Top 99 Women of 2011 Part 3

Posted Monday, March 21, 2011 by Askmen.com

There are few things that confound us more than Kate Beckinsale's uneven career trajectory. Armed with an inherent exquisiteness that led Esquire to name her its Sexiest Woman Alive in 2009 and a credibility-inducing British accent, Beckinsale theoretically should be far more successful than she is. But the UK native has been unable to establish herself in the upper echelon of Hollywood actresses despite consistent work that's been dotted with appearances in prestige films (The Aviator and, well, that's it). Beckinsale is more often associated with big-budget flops (Pearl Harbor, Van Helsing) and half-baked B movies (the entire Underworld franchise, for which a fourth film is currently in production). Still, we have to give the woman credit. With more disappointments than a mother of six one-legged Pygmy yodelers, Beckinsale continues to search for the hit that might launch her into the same category as some of her more esteemed colleagues. Beckinsale is currently shooting The Trials of Cate McCullough with Sienna Miller and Contraband with Mark Wahlberg. Now if only she would leave those damned Underworld films alone.

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