Kate Beckinsale’s former mansion has been put up for sale once more, with a $4.3 million price tag, nearly three years after she sold her longstanding Los Angeles residence for around $400,000 more than the $3.6 million she paid back in 2006. The Agency’s Brandon Assanti is the owner of the listing.
The four-bedroom, five-bath property in the Brentwood neighborhood was recently sold to an unknown couple for just under $4 million in September 2021. Aside from minimal cosmetic adjustments, the property has not seen many alterations since it was purchased by the English-born TV and film actress, who has owned it for 15 years.
Nestled along a ridge directly above bucolic Mandeville Canyon and separated from the street by a tightly clumped patch of towering trees and an attached two-car garage, the white wood-sided and stone-accented house sports a distinctly Cape Cod, East Coast-esque influence. Inside, a little more than 3,600 square feet of living space is infused with light via banks of glassy French doors. There is a crafty mix of maple and tile floors, as well as high ceilings and plenty of recessed lights.
A front porch topped by a large portico serves as an entry into the home’s open-plan interiors. Among the highlights are a living room anchored by a stone fireplace and an adjoining dining room punctuated by white wainscoting and taupe walls, plus an office/library with built-in bookshelves and additional storage above. Abutting a spacious fireside family room is a gourmet kitchen boasting Carrara marble and solid walnut countertops, dual islands, and stainless appliances.
Upstairs, the charming primary suite is finished in the same sort of traditional decor style as the rest of the property. In addition to a double-sided fireplace and a sky-lit bath, its most unique feature is access to a bridge that passes over the grassy yard below on its way to a hidden hot tub in the woodsy hillside above the house. Elsewhere are three other bedrooms, one of which includes a small loft space accessible by ladder.
The lushly planted grounds are completely private and feature lovely flowers, a spacious stone patio heated by a fireplace, and even an outdoor shower, despite the backyard’s modest size and lack of a swimming pool.
Kate was born in London into a family of actresses, Judy Loe and the late Richard Beckinsale. Both of her parents are in show business. While still attending Oxford University to study French and Russian literature, she landed her big break in 1993 when Kenneth Branagh directed Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. This came after a few small TV roles. After appearing in a number of films, such as Pearl Harbor and Laurel Canyon, she went on to become a well-known action heroine until being chosen to play Selene in the Underworld film series in 2003.