Age: 52
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Kathrin Romany Beckinsale (born 26 July 1973) is a British actress and model. She first gained notice while a student at Oxford University for her debut in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Throughout the 1990s, she worked on both film and television, most notably by portraying the title character in the 1996 BBC television series Emma. She started film work in the United States in the late 1990s. She appeared in small-scale dramas The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Brokedown Palace (1999). In 2001, she garnered international recognition when she was cast as the romantic lead opposite Ben Affleck in her breakthrough film, Pearl Harbor (2001). She then starred in a number of films including the romantic comedy Serendipity (2001), Tiptoes (2003), The Aviator (2004), and Click (2006). Since playing the role of Selene in the Underworld film series (2003–2016), she has become known for her work in action films, including Van Helsing (2004), Whiteout (2009), Contraband (2012), and Total Recall (2012). In 2016, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the period comedy film Love & Friendship, for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy. She returned in action films with Jolt (2021). She also starred in two television projects with The Widow (2019) and Guilty Party (2021).
Trailing a suspected terrorist, Bond is surprised to find himself at an auction house where his target bids an exobertant amount on a painting belonging to Lady Maria Krest. Apprehending his target Bond finds out the purchase of the painting was actually payment for the location data of a missing German WWII U Boat which had aboard a working Atomic Bomb. Lady Krest is said to be in possession of the information. Bond gets permission to interogate her but when he arrives at her country estate in Southern France he determines that she does not have the information. Lady Krest husband, Milton Krest, is an American millionaire who holds a party on his luxury yacht, Bond attends as he is very attracted to Lady Krest. He is drugged and wakes up 48 hours later with the boat of the coast of Argentina. It turns out that Milton Krest is the broker of the information and he has worked out who Bond is. He has agreed to exchange both Bond and the Sub to a new buyer. Lady Krest helps Bond escape but is killed by her husband who fights Bond using a cattle prod hidden in his cane he has been constantly carrying. Bond manages to escape but cannot stop the exchange from going down. Managing to contact M15 he lets them know the target is New York City. Ordered to stand down and let the Americans handle it Bond disobeys and contacts Felix Leiter who accepts Bonds help. Bond arrives in New York and fights Krest again this time on the top of the Empire State Building, Krest falls to his death after Bond shocks his hand gripping to the ledge with his own cattle prod. The Bomb is diffused and the end of the movie sees Bond tracking down the leader of the terrorist cell.
