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Kate Beckinsale is suing the producers of Canary Black for imposing “unsafe conditions” on her during her work on the 2024 action thriller.

The Guardian newspaper reports that the British actress – best known for her role in 2001 epic Pearl Harbor – has filed a suit, claming she was made to work 15-hour days without support, and suffered a bad knee injury as a result of being thrown into a wall during the filming of a scene.

The suit – originally filed anonymously in June 2024 but now refiled under her name – claims Beckinsale suffered “severe and debilitating injuries” as a result of “unsafe conditions.”

The document filed on behalf of the actress also claims:

She suffered a meniscus tear in her left knee after being thrown into a wall She was “coerced” into performing “unsafe action sequences” after returning to work Beckinsale’s stunt performer broke her ankle and “rather than replace her with...

Kate Beckinsale is no stranger to the spotlight, but with fame often comes scrutiny. Over the years, the Underworld star has faced relentless speculation about her appearance, with rumors of plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures following her at every turn. Recently, the actress decided to set the record straight, opening up on Instagram about how these unfounded accusations and the bullying they bring have impacted her.

Kate Beckinsale in a still from Tiptoes | Credits: Reality Check Productions

In her heartfelt post, the actress shared her truth, reflecting on aging, personal loss, and the emotional toll of being constantly judged for how she looks.

Kate Beckinsale opens up about aging and bullying over cosmetic rumors Kate Beckinsale in a still from Underworld | Credits: Sony Pictures

Kate Beckinsale, famous for her roles in Underworld and Van Helsing, has broken her silence on the ongoing rumors about her looks. In a heartfelt Instagram post via E! News,...

Kate Beckinsale has been in the film industry for decades, as she's the daughter of two actors, the late Richard Beckinsale and Judy Loe. With many acting credits under her name, the actress starred in Michael Bay's 2001 film Pearl Harbor and the Underworld franchise, where she played the leading character, Selene.

Over the years, Beckinsale has been very open about the struggles of the industry, and she has just shown support for Blake Lively in the aftermath of her lawsuit against It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni. In a lengthy video on Instagram, Beckinsale pointed out she doesn't know any of them and hasn't been on the set of the drama, but that she is showing her support for Lively. The actress added that "Everyone in Every industry should be taken seriously and not punished when something egregious happens to them at work," highlighting her wishes...

Apart from walking through several action set pieces and a thrilling drama, Canary Black also features memorable character beats driven by the compelling performances of its cast members. Directed by Pierre Morel, Canary Black is another addition to Amazon Prime Video's roster of action movies. Although its title might suggest it has something to do with DC Comics' Black Canary, the film follows an original story that focuses on a CIA agent on the run.

Canary Black's filming primarily took place in Zagreb, Croatia, and even the scenes that portray Tokyo in the movie's storyline were shot in the Croatian city of Rovinj. When it comes to the movie's cast, it features both familiar and new faces as its leads. Since many viewers may be curious about who plays whom in Canary Black's story after watching it on Prime Video, it is worth breaking down the key characters and the talented actors behind them.

Kate Beckensale left her fans alarmed Monday after sharing emotional photos of herself in the hospital.

The “Underworld” star actress posted to Instagram celebrating her mother Judy Lowe’s birthday and Mother’s Day in the U.K. The 50-year-old actress also shared a teary-eyed photo of herself sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a gown and a large black bow on her head, but she gave no reason for her hospitalization.

“Happy birthday and U.K. Mother’s Day this last week to my incredible mother,” Beckinsale captioned the post. “Thank you to those that love us and support us when it’s s–t and try to make sure there are some bits that aren’t.”

“And for looking after our dogs when we can’t, and lead us to remember happy things when we can’t,” she continued. “And turn up when we are sick and sit...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.

Today, Conor and I dish on our movie crushes. More specifically, the movie crush from my life as a young cinephile: Kate Beckinsale.

The B-Sides in the pipeline are: Laurel Canyon, Tiptoes, Nothing but the Truth, Whiteout, and Everybody’s Fine.

The sheer diversity of these five pictures cannot be overstated. Beckinsale, while known by most Americans for her role in the Underworld franchise, comes from a comedy lineage in the U.K., the daughter of sitcom legend Richard Beckinsale. Soon enough, period pieces like Much Ado About Nothing gave way to Hollywood dramas like Brokedown Palace and indie spotlights like The Last Days of Disco for Kate Beckinsale. And then… Pearl Harbor!

All of these...

Kate Beckinsale is remembering her father, the late actor Richard Beckinsale, in a sweet Father’s Day tribute.

On Sunday, Kate, 45, shared a black-and-white photo of herself when she was a child alongside her father, who died in 1979 at the age of 31 from a massive heart attack when Kate was 5.

