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The 20 Best Modern Vampires

Vampires are a hot item right now on television and in movies. Here are 20 of our favorite actors and actresses who have portrayed the blood-thirsty night stalkers on the big and small screen.

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Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives at the AFI FEST 2009 screening of Miramax Films' "Everbody's Fine" on November 3, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
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4. Kate Beckinsale in 'Underworld'

In the Underworld movies, Kate Beckinsale plays a Death Dealer, a vampire fighting on the front lines of the war against the lycans (werewolves). You can bet the latex-clad Beckinsale was the biggest draw to the franchise's first movie in 2003.

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