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Actress Kate Beckinsale covers ES Magazine‘s Film Awards Issue and opens up about raising daughter Lily, 17, with ex Michael Sheen and his girlfriend Sarah Silverman.

On being close with Sheen: “It’s so normal for us. We split up ages ago. We have been not together far longer than we were ever together. But I really love him and like him and we make each other roar with laughter.”

On her relationship with Silverman: “I really love his girlfriend as well, and we are really lucky that we both get on, and Lily gets on great with her. Having as many strong females in your teenage daughter’s life as possible is a good thing.”

On Lily going into acting: “That would be like sitting there with a glass of wine saying, ‘You can’t have a drink.’ I can see why she wants to do it. I don’t love the downside of it for my baby. But it’s not like she hasn’t seen both of her parents having a real experience of what it’s like. She has seen us ecstatic and miserable—she’s seen that, squared.”

On her Christmas plans: “I turn up the air-conditioning and hire a snow machine so we can feel cold and see snow. It’s difficult for a British person to make it feel like Christmas when it’s warm outside.”

For more from Kate, go to ES Magazine…