Keeley Clare Julia Hawes is an English actress, born in London and educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began her career in a number of literary adaptations, including Our Mutual Friend, Wives and Daughters, Tipping the Velvet, and The Canterbury Tales. She portrayed Zoe Reynolds in the BBC espionage drama series Spooks from 2002 to 2004, followed by her co-lead performance as Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes, for which she won a Glamour Award. She played leading roles in the 2010 revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, the limited series The Casual Vacancy, The Missing, and the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells. Hawes was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance in Jed Mercurio's police procedural Line of Duty as DI Lindsey Denton. She teamed again with Mercurio for the 2018 thriller Bodyguard in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague.
Born: | Keeley Clare Julia Hawes, February 10, 1976, Marylebone, London, England |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years active: | 1989–present |
Children: | 3 |
Twitter: | Keeley Hawes's Twitter profile |
IMDb: | Keeley Hawes's IMDb |
About Keeley Hawes
Actress best known for her long career in television appearing in shows such as Ashes to Ashes, Spooks and Line of Duty.
Before Fame
She was working in a casino when a modeling scout spotted her.
Achievement
She voiced Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider video game series.
Family Life
She has a son, Myles, with her ex-husband Spencer McCallum. She married Matthew Macfadyen in 2004. They have two children, Ralph and Maggie.
Associations
She co-starred with Billie Piper in the BBC's adaptation of The Canterbury Tales.
Information related to Keeley Hawes
- English video game actresses
- Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School
- English voice actresses
- English child actresses
- English female models