She danced, she twerked and she sang. She changed from a figure-hugging sparkling silver bodysuit into a slinky red peekaboo cut-out dress slit to the thigh, then to a Playboy bunny outfit with push-up bustier and floppy rabbit ears.
As she celebrated her 50th birthday last week, Kate Beckinsale proved that she can look and act like a woman half her age – a priceless talent for an actress in Hollywood where turning 30 can be career suicide.
‘What a party – full of love and glitter and the best people,’ the Oxford-educated actress wrote on Instagram.
Ms Beckinsale is one of the most successful British actresses in Hollywood, yet it has been 11 years since she last appeared in a film that earned more than $100 million (£78 million): the remake of Total Recall.
She won Best Actress honours two years running in Britain’s National Film Awards, but neither movie was a box office success: 2021 racial drama Farming earned only £70,000 worldwide, and Jolt took £187,000 last year.
