Keeley Hawes
Acting
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
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tvFalling
2026
Anna
tvThe Assassin
2025
Julie Green
tvMiss Austen
2025
Cassandra Austen
tvAirborne
2024
Self - Narrator
tvOrphan Black: Echoes
2024
Kira Manning
movieScoop
2024
Amanda Thirsk
tvStonehouse
2023
Barbara Stonehouse
tvThe Midwich Cuckoos
2022
Susannah Zellaby
movieTo Olivia
2021
Patricia Neal
tvIt's a Sin
2021
Valerie Tozer
tvFinding Alice
2021
Alice
movieRebecca
2020
Beatrice
tvHonour
2020
DCI Caroline Goode
movieMisbehaviour
2020
Julia Morley
tvSummer of Rockets
2019
Kathleen Shaw
movieWhat The Durrells Did Next
2019
Herself - Host
tvTraitors
2019
Priscilla Garrick
tvMrs Wilson
2018
Dorothy Wick
tvBodyguard
2018
Julia Montague
tvOrangutan Jungle School
2018
Narrator
movieThe Coronation
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieNever Land
2017
Sarah
tvThe Durrells
2016
Louisa Durrell
tvFungus the Bogeyman
2015
Wendy Snow
movieHigh-Rise
2015
Ann Royal
tvThe Casual Vacancy
2015
Samantha Mollison
tvThe Missing
2014
Gemma Webster
tvInside No. 9
2014
Louise
movieThe Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
Catherine Mundi
tvAmbassadors
2013
Jennifer
tvThe Tunnel
2013
Suze Beaumont
movieThe Lady Vanishes
2013
Laura Parmiter aka Mrs Todhunter
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Queen Elizabeth
tvLine of Duty
2012
Lindsay Denton
movieKate and William: A Royal Love Story
2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvUpstairs Downstairs
2010
Lady Agnes Holland
tvIdentity
2010
DSI Martha Lawson
tvMutual Friends
2008
Jen Grantham
movieFlashbacks of a Fool
2008
Jesse Scott
movieThe Bank Job
2008
Wendy Leather
tvAshes to Ashes
2008
Alex Drake
The Story of the Costume Drama
2008
Herself - Narrator
movieAfter Thomas
2006
Nicola Graham
tvThat Mitchell and Webb Look
2006
Keeley Hawes
movieThe Best Man
2006
Kate Sheldrake
movieUnder The Greenwood Tree
2005
Fancy Day
movieShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
Ella Macbeth
movieA Cock and Bull Story
2005
Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
tvDoctor Who
2005
Ms Delphox
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Phillipa Haymes
movieThe Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
2004
Dr. Julia Ogden
movieThe Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
Dr. Julia Ogden
tvThe Murdoch Mysteries
2004
Dr. Julia Ogden
movieChaos and Cadavers
2003
Samantha Taggert
movieLucky Jim
2003
Christine Callaghan
tvTipping the Velvet
2002
Kitty Butler
movieA Is for Acid
2002
Gillian Rogers
tvSpooks
2002
Zoe Reynolds
movieOthello
2001
Dessie Brabant
tvFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Self - Guest
tvMurder in Mind
2001
Deborah
movieHotel!
2001
Tricia
movieComplicity
2000
Yvonne
movieThe Last September
2000
Lois Farquar
tvWives and Daughters
1999
Cynthia Kirkpatrick
tvThe Blonde Bombshell
1999
Diana Fluck / Diana Dors
movieThe Cater Street Hangman
1998
Charlotte Ellison
movieThe Avengers
1998
Tamara
tvOur Mutual Friend
1998
Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam
movieThe Beggar Bride
1997
Angela Harper
tvThe Beggar Bride
1997
Angela Harper
movieThe Moonstone
1996
Rachel Verinder
tvKaraoke
1996
Linda Langer
tvPie in the Sky
1994
Stella Jackson
tvHeartbeat
1992
Michelle
Troublemakers
1990
Mandy Harper
tvForever Green
1989
Carol
tvThis Morning
1988
Self - Guest
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tvThe Assassin
2025
Executive Producer
tvMiss Austen
2025
Executive Producer
tvCrossfire
2022
Executive Producer