British actress Kate Beckinsale is elegant and stunningly beautiful on the cover of the upcoming January 2012 issue of Redbook Magazine (see more pictures below).

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The 38 year-old opened up about her marriage to director Len Wiseman, motherhood, and admitted she would consider nude scenes if given the right script. Kate is just not willing to take her clothes off without good reason since she doesn’t want to embarrass her 12 year-old daughter Lily Mo.

Kate said, “I think it’s worse nowadays, because you do something like that and somebody immediately makes a five-times as long feature on YouTube to rock music, and they play it over and over again. I’m not averse to doing a nude scene, but it would have to be something I felt I could really argue for in front of my daughter, and so far that hasn’t happened.”

Here are some highlights from Kate Beckinsale’s Redbook Magazine interview:

On her husband Len Wiseman: “We’re just a good couple. Having a husband who’s comfortable being very affectionate is important. Women do well with that. If the husband is very loving, the wife blossoms, and everybody’s fine.”

On family time: “We’ve got a kind of unconventional family situation, with two dads, and I’ve always been the constant parent, the one who is here. Even if I’m working, it’s me. So if anything ripples the water, then it’s important to be home. My daughter is about to be 13, and I realize how fleeting time is. I was happy to be around Lily to talk about her day when she got home.”

On her constant state of anxiety: “I’m genetically programmed to be beset with the odd doubt or neurosis. But I’m finally comfortable accepting that rather than trying to cure myself of it.”

Kate will be back to the big screen with “Underworld Awakening” on January 20, 2012.

Elegant Kate Beckinsale in Redbook Magazine Pictures

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