Overview

• Beckinsale took to Instagram on July 17 to reveal that her mother, Judy Loe, 78, died on July 15 in her arms after “immeasurable suffering” from stage 4 cancer.
• The actress explained she only posted the news because she had to register a death certificate that will soon become public record and apologized to friends learning the news through the press.
• In her tribute, Beckinsale called herself “paralysed” with grief and honored her mother as the “compass of my life, the love of my life, my dearest friend.”
• Judy Loe enjoyed a celebrated acting career that included the original British production of Hair, TV roles in General Hospital and Edward the Seventh, a cameo in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, and a final screen appearance in Fool Me Once (2024).
• This loss follows the death of Beckinsale’s father, Richard Beckinsale, in 1979 and her stepfather, Roy Battersby, in January 2024, compounding her history of personal tragedy.