Rebecca Jane Hazlewood is a

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. She was born in

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and grew up in the village of

Kingswinford Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated west-southwest of central Dudley. In 2011 the area had a population of 25,191, down from 25,808 at the 2001 Census. The current economic focus ...

in the Black Country, West Midlands. She is of

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descent.

Career

Hazlewood was discovered by Caryn Franklin, who selected her to model on the BBC’s ''The Clothes Show'' while Hazlewood was skipping school. On British television, Hazlewood played Arun Parmar in the psychodrama '' Bad Girls.''Marlow, Viv (2005)
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sitcom '' Outsourced,''Fernandez, Maria Elena (2010)
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'', 15 October 2010, retrieved 2011-07-25 which aired for one season. Other early work included acting as Talia Ahmed in the ITV series ''

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'' alongside

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, in the ''Masters of the Universe'' a special BBC week-long series in January 2010 as college lecturer Sia and the 2001 British

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feature ''Dog Eat Dog'' with

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and

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. In 2006 she featured as Beth in ''Meeting Helen’’. She appeared in a lead role in the indie feature film ''Kissing Cousins''. In 2007, Hazlewood played young Parin in ''

The Ode ''The Ode'' is a 2008 film directed by Nilanjan Neil Lahiri and starring Sachin Bhatt, Wilson Cruz and Sakina Jaffrey. The film is an adaptation of the novel, ''Ode to Lata'' by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. The biopic was shot on location in Kenya an ...

'', based on the novel ''Ode to Lata'' by acclaimed novelist Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. In 2008, Hazlewood appeared throughout Season 14 of the NBC drama '' ER'', portraying Jaspreet, a wayward cousin of Neela's, who came straight from London in order to avoid an arranged marriage. In 2009, Hazlewood appeared as Nalini, an Ajira Airways ticket agent, in season 5 of ''

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''. In 2011, Hazlewood appeared as Meera in ''Embrace'', written, directed and produced by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. In 2012, Hazlewood guest starred on ''

Grey's Anatomy ''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into se ...

'', episode 17, "One Step Too Far". In 2013, Hazlewood guest-starred on the '' White Collar'' season 5 episode "Digging Deeper". She appeared in the film '' Equals'' directed by Drake Doremus and produced by ''Ridley Scott.'' She guest-starred in multiple episodes of ''

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'' as Kamilah. Rebecca has a cameo role in experimental feature '' Lost In London,'' written and directed by

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, which was filmed in one take and screened live in cinemas across the world.

Filmography

References

External links

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Rebecca Hazlewood`s Youtube channel''Teacher in a Box''
at Youtube {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazlewood, Rebecca Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British people of Anglo-Indian descent British actresses of Indian descent English people of Indian descent English television actresses 21st-century English actresses People from Kingswinford English film actresses