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== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Hawes was born in 1977 in [[London]], [[England]]. The daughter of a London [[Hackney carriage|cab]] driver, she was trained at the [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]], which included some ten years of [[elocution]] lessons.<ref>[http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/mullan.htm Mullen, Lost Voices<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Hawes was born in January 1977 in [[London]], [[England]]. The daughter of a London [[Hackney carriage|cab]] driver, she was trained at the [[Sylvia Young Theatre School]], which included some ten years of [[elocution]] lessons.<ref>[http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/mullan.htm Mullen, Lost Voices<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


== Acting career ==
== Acting career ==

Revision as of 22:27, 9 February 2008

Keeley Hawes
Born
Keeley Hawes
Years active1996 – present
Spouse(s)Spencer McCallum (2002)
Matthew Macfadyen (2004-present)
ChildrenMyles (b. 2000)
Maggie (b. 2004)
Ralph (b. 2006)

Keeley Hawes is an English actress, known for her role as Zoe Reynolds in the BBC One drama series Spooks (2002-2004). She has also appeared in a number of other television dramas, including Dennis Potter's Karaoke (BBC One/Channel 4, 1995), and Othello (ITV, 2001). She also played the young Diana Dors in the ITV biopic Blonde Bombshell (1999) and Nicola Graham in the ITV drama After Thomas (2006). She is currently playing DCI Alex Drake in the new BBC drama series Ashes to Ashes, the sequel to Life on Mars.

Early life

Hawes was born in January 1977 in London, England. The daughter of a London cab driver, she was trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, which included some ten years of elocution lessons.[1]

Acting career

Hawes has appeared in several successful adaptations of classic and modern novels, including Tipping the Velvet (BBC Two, 2002), Wives and Daughters (1999), Our Mutual Friend, and Under the Greenwood Tree.

Hawes has also appeared in films such as The Avengers (1998), The Last September, Complicity (2000) and A Cock and Bull Story (2006), and two music videos, for the singles Saturday Night by Suede and She's a Star by James.

On 23 February 2006, it was revealed that Hawes had replaced Jonell Elliott as the voice of Lara Croft. She voiced the role of Eidos Interactive's globe-trotting adventurer in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend, now under the reins of Crystal Dynamics. She reprised her role in the 2007 remake of the original Tomb Raider game, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary. In December 2007 was confirmed that Hawes will continue making Lara's voice in Tomb Raider: Underworld.

In the Vicar of Dibley, BBC 2006, she played Rosie, the sister of Harry (Richard Armitage) who eventually marries Geraldine (Dawn French). She was cast as DI Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes, the sequel series to Life on Mars.[2] She was also cast as Jane in the 2007 comedy Death at a Funeral, where she plays the supportive wife of her off screen husband Matthew Macfadyen, whose father's funeral turns into a disaster.

Personal life

Hawes has a son, Myles,(b.April 2000) with cartoonist Spencer McCallum, whom she married in December 2001 in Westminster when Myles was 20 months old. They separated eight weeks later, after Hawes fell in love with Spooks co-star Matthew Macfadyen. She married Macfadyen on 2 October 2004 in Richmond upon Thames and their first child together, Maggie, was born two months later in December. Their second child, Ralph, was born in September 2006.

In 2002, after working on the television version of Tipping the Velvet, Hawes stated in interviews with Diva magazine[3] and The Radio Times[4] that she is bisexual. She has not discussed it since.

Filmography

  • Forever Green (1989) (TV series), Carol
  • Troublemakers (1990) (TV series), Mandy
  • Talking to Strange Men (1992) (TV), Sarah Mabledene
  • The Moonstone (1996) (TV), Rachel Verinder
  • Cold Lazarus (1996) (TV mini-series), Linda Langer
  • Pie in the Sky (1996) (TV series), Stella Jackson
  • Karaoke (1996) (TV mini-series), Linda Langer
  • Heartbeat (1996) (TV series), Michelle
  • The Beggar Bride (1997) (TV), Angela Harper
  • Our Mutual Friend (1998) (TV mini-series), Lizzie Hexam
  • The Avengers (1998), Tamara
  • The Cater Street Hangman (1998) (TV), Charlotte Ellison
  • The Blonde Bombshell (1999) (TV), Younger Diana Dors
  • The Last September (1999), Lois Farquar
  • Wives and Daughters (1999) (TV mini-series), Cynthia Kirkpatrick
  • Complicity (2000), Yvonne
  • Hotel! (2001) (TV), Tricia
  • Murder in Mind (2001) (TV series), Deborah
  • Othello (2001) (TV), Dessie Brabant
  • A Is for Acid (2002) (TV), Gillian Rogers
  • Me & Mrs Jones (2002) (TV), Jane
  • Tipping the Velvet (2002) (TV), Kitty Butler
  • Spooks (2002-2004) (TV series), Zoe Reynolds
  • Lucky Jim (2003) (TV), Christine Callaghan
  • Chaos and Cadavers (2003), Samantha Taggert
  • The Canterbury Tales (2003) (TV series), Emily
  • Sex & Lies (2004) (TV), Kate
  • The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (TV series), Dr. Julia Ogden
  • ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) (TV series), Ella Macbeth
  • Marple: A Murder Is Announced (2005) (TV), Philippa Haymes
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2005), Elizabeth
  • Macbeth (2005) (TV), Ella Macbeth
  • Under the Greenwood Tree (2005) (TV), Fancy Day
  • The Best Man (2006) (TV), Kate Sheldrake
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (2006) (voice), Lara Croft
  • After Thomas (2006) (TV), Nicola Graham
  • The Vicar of Dibley (2006-2007) (TV series), Rosie Kennedy
  • Death at a Funeral (2007), Jane
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) (voice), Lara Croft
  • Ashes to Ashes (2008) (TV series), Alex Drake
  • Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008) (voice), Lara Croft

References

  1. ^ Mullen, Lost Voices
  2. ^ BBC - Press Office - Keeley Hawes joins cast of Ashes To Ashes
  3. ^ Czyzselska, Jana (October 1, 2002), "Dyke Drama", Diva, retrieved 2007-12-13 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ Radio Times, Tipping the Velvet, 5-11 October 2002
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