“There has never been anyone like you . Happy Father’s Day...

Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale's romantic date nights are still going strong. This time, they even brought some guests along. The SNL star and Beckinsale were seen out at Nobu in Malibu on Tuesday night and were accompanied by her mom Judy Loe and step-dad Roy Battersby.  Tuesday was a bit of a solemn day for The Widow actress because it marked the 40th anniversary of her dad Richard Beckinsale's death, who passed away in 1979 at the age of 31. She paid tribute to her late father on social media and shared a number of pictures of him from some of his acting roles as well as family photos. "40 years is a lot of missing. Thank you so much to everyone who has been...

The Beeb is amping up the laughs. The BBC has commissioned three new comedy TV programs. BBC One has ordered the Porridge TV show revival from creators Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The original prison-set series, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, ran on BBC One from 1974 to 1977. The Porridge reboot stars Kevin Bishop as Nigel ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, grandson of Barker’s iconic Norman Stanley Fletcher.BBC Two ordered the Motherland TV series, written by Graham Linehan and Sharon Horgan, Helen Linehan, and Holly Walsh, the show features the the trials and traumas of motherhood. The pilot, which aired as part of The BBC's "Landmark Sitcom Season," starred Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Punch, Diane Morgan, Paul Ready, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, and Oliver Chris.Meanwhile, BBC Three has commissions the first season of the A Brief History of Tim TV show,...

UKTV's Gold will celebrate the 40th anniversary of iconic British sitcom Porridge with three new documentaries.

The classic Ronnie Barker series originally ran from 1974 to 1977 for three series and two Christmas specials.

Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the series also had a feature film and spin-off series, Going Straight. It was voted No.7 in a BBC poll for the greatest British sitcom of all time.

The new Gold documentaries will tell the real story behind the iconic programme, from the pilot episode, through to the Christmas specials and the spin-off follow-up.

Viewers will be taken on a tour of the pivotal places Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais visited during the creation and development of the series, including the pub where they first met, the prisons they researched, and the little known filming locations they used.

The show will also feature "classic sketches alongside rare and unseen...

Kate Beckinsale has unveiled a plaque for her father.

The blue plaque went up at College House Junior School in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire for the late actor Richard Beckinsale, who was a student there.

The actor was best known for his starring roles in Porridge and Rising Damp.

Beckinsale died in 1979 at the age of 31 from a heart attack.

His daughter's ex-partner Michael Sheen and comedian David Walliams made an unexpected appearance with Beckinsale at the event.

The actress was most recently seen in the 2012 remake of Total Recall.

She will next be seen starring in Eliza Graves and The Trials of Cate McCall.

You may find the new Ben Stiller movie The Watch strangely familiar. But that's not necessarily a good thing

You might be forgiven for thinking that you've seen The Watch before. Not because Ben Stiller's character is the same uptight blowhard that he has played in everything for the past 15 years, or because Richard Ayoade is basically just Moss from The It Crowd again, or because Vince Vaughn remains content to sit back and bibble out the same directionless patter that has been his stock in trade for what seems like centuries.

No. The reason is because, once you've scraped away all the sex jokes and clanging Costco product placement, you're basically left with Dad's Army. Both are essentially stories about a group of ill-prepared middle-aged incompetents trying to escape the monotony of their day-to-day lives by fudging together a defence against an enemy they don't fully understand. With The Watch,...

London, July 30: Actress Kate Beckinsale was unhappy when her mother, actress Judy Loe, married director Roy Battersby because she had to deal with four rowdy step-brothers.

Her father, actor Richard Beckinsale, died following a heart attack in 1979 when Beckinsale was only five.

"It was definitely a shock. I was not that thrilled with it at first. (Out of the four) The two youngest boys lived with.

London, July 26: Actress Kate Beckinsale has ruled out going nude for a film because she doesn't want to embarrass her teenage daughter.

Beckinsale, the daughter of actor Richard Beckinsale and actress Judy Loe, was constantly harassed by her classmates when her mum stripped off for a TV role.

And she doesn't want her own daughter to have to go through the same humiliation.

"It was a TV thing, and there was a full-frontal nude scene..

Kate Beckinsale says she had to shun some of the best food in the world so she could slip back into her skintight catsuit for new film Underworld: Awakening.

The British actress faced a strict diet and fitness regime so she could put on the unforgiving latex outfit and return to her role as Selene for a fourth time.

The 38-year-old had been filming action thriller Contraband with Mark Wahlberg immediately before working on the Underworld film.

"I was in New Orleans shooting Contraband where's there's the best food in the whole world, so that was annoying," she said at the Underworld: Awakening premiere in Los Angeles.

