Biography
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 Glamou...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Scoop
2024
as Amanda Thirsk
Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous intervie...
To Olivia
2021
as Patricia Neal
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relati...
Rebecca
2020
as Beatrice
After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.
Misbehaviour
2020
as Julia Morley
A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World ...
What The Durrells Did Next
2019
as Herself - Host
Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals the adventures of the eccentric Durrell family on...
The Coronation
2018
as Narrator
The 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II marked the moment when she was formally recognized as England's new sovereign in front of God and her subjec...
Never Land
2017
as Sarah
After mishearing a pair of fishermen talking about the superior flood barriers in The Netherlands, Noah devises an escape plan to Never Land. The only...
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when the things that go bump in the night move in next d...
High-Rise
2015
as Ann Royal
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Catherine Mundi
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues ...
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Mrs Todhunter
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers c...
Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
2011
as Narrator
This is a documentary about unsung heroes of World War II. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's pers...
Kate and William: A Royal Love Story
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Special documentary celebrating the love story of William and Kate, and uncovering how they met, how they fell in love, and how they got to where they...
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009
as Herself
The documentary about the making of the critically acclaimed British TV sequel series to the show Life on Mars, featuring behind the scenes interviews...
Flashbacks of a Fool
2008
as Jesse Scott
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his child...
The Bank Job
2008
as Wendy Leather
Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood...
10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective
2008
as Narrator
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: 10 Years profiles the creators, the games, the live-action models, and the fans who have collectively made Tomb Raider a pop c...
Death at a Funeral
2007
as Jane
A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an ...
After Thomas
2006
as Nicola Graham
Television film adaptation of the true story ("A Friend Like Henry" by Nuala Gardner) of a young autistic boy and his extraordinary friendship with hi...
The Best Man
2006
as Kate Sheldrake
After painter Michael 'Mike' Sheldrake's failed suicide attempt, house-mate and life-long best friend Peter Tremaine, an antiques shop owner, reminisc...
Under The Greenwood Tree
2005
as Fancy Day
Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class sch...
Macbeth
2005
as Ella Macbeth
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
2004
as Dr. Julia Ogden
Detective William Murdoch is called upon to investigate the death of police constable Oliver Wicken, who is believed to have committed suicide. Howeve...
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
as Dr. Julia Ogden
In late 19th century Toronto, Detective William Murdoch investigates the murder of a young girl found in the red light district. When a possible witne...
Chaos and Cadavers
2003
as Samantha Taggert
Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which ...
Lucky Jim
2003
as Christine Callaghan
A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British u...
Me & Mrs. Jones
2003
as Jane
A top tabloid journalist poses as a political fundraiser to get dirt on the prime minister, but things take a turn when the two begin to fall for one ...
A Is for Acid
2002
as Gillian Rogers
Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in t...
Othello
2001
as Dessie Brabant
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit sti...
Hotel!
2001
as Tricia
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to ...
Complicity
2000
as Yvonne
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some m...
The Last September
2000
as Lois Farquar
In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, a...
The Cater Street Hangman
1998
as Charlotte Ellison
With the help of a feisty aristocratic woman, a working-class Scotland Yard inspector hunts for a serial killer of young women in Victorian London.
The Avengers
1998
as Tamara
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the worl...
The Beggar Bride
1997
as Angela Harper
How far will she go for money? "Don't you see, Billy, people like them owe people like us." Young, beautiful and living on the breadline with a feck...
The Moonstone
1996
as Rachel Verinder
Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic mystery, the first detective...