Kate Beckinsale posts mirroring grinning snaps of her and her late father Richard

She often shares memories and tributes to her late actor father Richard Beckinsale who died 42 years ago.

And Kate Beckinsale remembered him again with a sweet gesture on Instagram on Tuesday.

She had initially posted a snap of herself smiling, marking the end of filming her latest project.

Kate, 47, then added another upload of her dad, who tragically died as a young man of 31.

The snap of Richard saw him looking off-camera and smiling, much like his daughter in her photograph.

The father and daughter both flashed the same grin in the mirroring snaps.

Kate captioned her first post: ‘We are coming close to the end of the shoot for our show #guiltyparty for @paramountplus and @cbstvstudios – lovely cast, lovely crew, lovely directors and show runner and amazing surprise weekend kangaroos!’

She then added, underneath the photo of Richard: ‘Just wanted to post this so we are smiling side by side in my feed.

‘The best part is he’s looking at me, actually, in his photo. So happy to carry on the family smile ❤️’

Davina McCall – whose own father is currently battling Alzheimer’s – posted underneath: ‘Awwww he was so handsome ❤️ and he was look at you! That’s so lovely!’

Kate was just five when she lost her dad – who was a household name with starring roles in classic sitcoms Rising Damp and Porridge. He died of a heart attack at the family’s Berkshire home in 1979.

Kate often takes Father’s Day as an opportunity to reflect on the sudden loss of her dad, offering her support to those coping with the annual celebration without their parent.

In 2019, she posted a series of throwbacks and dismissed the notion that ‘children are resilient’ by sharing an image of her five-year-old self next to her mother Judy Loe on the day of her dad’s memorial service. 

Taking to Instagram, the Underworld star wrote: ‘Don’t be fooled by ”children are resilient”. This is my mother and me attending the ‘celebration of life ‘ memorial service for my dad. I look fine. I was shattered, heartbroken and shocked. 

‘Every time Father’s Day comes around I remember my father with such love and longing, and I remember the deep shame, loneliness and self loathing when I was excused from aged 5 onwards from making Father’s Day cards at school.  

‘I didn’t know anyone else who had lost a parent and there was no number to call to find advice on how to support grieving children. @kelliauerbachsent me her article about losing both her parents before the age of 20. 

‘It’s moving and beautifully written and I really advise reading it,if Father’s Day (or Mother’s Day ) is a painful issue for you or your children. 

‘The amount of shame children carry for having a dead parent is astonishing. Resources such as the National Alliance for Grieving Children at childrengrieve.org in the US and Winston’s wish at winstonswish.org in the UK give invaluable support to kids in this position, at a time when the rest of the family are grieving themselves.

‘Big hugs to everyone who feels like shit as this lovely holiday comes around . You may not be able to buy a card . You’re in the Dead Fathers Club that none of us wanted to join and yet here we all are. I’m glad we have each other . Love to all xx.’ 

In another post Kate shared a throwback image of her younger self stood in front of her dad as he holds a parrot as with the caption: ‘There has never been anyone like you. Happy Father’s Day.’

Following the moving photos Kate also paid tribute to her stepfather Roy Battersby who married Kate’s mum Judie in 1997, 18 years after her father’s death.

On Instagram she wrote: ‘Thank you for taking on a hurt little girl and giving her confidence in her intelligence by immediately treating her as an equal . 

‘And for all the laughs and love ,and for going to war together on all the bad shit, always. Happy Father’s Day Roy.’

In March 2019, the actress paid tribute to her dad on the 40th anniversary of his death by posting a series of snaps of his iconic TV roles.

On Instagram, she wrote: ’40 years is a lot of missing. Thank you so much to everyone who has been kind. Lots of love xx #march19.’

Richard made his acting debut in the much-loved British soap Coronation Street in 1969 before going on to star in the Granada sitcom The Lovers and the BBC sitcom Porridge.

He died in his sleep from a heart attack, which was later revealed to be a congenital defect.

Of losing her father, the Hollywood actress said in 2013: ‘It was a terrible loss. It’s so weird as a five-year-old to look out in the street and see people reading the paper and crying while you’re crying and your mum is crying and your granny’s crying.

‘Even though it was the worst loss that I have experienced I was able to share it with people who genuinely, even if they didn’t know him, really seemed to love him.

‘I feel not many people are in that position – to have lost somebody and also to feel like that’s something really relevant to other people.’