immersing herself in the French language,
Parisian culture, and those awful French cigarettes.
A year away from the academic community and living on her own in
the French capital caused her to re-evalate the direction of her
life. She faced a choice: continue with school, or concentrate on
her flourishing acting career. After much thought, she chose the
acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford, after finishing
three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television
satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) filmed in London and East Sussex
during late summer 1994. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) opened to
spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over US$5 million
during its American cinema run. It was re-released to U.K. theatres
in the spring of 1997.
Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995; she toured
in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Chekov's
The Seagull. After turning down several mediocre scripts, "and
going nearly berserk with boredom," she waited seven months
before another interesting role was offered to her. Her big movie
of 1995 was the romance/horror movie Haunted (1995), starring opposite
Aidan Quinn and John Gielgud, and filmed in West Sussex. In this
film, she wanted to play `an object of desire', unlike her past
performances where her characters were much less the siren and more
the worldly innocent. Kate's first film project of 1996 was the
British ITV production of Jane Austin's novel Emma (1997) (TV).
Her last film of 1996 was the comedy Shooting Fish (1997), filmed
at Shepparton Studios in London during early fall. She played the
part of Georgie, an altruistic con artist. She had a daughter, Lily,
in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen.
In
April 2007, Kate Beckinsale was featured as "Actress
of the Week" by
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