Looking at Kate Beckinsale, it’s hard to believe the English actress has been in the limelight for three decades. In fact, Kate’s graceful aging has sparked quite a bit of plastic surgery speculation over the years.
That said, the Underworld star is adamant that she’s never gone under the knife. “My family are generally on the younger-looking side,” Kate revealed to The Sunday Times in a July 2021 interview. “Even my dog is 9 and looks like a puppy.”
In addition to plastic surgery, Kate denies ever getting Botox. “I haven’t had any!” the mother of one, who shares daughter Lily Mo Sheen with ex Michael Sheen assured. “I’m not against people having it. [But] I do get pissed off. It’s sort of a given that I’ve had it, which I just literally haven’t. I’m frightened of paralyzing my face. My mum’s voice is in my head, very loud, at all times. My mum wouldn’t even get a facial, she is suspicious of anything like that, and looks f–ing radiant and amazing. I know if I did do Botox, I’d be the one that would get the droopy eye, and my mum would go, ‘I f–ing told you! See? You should never do that.'”
So, how does Kate, who’s in her late-40s, manage to look so youthful? The U.K. native works out five to six times a week! “Another thing I find amazing, because you literally could barely move me as a kid, I didn’t want to stand up,” she joked.
Additionally, Kate isn’t opposed to platelet-rich plasma injections. “I do like PRP, when they take your blood [plasma and reinject it into your skin],” she explained. “That’s a real thing, from your own body. But not with scary poisonous things!”
While Kate does believe in the importance of health and fitness, it’s not a matter of vanity for her. “I think, when you start out, if people perceive you as attractive it’s helpful at first,” she admitted. “If people start thinking that’s your main thing, I don’t think that’s helpful to anyone, least of all you. I think women are damned anyway. I don’t just mean actresses. You’re seen as attractive; you’re not seen as attractive. You’re seen as too young, you’re too old. Where is the f–ing sweet spot for women? At some point you just have to go, ‘Bollocks — this is me.’”
Scroll through the gallery below to see Kate Beckinsale’s transformation from the ’90s to today.