Acting · London, England, UK · Born February 10, 1976
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 Glamour Award. She played leading roles in the 2010 revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, the limited series The Casual Vacancy (2015), The Missing (2016), and the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells (2016–2019). Hawes was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance in Jed Mercurio's police procedural Line of Duty as DI Lindsey Denton. She teamed again with Mercurio for the 2018 thriller Bodyguard in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague. Hawes has also appeared in films, including Death at a Funeral (2007) and High-Rise (2015), and she provided the voice of Lara Croft in a series of Tomb Raider video games.
TVFalling
2026
as Anna
TVThe Assassin
2025
as Julie Green
TVMiss Austen
2025
as Cassandra Austen
TVAirborne
2024
as Self - Narrator
TVOrphan Black: Echoes
2024
as Kira Manning
MovieScoop
2024
as Amanda Thirsk
TVStonehouse
2023
as Barbara Stonehouse
TVCrossfire
2022
as Jo
TVThe Midwich Cuckoos
2022
as Susannah Zellaby
MovieTo Olivia
2021
as Patricia Neal
TVIt's a Sin
2021
as Valerie Tozer
TVFinding Alice
2021
as Alice
MovieRebecca
2020
as Beatrice
TVHonour
2020
as DCI Caroline Goode
MovieMisbehaviour
2020
as Julia Morley
TVYear of the Rabbit
2019
as Lydia
TVSummer of Rockets
2019
as Kathleen Shaw
MovieWhat The Durrells Did Next
2019
as Herself - Host
TVTraitors
2019
as Priscilla Garrick
TVMrs Wilson
2018
as Dorothy Wick
TVBodyguard
2018
as Julia Montague
TVOrangutan Jungle School
2018
as Narrator
MovieThe Coronation
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieNever Land
2017
as Sarah
TVThe Durrells
2016
as Louisa Durrell
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
TVFungus the Bogeyman
2015
as Wendy Snow
MovieHigh-Rise
2015
as Ann Royal
TVThe Casual Vacancy
2015
as Samantha Mollison
TVThe Missing
2014
as Gemma Webster
TVDoctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Louise
MovieThe Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
2013
as Catherine Mundi
TVAmbassadors
2013
as Jennifer
TVThe Tunnel
2013
as Suze Beaumont
MovieThe Lady Vanishes
2013
as Laura Parmiter aka Mrs Todhunter
TVThe Hollow Crown
2012
as Queen Elizabeth
TVLine of Duty
2012
as Lindsay Denton
MovieCode-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
2011
as Narrator
MovieKate and William: A Royal Love Story
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVUpstairs Downstairs
2010
as Lady Agnes Holland
TVIdentity
2010
as DSI Martha Lawson
MovieThe Making of... Ashes to Ashes
2009
as Herself
TVMutual Friends
2008
as Jen Grantham
MovieFlashbacks of a Fool
2008
as Jesse Scott
MovieThe Bank Job
2008
as Wendy Leather
TVAshes to Ashes
2008
as Alex Drake
Movie10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective
2008
as Narrator
The Story of the Costume Drama
2008
as Herself - Narrator
MovieDeath at a Funeral
2007
as Jane
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieAfter Thomas
2006
as Nicola Graham
TVThat Mitchell and Webb Look
2006
as Keeley Hawes
TVThe One Show
2006
as Self
MovieThe Best Man
2006
as Kate Sheldrake
MovieUnder The Greenwood Tree
2005
as Fancy Day
MovieShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
as Ella Macbeth
TVShakespeaRe-Told
2005
MovieA Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Ms Delphox
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Phillipa Haymes
MovieThe Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
2004
as Dr. Julia Ogden
MovieThe Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
2004
as Dr. Julia Ogden
TVThe Murdoch Mysteries
2004
as Dr. Julia Ogden
TVCanterbury Tales
2003
as Emily
MovieChaos and Cadavers
2003
as Samantha Taggert
MovieLucky Jim
2003
as Christine Callaghan
MovieMe & Mrs. Jones
2003
as Jane
TVTipping the Velvet
2002
as Kitty Butler
MovieA Is for Acid
2002
as Gillian Rogers
TVSpooks
2002
as Zoe Reynolds
MovieOthello
2001
as Dessie Brabant
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Deborah
MovieHotel!
2001
as Tricia
MovieComplicity
2000
as Yvonne
MovieThe Last September
2000
as Lois Farquar
TVWives and Daughters
1999
as Cynthia Kirkpatrick
TVThe Blonde Bombshell
1999
as Diana Fluck / Diana Dors
MovieThe Cater Street Hangman
1998
as Charlotte Ellison
MovieThe Avengers
1998
as Tamara
TVOur Mutual Friend
1998
as Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam
MovieThe Beggar Bride
1997
as Angela Harper
TVThe Beggar Bride
1997
as Angela Harper
MovieThe Moonstone
1996
as Rachel Verinder
TVKaraoke
1996
as Linda Langer
TVPie in the Sky
1994
as Stella Jackson
TVHeartbeat
1992
Troublemakers
1990
as Mandy Harper
TVForever Green
1989
as Carol
TVThis Morning
1988
as Self - Guest
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
