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Keeley Hawes/Alex Drake (A2A) #12: She's so classy

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Keeley Hawes (born 10 February 1976) is a British-English actress, known for many television roles, notably that of Zoe Reynolds in the BBC One drama series Spooks (2002-04).

Hawes first came into the public eye in the early 1990s, in 1990s Troublemakers and the 1992 BBC costume drama, The Moonstone. She has since appeared in many other television dramas, including Dennis Potter's Karaoke (BBC One/Channel 4, 1995), and Othello (ITV, 2001). She played the young Diana Dors in the ITV biopic Blonde Bombshell (1999) and Nicola Graham in the ITV drama After Thomas (2006). She is in her second series as DI Alex Drake in the BBC drama series Ashes to Ashes (2008-present), the sequel to Life on Mars, and is also currently the face of Boots No 7 cosmetics (2008).

Hawes is also known for voicing the video game character Lara Croft since the 2006 release of Tomb Raider: Legend. In 2008, she was nominated for a Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance By A Human Female.

Television -

+ Forever Green (1989), Carol
+ Troublemakers (1990), Mandy
+ Talking to Strange Men (1992), Sarah Mabledene
+ The Moonstone (1996), Rachel Verinder
+ Cold Lazarus (1996), Linda Langer
+ Pie in the Sky (1996), Stella Jackson
+ Karaoke (1996), Linda Langer
+ Heartbeat (1996), Michelle
+ The Beggar Bride (1997), Angela Harper
+ Our Mutual Friend (1998), Lizzie Hexam
+ The Cater Street Hangman (1998), Charlotte Ellison
+ The Blonde Bombshell (1999), Younger Diana Dors
+ Wives and Daughters (1999), Cynthia Kirkpatrick
+ Hotel! (2001), Tricia
+ Murder in Mind (2001), Deborah
+ Othello (2001), Dessie Brabant
+ A Is for Acid (2002), Gillian Rogers
+ Me and Mrs Jones (2002), Jane
+ Tipping the Velvet (2002), Kitty Butler
+ Spooks (2002-04), Zoe Reynolds
+ Lucky Jim (2003), Christine Callaghan
+ The Canterbury Tales (2003), Emily
+ Sex & Lies (2004), Kate
+ The Murdoch Mysteries (2004), Dr. Julia Ogden
+ ShakespeaRe-Told - Macbeth (2005), Ella Macbeth
+ Marple: A Murder Is Announced (2005), Philippa Haymes
+ Under the Greenwood Tree (2005), Fancy Day
+ The Best Man (2006), Kate Sheldrake
+ After Thomas (2006)), Nicola Graham
+ The Vicar of Dibley (2 episodes 2006-2007), Rosie Kennedy
+ Ashes to Ashes (2008-2010) , Alex Drake
+ Mutual Friends (2008), Jen
+ Identity (2009), DSI Martha Lawrence
+ Upstairs Downstairs (2010), Lady Agnes Holland

Film -

+ The Avengers (1998), Tamara
+ The Last September (1999), Lois Farquar
+ Complicity (2000), Yvonne
+ Chaos and Cadavers (2003), Samantha Taggert
+ A C**k and Bull Story (2005), Elizabeth
+ Death at a Funeral (2007), Jane
+ The Bank Job 2008, Wendy Leather
+ Flashbacks of a Fool 2008, Adult Jessie

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(on watching her figure) "Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad."

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"I think that it's pointless staying in a loveless marriage. I wasn't in a loveless marriage but if you're not happy, then that reflects - doesn't it? - on your children. Happy grown-ups make for happy children."

"I'm not self-conscious about my body, but I think I will keep it covered up after having three children. There comes a time when you have to say, 'Hmm, that's it, I think I'll save it for indoors."

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Fans:
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02. Twilight of the Innocents
03. xelanoops
04. Lost in Translation
05. Fade to Black
06. antisocial
07. Brucas4life
08. crazy_diamond
09. zazie87
10. Hawthorn

(on what she clings on from childhood) "I think I've still got quite a childish sense of humour, and I'm quite giggly. I've been like that since I was quite little. I'm the worst for corpsing. I should make a mint in outtakes"

"We now think low-slung hipsters are very sexy but actually back then it was all about the waist. It took a while to get my head around the high waists – I was thinking, 'Gosh, this makes my bum look really long!"

