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Keeley Hawes

Keeley Hawes

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Biography

Keeley Hawes (born 10 February 1976) 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 (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Tipping the Velvet (2002), and The Canterbury Tales (2003). 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 (2008–2010), for which she won a Glamour Award. She played leading roles in the 2010 revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, the limited series The Casual Vacancy (2015), The Missing (2016), and the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells (2016–2019). 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. Hawes has also appeared in films, including Death at a Funeral (2007) and High-Rise (2015), and she provided the voice of Lara Croft in a series of Tomb Raider video games.

Known For

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007

Scoop

Scoop

2024

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

2005

Complicity

Complicity

2000

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

2008

The Avengers

The Avengers

1998

Flashbacks of a Fool

Flashbacks of a Fool

2008

After Thomas

After Thomas

2006

The Last September

The Last September

2000

Under The Greenwood Tree

Under The Greenwood Tree

2005

The Moonstone

The Moonstone

1996

Othello

Othello

2001

The Beggar Bride

The Beggar Bride

1997

Kate and William: A Royal Love Story

Kate and William: A Royal Love Story

2011

A Is for Acid

A Is for Acid

2002

The Best Man

The Best Man

2006

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

2013

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box

2013

10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective

10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective

2008

Chaos and Cadavers

Chaos and Cadavers

2003

Never Land

Never Land

2017

Hotel!

Hotel!

2001

High-Rise

High-Rise

2015

Fungus The Bogeyman

Fungus The Bogeyman

2015

Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

2003

The Cater Street Hangman

The Cater Street Hangman

1998

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

2011

Me & Mrs. Jones

Me & Mrs. Jones

2003

The Coronation

The Coronation

2018

Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour

2020

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth

2005

Rebecca

Rebecca

2020

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying

The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying

2004

The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold

The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold

2004

What The Durrells Did Next

What The Durrells Did Next

2019

To Olivia

To Olivia

2021

The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

The Making of... Ashes to Ashes

2009

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

This Morning

This Morning

1988

Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes

2008

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001

Finding Alice

Finding Alice

2021

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

2001

Spooks

Spooks

2002

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

2007

Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends

2008

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

1999

ShakespeaRe-Told

ShakespeaRe-Told

2005

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

2002

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

2003

The Beggar Bride

The Beggar Bride

1997

Identity

Identity

2010

The Murdoch Mysteries

The Murdoch Mysteries

2004

Line of Duty

Line of Duty

2012

Upstairs Downstairs

Upstairs Downstairs

2010

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

The Tunnel

The Tunnel

2013

The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy

2015

Mrs Wilson

Mrs Wilson

2018

It's a Sin

It's a Sin

2021

Fungus the Bogeyman

Fungus the Bogeyman

2015

That Mitchell and Webb Look

That Mitchell and Webb Look

2006

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

1994

The Durrells

The Durrells

2016

The Missing

The Missing

2014

Forever Green

Forever Green

1989

Crossfire

Crossfire

2022

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

1978

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

2023

The Story of the Costume Drama

The Story of the Costume Drama

2008

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

2001

Ambassadors

Ambassadors

2013

The Blonde Bombshell

The Blonde Bombshell

1999

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

1992

Doctor Who Extra

Doctor Who Extra

2014

Miss Austen

Miss Austen

2025

The Midwich Cuckoos

The Midwich Cuckoos

2022

Bodyguard

Bodyguard

2018

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Orphan Black: Echoes

Orphan Black: Echoes

2024

Traitors

Traitors

2019

Summer of Rockets

Summer of Rockets

2019

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown

2012

Year of the Rabbit

Year of the Rabbit

2019

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

2014

The Assassin

The Assassin

2025

Honour

Honour

2020

Orangutan Jungle School

Orangutan Jungle School

2018

Airborne

Airborne

2024

The One Show

The One Show

2006

Falling

Falling

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

1998

Troublemakers

Troublemakers

1990

Karaoke

Karaoke

1996