Kate Beckinsale avoided her own daughter on the set of her latest film Snow Angels, because the traumatic storyline made her so upset.

The British beauty plays a single mother who has an affair with a married man in the upcoming film, leading to the mysterious disapperance of her daughter.

But the Underworld star became so wrapped up in the role, she had to hide from her own daughter Lily – so the nine-year-old wouldn’t catch her in a distressed state.

She tells U.K. magazine Closer, “It was too intense. I didn’t want Lily to see me in that state – it exhausted me on a psychological level.”

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Kate Beckinsale was horrified by recent reports she is giving up raunchy film roles – insisting she still wants to be sexy onscreen.

The British actress, who romped nude in vampire movie Underworld, last month revealed she is embarrassed by some of the roles she has taken on.

She said, “The sex-bomb thing is totally fun but you want to take the red shoes off sometimes. I’ve been wanting to do something more dramatic.” But the 34-year-old insists that doesn’t mean she’s hanging up her sex symbol status for good.

Her publicist Leslie Sloane insists, “She welcomes playing a wide range of roles with good material – sexy, comedic, serious drama, etc.”

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Kate Beckinsale is begging the producers of hit TV show 24 to hand her a role alongside its star Kiefer Sutherland.

The British actress is hooked on the real-time drama, and would love to play the head of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit, and become the boss of Sutherland’s character Jack Bauer.

She says, “I’m compulsively addicted to 24. I love that show. Just hearing the music of it makes me feel so confident … (Maybe) I can be the head of CTU.”

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“I spend 80 per cent of my time in my kitchen and occasionally I’m wheeled out to pretend to be Kate Beckinsale for awards shows.”

Actress Kate Beckinsale insists she’s not really a star.

I bet she’s a fabulous cook, though.

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Pop star Victoria Beckham and her soccer ace husband David have made new friends in Hollywood – the couple was spotted dining out with fellow Brit Kate Beckinsale and her partner Len Wiseman in Los Angeles on Friday.

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British actress Kate Beckinsale has given up on driving – after failing to land a license in California.

The star concedes she is the only celebrity in Los Angeles who can’t drive, and is convinced her nine-year-old daughter will be mobile before her.

She says, “I applied for my permit and then I failed the written test. It was ‘how many units of alcohol are you permitted to have’ I don’t know that. “My daughter’s nine. Soon she will have passed her test, then she can drive me around. Or I’ll get one of those old persons’ motorized chairs. “People always look so happy on those.”

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