"But it's good, it's a costume I really like, so I don't mind too much."

The latest battle between vampires and werewolves is released in the UK today, January 20.

Beckinsale, 38, who is based in La, added that she would like to return to...

Oscar-nominated British actor with a vast range who could move between comedy and tragedy with ease

The actor Pete Postlethwaite had a face that elicited many similes, among them "a stone archway" and "a bag of spanners". These unflattering descriptions, plus his tongue-twisting surname, would suggest an actor with a career limited to minor supporting roles. But Postlethwaite, who has died of cancer aged 64, played a vast range of characters, often leading roles, on stage, television and film.

He was at ease in switching the masks of tragedy and comedy. The working-class martinet father he played in Terence Davies's film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), which Postlethwaite credited as his big break, can be seen as paradigmatic of his career. Postlethwaite powerfully conveyed the father's double-sided nature: at one moment he is tenderly kissing his children goodnight, the next he is ripping the tablecloth off in a rage.

Postlethwaite was...

British actor forgoes the Doc Martens at Cannes in favour of glitz, glamour … and myriad costume changes

• In pictures: Beckinsale's festival in frocks

Cannes is, of course, a festival of contrasts. If you're a Palme D'Or judge, you have to watch 19 films, some of which will explore the grinding pointlessness and misery of human existence. But, hey, if you're a movie star, you've also got to be noticed.

The hardest-working festival judge in this regard must surely be Kate Beckinsale, who has been seen in more frocks – Gucci? Balmain? Marchesa? she asks herself of a morning – and hairstyles than anybody.

It's been a tough 10 days. Red-carpet premieres, special screenings and yacht parties, all of which require a different look. The British actor, daughter of the late Porridge actor Richard Beckinsale, recalled this week that she first came to Cannes 17 years ago, part of the cast in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing.

He is one of the world's most revered action directors, twice rescuing the Bond franchise. Now Martin Campbell has returned to Edge of Darkness, the 1980s TV drama that made his name. He talks to John Patterson

He has directed a string of global box-office smashes and honed ­action film-making down to a fine art, but Martin Campbell doesn't scream and shout about it. Or himself. A relentlessly self-effacing man, he is keen, in his plainspoken New ­Zealander way, not to get "too up ­myself". In person, he looks quite tough, combining a lean physique with a convict's buzz-cut, but he is instantly friendly, if maddeningly modest about his achievements. As he discusses his career – which has taken him from New Zealand to Britain to Los Angeles, and from TV drama to blockbusters – one theme keeps recurring: that film-­making is a team event, "not an ego trip".

Yet Campbell...

Kate Beckinsale has revealed that she dreamed of being a big sister until her father died when she was aged just five. The actress said that her parents were planning to have another child when her dad, actor Richard Beckinsale, suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 31. The Nothing But The Truth star explained to Hollywood Life: "I used to pester my mother for another baby when my father was (more)...

Kate Beckinsale's childhood dreams of becoming a big sister were ruined by her father's untimely death. Richard Beckinsale, beloved star of classic U.K. TV sitcoms Porridge and Rising Damp, died from a heart attack in 1979, when his daughter was just five-years-old.

And now the actress has revealed her parents were planning on having another child together just before her dad passed away, aged just 31.

And the star is proud of the fact she was the reason her actress mum Judy Loe wanted more kids.

The Underworld star, who has a half-sister, called Samantha from her father's first marriage to Margaret Bradley, tells Hollywood Life magazine, "I used to pester my mother for another baby when my father was still alive. She ended up having an eight-hour operation to unblock her tubes and things like that.

"The operation was a success, but my father died while she was having it, so it was really ironic, terrible timing."

The actress, who is a mum to nine-year-old Lily, admits she'd rethink her plans about having more kids if her daughter asked for a sibling.

She adds, "If Lily was begging me for a brother or sister I'd be more inclined (to have another)."

Lily's father is Beckinsale's ex Michael Sheen. The actress is currently married to moviemaker Len Wiseman.

The actress' daughter turns 10 on Saturday.

British actress Kate Beckinsale will exchange marriage vows with director beau Len Wiseman next month, according to reports. The Underworld beauty, 30, has been dating Wiseman since they met on the set of the Vampire action thriller in 2003 and had planned to tie the knot at New Year, but had no room in her frantic schedule. But now the happy couple plan to stage a romantic ceremony in Wiseman's native Los Angeles, where the pair live with Beckinsale's daughter Lily, four. Guests at the nuptials will include Kate's actress mother Judy Loe, and a special mention to her late father Richard Beckinsale will be made during proceedings. The Serendipity star hit the headlines when her romance with Wiseman was first announced as she had only just split with her daughter's father, British star Michael Sheen.