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Alumni

Kate is said to be one of the alumni of New College, in Oxford. I am not sure that she actually graduated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.85.252 (talk) 09:54, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Davidson

They are not married, and he does not qualify as her partner for infobox purposes. That field is for "an unmarried long-term partner" per Template:Infobox person. Please don't add Davidson as her partner or worse yet, her spouse. Meters (talk) 07:50, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Kathryn "Kate" Bailey Beckinsale" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Kathryn "Kate" Bailey Beckinsale and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 26#Kathryn "Kate" Bailey Beckinsale until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Schazjmd (talk) 18:18, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Middle name is incorrect

Her middle name is Romany, not Romary. It was supposed to be Gypsy but then her parents agreed on Romany. Es8989 (talk) 15:14, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kate-beckinsale-reveals-gypsy-164800930.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavel2803 (talk • contribs) 03:36, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like a reasonable source, but we apparently have a contradictory source according to this thread in the talk archives. The link that 2012 discussion references, [1], doesn't seem to be available anymore. It's possible that a birth record/Ancestry.com record was incorrectly transcribed. Given that the Yahoo article quotes the subject, I'm leaning toward "Romany" per Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons#Self-published_sources (if Beckinsale says it's Romany, why shouldn't we believe her?) User:All Hallow's Wraith, any thoughts on this? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:00, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.geni.com/people/Kate-Beckinsale/6000000046132070206 I believe after the actress post more sites will correct her name talk

https://www.quora.com/Who-is-Kate-Beckinsale?share=1 talk — Preceding undated comment added 16:33, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Neither or those sources meet WP:RS guidelines. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:55, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I understand, however, what better resources we have (if any) than the statement of the actress herself on her recent Instagram post? It would be at least wise to warn about this factual inconsitency on the Wikipedia page, because this way Wikipedia provides false information which inevitably floods the Internet. I would find not ideal if Wikipedia provides my wrong name and I even can not fix it. I did just quick search of Internet as I do not have too much time, but I know it is an issue and perhaps someone who blocks corrections and is in charge of the page should do a through research about the issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavel2803 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/bio https://www.britannica.com/facts/Kate-Beckinsale — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pavel2803 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's best I can do now. Wish you good luck. Pavel2803

I've updated the article with the Instagram Yahoo! source (which is really just repeating what Beckinsale said in her own Instagram post); all of the WP:SELFSOURCE criteria appear to be met here. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:01, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 February 2022

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Kate beckinsale middle name is Romany and not Romary she even mentions her middle name on her official Instagram page on a post could you please correct this to her proper middle name Romany thank you. Mark5342abc (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You need to provide a reliable source supporting your change. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:43, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shooting Fish is not a costume drama. Jack Upland (talk) 06:34, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Remove the portion of the sentence "the Paramount+ series" from the article. It is subversive advertising to draw interest towards a Paramount+ subscription. If Wikipedia truly claims to be advertisement free, sentences do not need to indicate where a series may be found, only that the actors played a role in it. 64.227.210.33 (talk) 03:06, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Per Guilty Party (TV series) this is indeed a Paramount+ streaming series, but since we don't list studios for her many films I agree that we don't need to mention the streaming service. As with the films the reader can follow the links to find out who created what. Meters (talk) 04:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the same reason I have removed the iTV mention. Meters (talk) 04:40, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many pages mention the streaming service a show is on. That's not advertising, subversive or otherwise. Also, the show hasn't been on Paramount+ for a long time. 99.23.37.58 (talk) 04:17, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I removed it because we did not need the information, not because I agreed that it weas "subversive". Meters (talk) 04:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, then. I don't see any reason not to include it given that the streaming service is usually noted (see the pages for Andor, For All Mankind, or Outer Range, for instance), but I also don't have a strong opinion about it. 99.23.37.58 (talk) 06:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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To remove:

Per IMDb, Laura Harris voiced Selene in Underworld: Endless War (2011); Kate's not listed in the cast.
I watched Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2008) and checked it for Kate's supposed appearance via archival footage. It doesn't exist (and isn't mentioned on IMDb nor any other source beyond Wikipedia, without citation).

