Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawesis an English actress and former model. She stars in film version of The Last Septemberand 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, Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes, and Lady Agnes in the 2010–12 remake of Upstairs, Downstairs. She stars in the second and third series of the BBC Two...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 February 1976
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When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden.
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I went on two holidays as a child. It wasn't what people did where I grew up.
I was never one of those teenagers who sang into their hairbrush.
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I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it.
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I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre.
dreams
I have quite a lot of anxiety dreams.
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I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.
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I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself.
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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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The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met.
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I'm a total stationery fiend - I have drawers and drawers of lovely printed cards and wrapping paper.
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The funny thing about children is that, whichever room we're in, that's where they'll be. If I'm in the bath, they'll want to be in there too, playing with the toothbrush pot or brushing my hair.