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Claire Julia Hawes (born 10 February 1976), known professionally as Keeley Hawes, is an English actress. After beginning her career in a number of literary adaptations, including ''
Our Mutual Friend
''Our Mutual Friend'', written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quo ...
'' (1998) and ''
Tipping the Velvet
''Tipping the Velvet'' (1998) is a historical novel by Sarah Waters; it is her debut novel. Set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her ...
'' (2002), Hawes rose to fame for her portrayal of
Zoe Reynolds
Zoe Reynolds is a fictional case officer in the counterterrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series '' Spooks'', also known as ''MI5'' in the United States. The character is played by Keeley Hawes. Prior to starting her ...
in the BBC series ''
Spooks'' (2002–2004), followed by her co-lead performance as
DI Alex Drake Alex Drake may refer to:
* Alex Drake (Ashes to Ashes)
DI Alexandra "Alex" Drake is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama '' Ashes to Ashes''. The character is portrayed by Keeley Hawes and as a child by Lu ...
in ''
Ashes to Ashes'' (2008–2010). She is also known for her roles in
Jed Mercurio
Gerald Gary "Jed" Mercurio (born September 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. A former hospital doctor and Royal Air Force officer, Mercurio has been ranked among UK television's leading writers. In 2017, Mer ...
's ''
Line of Duty
''Line of Duty'' is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years wit ...
'' as
DI Lindsay Denton (2014–2016) and in
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
drama ''
Bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
'' (2018) in which she played
Home Secretary
The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all national ...
Julia Montague. Hawes is a three-time
BAFTA TV Award
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Background
The first-ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories. Until ...
nominee, having been nominated for the
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
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for her roles as Lindsay Denton and Julia Montague, and a
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dorothy Wick in the drama ''
Mrs Wilson
''Mrs Wilson'' (formerly known as ''The Wilsons'') is a 2018 British historical drama serial, executive-produced by and starring Ruth Wilson. The actress plays her real-life grandmother, a widow who uncovers a mysterious and secret life followi ...
''.
Hawes has had leading roles in the 2010 revival of ''
Upstairs, Downstairs'', the limited series ''
The Casual Vacancy
''The Casual Vacancy'' is a 2012 novel written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published worldwide by the Little, Brown Book Group on 27 September 2012. A paperback edition was released on 23 July 2013. It was Rowling's first publication since ...
'' (2015), ''
The Missing'' (2016), the ITV comedy-drama ''
The Durrells
''The Durrells'' (known in North America as ''The Durrells in Corfu'') is a British comedy-drama television series loosely based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years (1935–1939) on the Greek island of ...
'' (2016–2019), the
Russell T Davies
Stephen Russell Davies (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include '' Queer as Folk'', '' The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the BBC One scie ...
drama serial ''
It's a Sin
"It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, ''Actually'' (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became the duo's se ...
'' (2021) and in ''
The Midwich Cuckoos
''The Midwich Cuckoos'' is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critic ...
'' (2022). She has also acted as an executive producer on ITV drama ''
Honour
Honour (British English) or honor (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of socia ...
'' (2020) and comedy-drama ''
Finding Alice'' (2021), starring in them both.
Hawes has appeared in films, including ''
Death at a Funeral'' (2007), ''
High-Rise'' (2015), ''
Misbehaviour'' (2020) and ''
To Olivia'' (2021), in which she portrays actress
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal, January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. A major star of the 1950s and 1960s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two ...
. She has also provided the voice of
Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise ''Tomb Raider''. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins around th ...
in ''
Tomb Raider
''Tomb Raider'', also known as ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British gaming company Core Design. Formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, th ...
'' video games, including ''
Tomb Raider: Legend'', ''
Tomb Raider: Anniversary'', ''
Tomb Raider: Underworld'', and ''
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
''Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light'' is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix's Square Enix Europe, European subsidiary for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and iOS. It is part ...
''.
Early life
Hawes was born at
St Mary's Hospital, London
St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, wh ...
, and grew up in a council flat in Marylebone. She is the youngest of four children. Hawes attended
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist performing arts school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE.
Outline
The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in ...
where she became friends with singer
Emma Bunton
Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and media personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Baby Spice. With over 100 million recor ...
. In her teenage years she worked in various part-time jobs including at a casino,
Sainsbury's
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Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company wa ...
and
McDonald’s
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. While in sixth form she was approached in Oxford Street by a modelling scout and signed up by
Select Model Management
Established in London in 1977, by founders Tandy Anderson and sisters Clare and Chrissie Castagnetti, Select Model Management is a global network of model and talent agencies.
Company
In their early days, Select was one of the first modelling ag ...
. After numerous features for teen magazine ''
Shout'', Hawes became a fashion intern for ''
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
''. During this period, she was first asked to audition for a film.
We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me. I'm sure my dad spreads the word about my programmes to everyone who gets in his cab, which must help the ratings!
Career
Hawes first came into the public eye in the 1990s, having supporting roles in ''Troublemakers'',
Dennis Potter
Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his BBC television serials '' Pennies from Heaven'' (1978), ''The Singing Detective'' (198 ...
's ''
Karaoke
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...
'' (1995), ''
Heartbeat'' (1995) and ''
The Beggar Bride
''The Beggar Bride'' was a 1997 British two-part television programme adapted from the Gillian White novel of the same name.
Overview
It was released on VHS in 1999 by 2 Entertain Video.
Cast and crew
Cast
*Keeley Hawes as Angela Harper
* ...
'' (1997). Hawes' first film role was in the 1998 film ''
The Avengers'', in which she played Tamara.
Hawes appeared in several BBC adaptations of classic and modern literature, including ''
Our Mutual Friend
''Our Mutual Friend'', written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quo ...
'' (1998), ''
Wives and Daughters
''Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story'' is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess M ...
'' (1999) and as the young
Diana Dors
Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 19314 May 1984) was an English actress and singer.
Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was pr ...
in the
biopic
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...
''
The Blonde Bombshell
''The Blonde Bombshell'' is a British two-part mini-series based on the life and death of actress Diana Dors. It was produced by LWT for ITV, and first shown on 26 and 27 April 1999. Keeley Hawes played Dors during her early career (1945–1960 ...
'' (1999).
In the late 1990s, Hawes featured in at least four music videos, for the singles "
Saturday Night" by
Suede
Suede (pronounced ) is a type of leather with a fuzzy, napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, fabrics, purses, furniture, and other items. The term comes from the French , which literally means "gloves from Sweden". The term was fir ...
, "Marvellous" by
The Lightning Seeds
The Lightning Seeds (also known as Lightning Seeds) are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the bands Big in Japan, Care, and Original Mirrors. Originally a studio-based s ...
, "Come Around" by
The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a year later. Four of their albums reached the top 10 on the New Zealand Albums Chart ...
, and "
She's a Star
"She's a Star" is a song written and performed by British alternative rock band James (band), James. It was released on 10 February 1997 as the first single from their seventh studio album, ''Whiplash (album), Whiplash'' (1997). "She's a Star" r ...
" by
James
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
.
In 2002, Hawes appeared in ''
Tipping the Velvet
''Tipping the Velvet'' (1998) is a historical novel by Sarah Waters; it is her debut novel. Set in England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her ...
''. From 2002 to 2004, she appeared as
Zoe Reynolds
Zoe Reynolds is a fictional case officer in the counterterrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series '' Spooks'', also known as ''MI5'' in the United States. The character is played by Keeley Hawes. Prior to starting her ...
in the spy drama series ''
Spooks''. In 2003, she appeared in the BBC's re-telling of ''
The Canterbury Tales
''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's ''Masterpiece, ...
