As Hollywood star Kate Beckinsale celebrates her 50th birthday today, OK! takes a look back at her three decades in the spotlight and her secrets to remaining youthful
Ever since her cinematic debut in Much Ado About Nothing, which was made while she was still a student, British actress Kate Beckinsale has never been far from the limelight. She hit the big time in Second World War blockbuster Pearl Harbor and has appeared in dozens of dramas and action movies since, including her long-standing role as vampire Selene in the Underworld franchise.
“It can feel like a little bit of a political act to be a woman over 32 who’s having any fun at all,” she told Women’s Health. “I don’t mean doing drugs and drinking and partying, because I never am, but being goofy, and going out, and not going, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to sit home and anticipate menopause while crocheting.’”
Instead, Kate’s beauty regime is simpler, and she has the Great British weather to thank for it. While the sight of grey skies and downpours of rain may have us rolling our eyes, it turns out that Kate sees the positives when it comes to keeping her skin looking young. “I didn’t see sun for the first several decades of my life and that’s probably been a big help,” she explained.
With an IQ of 152 that’s reportedly the same as Mark Zuckerberg’s, Kate’s score puts her in the top one percentile of the population – and she refuses to be sorry for her smarts. “It’s really important to me that no percentage of women should feel they need to lie or dumb down under any circumstances so as not to be a target,” she once wrote on Instagram.
But while she may seem to have it all, there’s a sad past that Kate carries beneath the glossy surface. Kate’s father, much-loved comedy actor Richard Beckinsale, died suddenly from a heart attack when she was five years old. Richard was just 31 when he passed. “I don’t remember what not missing him feels like. It is part of me, like my blood. Always aware of how life can shatter,” she wrote in memory of her dad.
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