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Previous Threads:
#1: Because Keeley Hawes plays all Alex's elements so well
#2: We want A2A back, but we're not ready to say goodbye to Alex.
#3: Because the Fight was always in her
#4: Because we can't wait to see her new show 'Identity'
#5: Whether it's 'Upstairs/Downstairs' or 'no stairs', we'll be watching
#6: Overloaded with Cuteness
#7: http://www.fanforum.com/f300/keeley-...arts-62981629/
#8: "Keeley was an absolutely warm, funny, intelligent, and charming woman."
#9. Our No.1 Woman Detective
#10 10 threads of epicness
#11 She rocks no matter what decade

Thanks Tracey! :hug:

Keeley is back in the theatre (along with Montserrat) :yay:

Barking In Essex

Thanks for the new thread. :) That play sounds like a hoot and it teams Keeley and Montserrat back up? Bonus!

Oh awesome! Close enough for you, Tracey? :)

Definitely a bonus Janet :D

Dave - it is yes :D, already looking at tickets, but they are quite expensive.., still might go though ;)

I think you should ;) treat yourself :nod:

I fully agree with this. You can't take it with you.

true, I'll look at tickets soon..

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I fully agree with this. You can't take it with you.

There's no chance of that with me :lol:

I thought we needed some :nod: :D

Brightens the thread up :)

and there's no better reason than that :D

Oo haven't seen that one in a while..

That's what I thought. :lol:

Interview with Metro

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Actress Keeley Hawes, 37, is best known for her roles in Spooks and Ashes To Ashes. She’s promoting an online children’s safety campaign.

What’s the campaign all about?
It’s an online guide from Childnet International for parents to help their children use the internet safely.

Have any of your children had any online mishaps?
I’ve got three children aged 12, eight and six and they all use the internet every day. My oldest son has started to download music and TV shows. He clicked on a pop-up and saw some inappropriate adult material, which happened two days before I was approached about this campaign, so it seemed a timely thing to do.

There was a report about lots of 14-year-olds getting hooked on hardcore online porn. Is this a concern for you as a parent?
I don’t know about that. My son is 12 and it was accidental, so no. It’s about trying to keep children safe online – I’d like to think fitting parental controls would keep your 14-year-old away from hardcore porn.

Is giving children smartphones and tablets a good idea?
It is if they use them properly but it’s an incredibly bad idea if you don’t supervise them. Children will be children and they’re inquisitive. If teenagers want to know what’s out there they’ll look but there are things that aren’t for their eyes. It’s a different world to when I was a teenager

What’s your new TV series Our Men about?
It’s the new David Mitchell and Robert Webb series. David plays the ambassador to a fictional country called Tazbekistan and I play his wife. It’s about the trials and tribulations they face. I finished filming it at the weekend.

Why did you want to do that?
I’m a fan of those guys. I was in a dream sequence in That Mitchell And Webb Look, I’m a big fan of Peep Show and I’ve done a panel show with David. I was sent the script and couldn’t think of anything nicer to do. It’s brilliantly written. A real treat.

Does doing comedy make a nice change?
It’s a comedy drama, so not out-and-out comedy. Some characters are broader than others. Everything I do seems to be slightly different. When you’re on set, you don’t sit around thinking: ‘I’m in a comedy’ – you play the scenes for real and hopefully some humour comes out of that.

What was Turkey like to film in?
Fantastic. The Turkish people are the friendliest I’ve ever met. I didn’t have an awful lot to do there. I bought the kids some Turkish slippers as a souvenir.

You’ve recently done The Tunnel as well. What’s that about?
It’s the British remake of The Bridge, which is a bit like The Killing. It’s a murder mystery drama set half-way into the Channel Tunnel, so it concerns both the French and British police forces. It’s about their relationship. I play a suspect’s sister. She’s a prescription drug addict ex-party girl who is down on her luck, which has been interesting.

Did you base it on anyone you know?
Are you fishing? No, I didn’t. The writer might have done.

Do you do much research preparing for your roles?
It depends on the role. Sometimes it’s useful, sometimes it isn’t. I did a lot of research when I did the play Rocket To The Moon, which was set in 1938. But TV is different. A lot of it is done for you. You can just walk on to a set that evokes the 1930s and you don’t have to imagine or research that.

What was your first professional acting role?
I was nine. I was paid £18 to be an extra on EastEnders. I thought I’d hit the big time. I had to ride a bike around the square.

You went to stage school with Emma Bunton – did you ever fancy becoming a pop star?
No and even if I did I don’t think anyone would have encouraged me. That was never going to happen. Emma always had a lovely voice and she was a brilliant dancer so it made perfect sense but it’s not for me – just due to my singing voice and dancing. I was never one of those teenagers who sang into their hairbrush.

What are people’s misconceptions of you?
That I’m posh.

You come from a family of taxi drivers – was that ever a career option for you?
No, it’s not really a job for a girl, I suppose. Or I imagined it wasn’t. I passed my driving test first time, though.

thanks Tracey :D I'll have to see if it's in the paper too :nod: