Underworld Series (2003-2016)
The Underworld films turned the vampire into a leather-clad action hero across five entries. As a whole it is more than the sum of its uneven parts.
Actor: Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale came from British period drama, in Cold Comfort Farm and Much Ado About Nothing, having studied at Oxford.
Underworld gave her a five-film franchise as a vampire in latex, which she has been candid was a commercial decision, and Pearl Harbor and Serendipity gave her Hollywood leads. Love and Friendship, adapting Austen, is the best recent thing she has done.