''. In 2006, Hawes replaced Jonell Elliott as the voice of
Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the video game franchise ''Tomb Raider''. She is presented as a highly intelligent and athletic British archaeologist who ventures into ancient tombs and hazardous ruins around th ...
in the action-adventure video game, ''
Tomb Raider: Legend''. She appeared as Rosie in the British comedy ''
The Vicar of Dibley
''The Vicar of Dibley'' is a British sitcom which originally ran on BBC One from 10 November 1994 to 1 January 2007. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes ...
'' from 2006 to 2007. Also in 2007, Hawes appeared as Jane in the comedy ''
Death at a Funeral''. She reprised her voiceover role as Lara Croft in the video games ''
Tomb Raider: Anniversary'', a remake of the original ''Tomb Raider'', released in 2007, followed by 2008's ''
Tomb Raider: Underworld''.
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In April 2008, Hawes began filming the BBC drama ''
Mutual Friends
''Mutual Friends'' is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in from 26 August until 30 September 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook ...
'', and appeared in ''
That Mitchell and Webb Look
''That Mitchell and Webb Look'' is a British sketch comedy television show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb that ran from 2006 to 2010. Many of its characters and sketches were first featured in the duo's radio show ''That Mitchell and W ...
''. From 2008 to 2010, she appeared in ''
Ashes to Ashes'', the spin-off from the hit
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series ''
Life on Mars
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'', as
Alex Drake Alex Drake may refer to:
* Alex Drake (Ashes to Ashes)
DI Alexandra "Alex" Drake is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama '' Ashes to Ashes''. The character is portrayed by Keeley Hawes and as a child by Lu ...
, a police officer in London's
Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
. For her portrayal of Alex Drake, Hawes was granted the Best UK Television Actress Award in 2008 by the
Glamour Awards
The ''Glamour'' Awards is an annual set of awards hosted by '' Glamour'' magazine. Woman of the Year awards honour "extraordinary and inspirational" women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medic ...
.
In 2009, Hawes portrayed
Detective Superintendent
Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries, the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territories ...
Martha Lawson in a six-episode ITV series,
''Identity''. The 2010 release of the isometric Tomb Raider spin-off game, ''
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
''Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light'' is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix's Square Enix Europe, European subsidiary for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and iOS. It is part ...
'', again featured Hawes as the voice of Lara Croft. In December of that year, she starred as Lady Agnes Holland in the three-episode relaunch of ''
Upstairs, Downstairs''.
On 25 April 2011, Hawes narrated the documentary ''Kate and William: A Royal Love Story'' on BBC One, prior to the
wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on Friday, 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, England. The groom was second in the line of succession to the British throne. The couple had been in a relationship since ...
. That June, she also narrated the
ITV1
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for t ...
documentary ''Four of a Kind'' as part of ITV's Extraordinary Families season.
Hawes appeared as Catherine Mundi in 2014's fantasy adventure film ''
Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box
''The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'' is a 2014 fantasy adventure film directed by Jonathan Newman and starring Aneurin Barnard as the protagonist, Mariah Mundi. It also stars Michael Sheen, Sam Neill, Lena Headey, Ioan Gruffudd, Keeley ...
''. She also guest-starred in 2014 as Ms. Delphox in the
eighth series of ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'', and returned as Lara Croft in the voiceover role for that year's release of the game ''
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'' is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia and Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to the 2 ...
''. Her performance as Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton in the
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
drama ''
Line of Duty
''Line of Duty'' is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years wit ...
'' (2014–2016), was described in ''
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
It was fo ...
'' as "the performance of 2014," and garnered her a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.
From 2016 to 2019, Hawes played the main role of
Louisa Durrell
Louisa Florence Durrell (née Dixie; 16 January 1886 – 24 January 1964), was an Anglo-Irish woman born in India during the British Raj. She was the mother of Lawrence and Gerald Durrell. She was featured in Gerald Durrell's autobiographic ...
in ITV's popular comedy-drama ''
The Durrells
''The Durrells'' (known in North America as ''The Durrells in Corfu'') is a British comedy-drama television series loosely based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years (1935–1939) on the Greek island of ...
