A veteran of over two dozen films, Kate Beckinsale has been a fixture among British audiences since the early ?90s. Her early days were spent working in a wide range of films, including Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and 1998's The Last Days of Disco. Her star status changed dramatically in 2001, however, when she appeared in a pair of high-profile films (Pearl Harbor and Serendipity), and it wasn't long before Kate was labeled "the next big thing."