By Faith Ridler For Mailonline
Published: 00:18 BST, 2 April 2019 | Updated: 00:26 BST, 2 April 2019
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She is set to star as Georgia Wells in her first television role for decades.
And Kate Beckinsale, 45, has revealed she only felt able to take on jobs like The Widow - which required a six-month stint in South Africa - after her daughter Lily, 20, left home.
Speaking to this week's issue of Radio Times, she said: 'The last time I did a TV series I was getting my A-level results. And I remember I did Emma on ITV a long time ago.
New role: Kate Beckinsale, 45, has revealed she only felt able to take on jobs like The Widow - which required her to spend six months in South Africa - after her daughter Lily, 20, left home
'When I was younger I got a bit blindsided by suddenly finding myself pregnant and having to be a mum.
'I've been saying for years, "When my daughter goes to college, then I'm going to be able to go off and do jobs that are far away."'
It wasn't long after Lily had moved away for college that Kate was offered the lead role in the ITV drama - which was created by the sibling duo behind The Missing, Liar and Baptiste.
Flew the nest: It wasn't long after Lily had moved away for college that Kate was offered the lead role in The Widow (Pictured in the 1998 TV movie Emma)
She said: 'They said, "Do you want to go to South Africa for six months and do The Widow?"
'It felt like, "OK, it came around a little bit sooner than I was anticipating… it's a bit of a leap of faith and I'm a bit scared and I don't really want to