To add:

Documentary appearances (to add to the television table):

This Is Your Life S18E01 - "Richard Beckinsale" (1977)
The Unforgettable Richard Beckinsale (2000)
Rising Damp Forever (2016)
Dynamo Is Dead (2023) and Dynamo Is Dead: Extras S01E06 - "Kate Beckinsale Extended Cut" (2023)

Audio (the "radio" table could be changed to "audio"):

Solo "The Little American (Marie-Louise)" and duet with Yann Collette "La Petite Américaine" on the Marie Louise ou la permission (1995) soundtrack composed by Alexandre Desplat.
Folk song "Father, Father, Build Me a Boat" - duet with Raymond Coulthard in Emma (1996).
Abridged narration of Rachel Billington's Emma & Knightley: Perfect Happiness in Highbury (1996).
Unabridged narration of Joan Stimson's Bold Little Tiger (1997).
John Newton's "Amazing Grace" (1779) in The Last Days of Disco (1998).
2018 unabridged narration of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (1813).
(Also note that her 1997 reading of Emma is abridged, her 1997 reading of "The Proposal" is unabridged, and the 1997 recording of Romeo and Juliet in which she plays Juliet Capulet is unabridged.)

Videogames:

Queen Ayrenn in The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (2018).

Stage (the year each play was first performed might be added, as well):

Nina in a 1995 production of Anton Chekov's The Seagull (1896).
Toni in a 1996 production of Nick Grosso's Sweetheart (1996).
Anne in a 1996 production of Samuel Adamson's Clocks and Whistles (1996).
An unknown role in a 1996 production of Faithless.
Sorel Bliss in a 1996 production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever (1925).

Skits:

"Bruno Mars Soap Opera" on The Late Late Show With James Corden S05E90

Advertisements (a table could be added):

"Denim Invasion" is the title of the 2002 Gap commercial with Orlando Bloom.
"Tingle" is the title of the 2004 Diet Coke commercial.
Lux shampoo (1) (2006 or earlier)
Lux shampoo (2) (2006 or earlier)
Dice Dreams - "Is Kate Beckinsale Really a Thief?" (2024)
Dice Dreams - "Things Escalated Quickly for Kate Beckinsale..." (2024)
Dice Dreams - "Wanna Be Kate Beckinsale's Friend? Think Again! She'll Steal All Your Money!" (2024)
Dice Dreams - "Kate Beckinsale's Secret Revealed!" (2024)
Dice Dreams - "Kate Beckinsale Steals From Her Friends... On Dice Dreams" (2024)
Dice Dreams - "Can You Believe Kate Beckinsale's Daughter?!" (2024)
Dice Dreams - "This Just In: Kate Beckinsale Is in Love... With Dice Dreams" (2024)

To change:

"Rachel's Dream," "The Proposal," and "Republicans, Get in My Vagina" are short works and so should be in quotations marks rather than being italicized. "Rachel's Dream" is also an episode in an anthology (Video Fantasies) and so should be in quotation marks for that reason, as well.

99.23.37.58 (talk) 07:00, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm deactivating this because it appears you later created the account Cryogenator and did it yourself. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:38, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article states her ethnicity as English, however she has a Burmese father, safer to state nationality, which is British 90.84.127.70 (talk) 19:33, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Filmography Requested Edit

She appeared in Last Days of Disco in 1998. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120728/ Asherno (talk) 04:21, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And we already mention it in the article, in more than one place. Meters (talk) 07:32, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But not in the Filmography. I don't feel comfortable making the edit myself because of the special formatting. Asherno (talk) 15:10, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And the page is not protected, so you can make whatever edit you want yourself. Meters (talk) 08:55, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]