Kate Beckinsale reveals her mom Judy’s death after cancer fight

Kate Beckinsale’s mother, Judy Loe, has passed away at age 78.

The actress, 51, revealed the news in a heartbreaking social media post on Thursday.

“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,” Beckinsale began. “She died the night of July 15th in my arms after immeasurable suffering. 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. I am paralysed,” the “Underworld” alum added.

Beckinsale went on to praise her mother and point out the late star’s best qualities.

“The vastness and huge heart of this tiny woman has touched so many people who love her dearly,” she continued. “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.”

Beckinsale concluded her post with a touching message to her mother, penning, “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.”

Her father, actor Richard Beckinsale, died of a heart attack in 1979. He was 31 years old.

“I remember confusing when John Lennon died and when my dad died because people were standing in the street with the evening paper sobbing on both occasions and I can’t remember which version of that is which because they were very similar,” Beckinsale told Howard Stern in 2021.

The news of Loe’s death comes after the “Much Ado About Nothing” vet revealed her mom had stage 4 cancer in July 2024. At the time, Beckinsale was responding to “a–holes” who said that her “ass ran away.”

“No, actually. I watched my stepfather die quite shockingly, my mother has stage 4 cancer, and I lost a lot of weight from stress and grief, quite quickly,” she replied.

Beckinsale’s stepfather, British TV director Roy Battersby, died in January 2024 after suffering “a massive stroke” while battling two types of cancer, per Sky News.

She reposted a fan-made video on Instagram after Battersby’s death, which showed him recalling how he celebrated Victory in Europe Day in 1945.

“I have no words yet,” she said beneath the tribute. “I fought for you with everything I had. Oh Roy I am so sorry I lost.”

In February, after a social media break, Beckinsale returned to Instagram to ask followers for prayers for her mom.

“I wasn’t going to come back to Instagram,” she captioned the post, “but anyone who has a spare prayer or magic or miracle or sunbeam please send it to my mama, my most extraordinary, warrior, generous, humble, loving, unique, irreplaceable Mama.”

Beckinsale noted, “Thank you 🙏🏼 -Lord, keep her safe this night, secure from all her fears, may angels guard her while she sleeps till morning light appears 🤍🤍🤍 amen.”

Just a week before Loe’s death, Beckinsale took to Instagram to share a video of herself singing The Everly Brothers’ 1958 hit “Bye Bye Love” by her mom’s hospital bed.

She belted out the tune in honor of a harmony group that Loe used to be in with her three best friends, Mary, Sylvia and Chris, at age 14.

“I am a very poor substitute not being a very good singer,” Beckinsale wrote beneath the clip. “But I want my mum’s dearest and oldest friends in her hospital room with her.”

“[Sylvia] and Chris, please know I’m trying to keep the Four Teens going as best as I can from a distance and I love you both,” she shared before explaining, “It is a mark of my mother’s extraordinary capacity for love and deep respect for relationship history that her friendships with her early school friends are still so very current.”

Earlier this month, Beckinsale referenced a difficult situation while responding to fans who criticized her physical appearance.

Followers commented beneath bikini pictures she had shared, writing, “You don’t look good. I think you honestly need help,” and “Oh sweetheart, I honestly think you have a problem!!!”

Beckinsale clapped back, stating, “Yes, I do. I’m going through one of the most deeply painful times of my life. The body keeps the score.”

The “Pearl Harbor” actress was also hospitalized due to a hole in her esophagus last year.

In May 2024, Beckinsale revealed she has a condition called mast cell activation syndrome, which occurs when the mast cells in the body release too much of a substance that causes allergy-like symptoms.

“I actually can’t. I have a condition called mast cell activation syndrome which is actually a massive daily struggle and means I react to hundreds of things badly,” she fired back at trolls who accused her of having Botox and fillers. “Can’t take the risk.”