Keeley Hawes is known for her roles in Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty as DI Lindsay Denton and in BBC One drama Bodyguard in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague.
31 Facts About Keeley Hawes
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Keeley Hawes is a three-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, having been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her roles as Lindsay Denton and Julia Montague, and a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dorothy Wick in the drama Mrs Wilson.
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Keeley Hawes has had leading roles in the 2010 revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, the limited series The Casual Vacancy, The Missing, the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells, the Russell T Davies drama serial It's a Sin and in The Midwich Cuckoos.
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Keeley Hawes has acted as an executive producer on ITV drama Honour and comedy-drama Finding Alice, starring in them both.
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Keeley Hawes has appeared in films, including Death at a Funeral, High-Rise, Misbehaviour and To Olivia, in which she portrays actress Patricia Neal.
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Keeley Hawes has provided the voice of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider video games, including Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider: Underworld, and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
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Clare Julia Keeley Hawes was born on 10 February 1976 at St Mary's Hospital, London, and grew up in a council flat in Marylebone.
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Keeley Hawes attended Sylvia Young Theatre School, where she became friends with singer Emma Bunton and actress Kellie Bright.
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Keeley Hawes first came into the public eye in the 1990s, having supporting roles in Troublemakers, Dennis Potter's Karaoke, Heartbeat and The Beggar Bride.
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Keeley Hawes appeared in several BBC adaptations of classic and modern literature, including Our Mutual Friend, Wives and Daughters and as the young Diana Dors in the biopic The Blonde Bombshell.
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In 2006, Keeley Hawes replaced Jonell Elliott as the voice of Lara Croft in the action-adventure video game, Tomb Raider: Legend.
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Keeley Hawes appeared as Rosie in the British comedy The Vicar of Dibley from 2006 to 2007.
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Also in 2007, Keeley Hawes appeared as Jane in the comedy Death at a Funeral.
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Keeley Hawes reprised her voiceover role as Lara Croft in the video games Tomb Raider: Anniversary, a remake of the original Tomb Raider, released in 2007, followed by 2008's Tomb Raider: Underworld.
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In 2009, Keeley Hawes portrayed Detective Superintendent Martha Lawson in a six-episode ITV series, Identity.
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On 25 April 2011, Keeley Hawes narrated the documentary Kate and William: A Royal Love Story on BBC One, prior to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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Keeley Hawes appeared as Catherine Mundi in 2014's fantasy adventure film Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box.
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From 2016 to 2019, Keeley Hawes played the main role of Louisa Durrell in ITV's popular comedy-drama The Durrells.
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Keeley Hawes appeared in 2018's TV series Bodyguard, in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague, and was nominated for a BAFTA for the role.
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Also in 2018, Keeley Hawes played Dorothy Wick in Mrs Wilson, opposite Iain Glen.
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Keeley Hawes came in at number 38 on the 2018 Radio Times TV 100 list, determined by television executives and broadcasting veterans.
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Keeley Hawes has since appeared in Traitors and Summer of Rockets, both in 2019.
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Keeley Hawes later played Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode in the 2020 miniseries Honour which was based on the real life murder of Banaz Mahmod.
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Keeley Hawes appeared in the films Misbehaviour and Rebecca that year.
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In 2021, Keeley Hawes co-created, served as an executive producer and starred in the ITV comedy-drama Finding Alice as Alice Dillion.
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In 2021, Hawes appeared in the Russell T Davis five-part drama It's a Sin as Valerie Tozer.
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In June 2022, Keeley Hawes appeared in a leading role as Dr Susannah Zellaby in Sky Max science fiction horror drama The Midwich Cuckoos based on the novel of the same name.
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Keeley Hawes began working with UNICEF in 2012; in 2017 she became a UNICEF ambassador.
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Keeley Hawes's main focus has been visiting Syrian refugee children and families living in the Za'atari refugee camp and host communities in Amman.
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Keeley Hawes married the disc jockey Spencer McCallum in December 2001 when their son Myles was almost two years old; they divorced in 2004.
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Keeley Hawes married Matthew Macfadyen, her co-star in Spooks, in November 2004 and their daughter was born the following month.