''. She appeared in 2018's TV series ''
Bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
'', in which she played
Home Secretary
The secretary of state for the Home Department, otherwise known as the home secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. The home secretary leads the Home Office, and is responsible for all national ...
Julia Montague, and was nominated for a BAFTA for the role. Also in 2018, Hawes also played Dorothy Wick in ''
Mrs Wilson
''Mrs Wilson'' (formerly known as ''The Wilsons'') is a 2018 British historical drama serial, executive-produced by and starring Ruth Wilson. The actress plays her real-life grandmother, a widow who uncovers a mysterious and secret life followi ...
'', opposite
Iain Glen
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the ''Resident Evil'' film series (2004–2016) and as Ser Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy t ...
. Hawes came in at number 38 on the 2018 ''
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...
'' TV 100 list, determined by television executives and broadcasting veterans.
She has since appeared in ''
Traitors'' and ''
Summer of Rockets'', both in 2019.
Hawes later played Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Goode in the 2020 miniseries ''
Honour
Honour (British English) or honor (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of socia ...
'' which was based on the real life
murder of Banaz Mahmod
Banaz Mahmod (, 16 December 1985 – 24 January 2006) was a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurdish woman who lived in Mitcham, South London, England. She was murdered on the orders of her family in a so-called honour killing because she ended a violent and ...
. Hawes' portrayal was applauded by ''
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
''. She also appeared in the films ''
Misbehaviour'' and ''
Rebecca
Rebecca, ; Syriac: , ) from the Hebrew (lit., 'connection'), from Semitic root , 'to tie, couple or join', 'to secure', or 'to snare') () appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical ...
'' that year. In 2021, Hawes co-created, served as an executive producer and starred in the ITV comedy-drama ''
Finding Alice'' as Alice Dillion. It was later announced that there would be a second series.
In 2021, Hawes appeared in the
Russell T. Davis five-part drama ''
It's a Sin
"It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, ''Actually'' (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became the duo's se ...
'' as Valerie Tozer. The series follows five 18-year-olds who move to London in 1981 and have their lives turned upside down by the
AIDS crisis
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. It aired on
Channel 4
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and on
HBO Max
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in the United States. Critics and viewers described her performance in the final episode as "outstanding and magnificent" and a "masterclass". Similarly, the ''
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTimes'') is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by J ...
'' described her performance as "stunning" and "heartbreaking". Critics and viewers also expressed their desire for Hawes to win
BAFTAs
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...
for her performance. The following month, Hawes appeared as actress
Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal (born Patsy Louise Neal, January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. A major star of the 1950s and 1960s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two ...
in 2021 film ''
To Olivia'', which revolves around her marriage to
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...
and the death of their daughter.
In June 2022, Hawes appeared in a leading role as Dr. Susannah Zellaby in
Sky Max
Sky Max is a British pay television channel which launched on 1 September 2021 along with Sky Showcase. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a subsidiary of Comcast.
The channel was announced on 28 July 2021 to replace Sky One, which had been ...
science fiction horror drama ''
The Midwich Cuckoos
''The Midwich Cuckoos'' is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens. The book has been praised by many critic ...
'' based on the
novel of the same name.
Philanthropy
Hawes began working with
UNICEF
UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...
in 2012; in 2017 she became a UNICEF ambassador. Her main focus has been visiting Syrian refugee children and families living in the Za’atari refugee camp and host communities in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
.
Personal life
Hawes married the
disc jockey
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Spencer McCallum in December 2001 when their son Myles was almost two years old; they divorced in 2004. She married
Matthew Macfadyen, her co-star in ''
Spooks'', in November 2004 and their daughter was born the following month. Their second child was born in September 2006.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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