Kate Beckinsale Announces Death of Her Mother After Cancer Battle: ‘I Am Paralyzed’

Kate Beckinsale has emotionally shared the news of her mother’s death following a stage 4 cancer diagnosis. She was 78.

Posting to her Instagram on Thursday, July 17, Beckinsale, 51, shared the devastating news as she paid tribute to her late mother, Judy Loe.

“I don’t want to post this. I am only posting this because I have had to register my mother‘s death certificate and it will soon become public record,” the actress wrote. “She died the night of July 15th  in my arms after immeasurable suffering.”

Alongside the post, the Pearl Harbor star shared a carousel of photos featuring Judy over the years.

“I have not picked all the best photos, nor the best videos, because I cannot bear to go through my camera roll yet. I deeply apologise to any of her friends who are finding out this way or through the press, but I cannot go through her phone,” she continued in the post. “I am paralyzed. Jude was the compass of my life, the love of my life, my dearest friend. The vastness and huge heart of this tiny woman has touched so many people who love her dearly. She has been brave in so many ways, forgiving sometimes too much, believing in the ultimate good in people and the world is so dim without her that it is nearly impossible to bear.”

Concluding the post, Beckinsale wrote, “Mama, I love you so much. This has been my greatest fear since finding my father dead at five and I am here. Oh my Mama.. I’m  sorry, I’m so sorry. I am so sorry.”

Beckinsale’s father, Richard Beckinsale, died at 31 in his sleep from a heart attack in 1979, which she referenced in her post.

The actress has previously paid tribute to her late dad via social media including in 2019 when she wrote, “40 years is a lot of missing. Thank you so much to everyone who has been kind. Lots of love xx.”

Beckinsale also lost her stepfather, Roy Battersby in January 2024, who died following a “brief illness.”

In January, the Canary Black actress touched on her grief over losing both her father figures in an Instagram post to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Battersby’s death.

“Finding my father‘s dead body alone in the middle of the night at the age of five shaped my entire life. Seeing my beloved stepfather die a year ago today will haunt me forever,” Beckinsale wrote in a tribute post. “It does seem terribly careless to have managed to be present for both deaths and unable to prevent either, the second time trying with every single thing I had. It was not enough.”