Life on Mars - Keeley Hawes/Alex Drake (A2A) #13: Both on Stage and Screen

**crazy_diamond** · 10-29-2013, 01:05 PM

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."

made by Fade to Black

"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."

by red wine stains

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Fans:
01. I_Wish_I_Were_Kerry
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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Future Titles
" I really like working in TV because it’s different every single day"
"Barking or Belgravia? Belgravia. I’m common though, so I can say that"
"In winter I like to light a little fire, have a bath - all those things. God, I sound so old and boring!"

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
#12 She's So Classy