Keeley Hawes
| Keeley Hawes | |
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Hawes at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards
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| Born |
Clare Julia Hawes 10 February 1976 Marylebone, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Spencer McCallum (m. 2001; div. 2004) Matthew Macfadyen (m. 2004) |
| Children | 3 |
Clare Julia "Keeley" Hawes (born 10 February 1976) is an English actress and model. She starred in the film version of The Last September (1999) and has voiced roles in video games, such as Lara Croft in several of the Tomb Raider games. She is also known for her roles as Kitty Butler in Tipping the Velvet, Zoe Reynolds in Spooks (2002–2004), Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes (2008–2010), Lady Agnes in the 2010 reboot of Upstairs, Downstairs, Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton in the second and third series of the BBC Two police procedural series Line of Duty (2014–2016), and as a mother in search of her abducted child in the BBC series The Missing.
Hawes was born in Marylebone, London, the daughter of a cab driver. She was trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, which included ten years of elocution lessons. She left home at age 17 and worked in a casino until she was spotted by a modelling scout on Oxford Street and signed up by Select.
Early on in her career, Hawes starred in at least four music videos, for the singles "Saturday Night" by Suede, "Marvellous" by The Lightning Seeds, "Come Around" by The Mutton Birds, and "She's a Star" by James. She first came into the public eye in the 1990s, having supporting roles in Troublemakers, Dennis Potter's Karaoke (1995),Heartbeat (1995), The Beggar Bride (1997), and as the young Diana Dors in the biopic The Blonde Bombshell (1999).
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