I may be 45 but I may have another baby, says Kate

Wearing a revealing little black dress and draped in fur, she doesn’t look like a woman contemplating domestic life.

But Kate Beckinsale has revealed she is considering whether to have another child at 45. However, the British actress, who has recently been linked to two much younger men, admitted to Tatler magazine she enjoys her current freedom.

Miss Beckinsale, who has a daughter Lily, 19, from her first marriage to actor Michael Sheen, has been single since splitting from second husband Len Wiseman in 2016.

in early november she was spotted kissing British comedian Jack Whitehall, 30, in a Los angeles karaoke bar and was earlier linked to US stand-up Matt rife, 23. Posing for Tatler’s January issue, she told the magazine she is happy with her single status. ‘When you get divorced, everybody waits to see where you land. But i might not land anywhere for a bit. i’m really quite happy. it’s quite nice to have a bit of Virginia Woolf time,’ she said.

But asked whether she would consider having another child, she admitted: ‘i definitely would, but then i think “Oh god, i annihilated my twenties and i suddenly get a taste of freedom and annihilate myself again?”. But i am open to seeing what happens.’

Miss Beckinsale, who this week dropped out of guy ritchie’s next film Toff guys, responded to claims that she has been a ‘diva’ at certain points in her career. in her experience, men were more likely to be difficult.

‘all it used to take was somebody to say you were difficult or crazy. not just me, other people too. There are some people who are a nightmare, who keep everyone waiting for five hours and suddenly decide they need to have a llama on set... but the ones i know who pull that kind of behaviour are men.’

Speaking about sometimes being the only woman on set, she said: ‘it’s not every guy you can become platonic friends with - some people’s girlfriends aren’t really into that, or sometimes there might be a weird vibe.’

See the full feature in the January issue of Tatler, available on digital download or on newsstands from Monday.