Kate Beckinsale honors her late mother, Judy Loe, with a new tattoo of her likeness \u2014 a sketch of a photo from 1971.<\/b>
\nKate Beckinsale is honoring her late mother with an inked tribute.
The actress posted a photo of her arm on Instagram on Friday, debuting a new tattoo: a full-length sketch of her mother, actress Judy Loe.
Above the new drawing are the words \u201cFatherless scum\u201d and a picture of the feral fox, Peepo, that she had been feeding in her backyard.
\u201cIf everyone would stop dying, I wouldn\u2019t have so many tattoos,\u201d Beckinsale wrote.
Doc Woo, a Hollywood-based artist, inked the new tattoo.
In the slideshow, she shares a few different angles of the arm in black and white and color photos. The final image in the slideshow is a vintage candid snap of her mother \u2014 the likeness that inspired the tattoo.
The image is from the British children\u2019s fantasy TV series, \u201cAce of Wands,\u201d which aired in the 1970s. In it, Loe wears a slim long-sleeve top, hot shorts and knee-high white Go-go boots. On her shoulder is a fishing owl from Malaya named Fred.
In the middle of July, Beckinsale shared that her mother had passed away, writing, \u201cShe died the night of July 15th in my arms after immeasurable suffering.\u201d
Though Loe\u2019s ultimate cause of death wasn\u2019t specifically revealed, Beckinsale had been candid about her suffering in the past, amid her battle with stage four cancer for the two years prior.
Beckinsale has used her social media feed to share sweet moments with her mother over the years.
She has also been battling critics who berate her for her small frame.
When one commenter nastily wrote, \u201cYou don\u2019t look good. I think you honestly need help,\u201d she replied, \u201cYes, I do. I\u2019m going through one of the most deeply painful times of my life. The body keeps the score.\u201d
Now, along with her late stepfather and fox friend, her mother will live on in memory, inked on her arm of tributes.<\/p>\n