Keeley Hawes
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Doctor Who
Ms Delphox
2005
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Phillipa Haymes
2004
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Series
Line of Duty
Lindsay Denton
2012
Series
Heartbeat
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Michelle
1992
Series
Spooks
Zoe Reynolds
2002
Series
Inside No. 9
Louise
2014
Series
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
Series
Falling
Anna
2026
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Pie in the Sky
Stella Jackson
1994
Series
The Durrells
Louisa Durrell
2016
Series
Bodyguard
Julia Montague
2018
Series
The Hollow Crown
Queen Elizabeth
2012
Series
The Assassin
Julie Green
2025
Series
The Tunnel
Suze Beaumont
2013
Series
The Missing
Gemma Webster
2014
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Film
The Bank Job
Wendy Leather
2008
Series
Ashes to Ashes
Alex Drake
2008
Series
It's a Sin
Valerie Tozer
2021
Series
Murder in Mind
Deborah
2001
Series
The Midwich Cuckoos
Susannah Zellaby
2022
Series
Orphan Black: Echoes
Kira Manning
2024
Series
Upstairs Downstairs
Lady Agnes Holland
2010
Series
Wives and Daughters
Cynthia Kirkpatrick
1999
Series
Miss Austen
Cassandra Austen
2025
Film
The Avengers
Tamara
1998
Series
Mrs Wilson
Dorothy Wick
2018
Film
High-Rise
Ann Royal
2015
Series
Tipping the Velvet
Kitty Butler
2002
Series
Canterbury Tales
Emily
2003
Film
Misbehaviour
Julia Morley
2020
Series
Crossfire
Jo
2022
Film
Death at a Funeral
Jane
2007
Series
Year of the Rabbit
Lydia
2019
Series
ShakespeaRe-Told
Ella Macbeth
2005
Series
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Keeley Hawes
2006
Series
Traitors
Priscilla Garrick
2019
Series
Stonehouse
Barbara Stonehouse
2023
Film
Scoop
Amanda Thirsk
2024
Film
Rebecca
Beatrice
2020
Series
Doctor Who Extra
Self
2014
Series
Karaoke
Linda Langer
1996
Series
The Casual Vacancy
Samantha Mollison
2015
Series
Tricky Business
Arabella
1989
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Elizabeth 'Lexie' Hexam
1998
Series
Summer of Rockets
Kathleen Shaw
2019
Series
Ambassadors
Jennifer
2013
Film
A Cock and Bull Story
Elizabeth Shandy / Keeley Hawes
2005
Series
Cold Lazarus
Linda Langer
1996
Series
Identity
DSI Martha Lawson
2010
Series
Finding Alice
Alice
2021
Series
Orangutan Jungle School
Narrator
2018
Film
Flashbacks of a Fool
Jesse Scott
2008
Series
The Murdoch Mysteries
Dr. Julia Ogden
2004
Film
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Catherine Mundi
2013
Series
Honour
DCI Caroline Goode
2020
Series
Fungus the Bogeyman
Wendy Snow
2015
Series
This Morning
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Mutual Friends
Jen Grantham
2008
Series
Forever Green
Carol
1989
Troublemakers
Mandy Harper
1990
Film
The Lady Vanishes
Laura Parmiter aka Mrs Todhunter
2013
Series
The Beggar Bride
Angela Harper
1997
Series
The Blonde Bombshell
Diana Fluck / Diana Dors
1999
Film
Othello
Dessie Brabant
2001
Series
Airborne
Self - Narrator
2024
The Story of the Costume Drama
Herself - Narrator
2008
Film
The Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying
Dr. Julia Ogden
2004
Film
To Olivia
Patricia Neal
2021
Film
10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective
Narrator
2008
Film
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Ella Macbeth
2005
Film
The Last September
Lois Farquar
2000
Film
The Beggar Bride
Angela Harper
1997
Film
The Cater Street Hangman
Charlotte Ellison
1998
Film
What The Durrells Did Next
Herself - Host
2019
Film
Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
Narrator
2011
Film
The Moonstone
Rachel Verinder
1996
Film
After Thomas
Nicola Graham
2006
Film
The Best Man
Kate Sheldrake
2006
Film
The Murdoch Mysteries: Poor Tom Is Cold
Dr. Julia Ogden
2004
Film
A Is for Acid
Gillian Rogers
2002
Film
Under The Greenwood Tree
Fancy Day
2005
Film
The Coronation
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Lucky Jim
Christine Callaghan
2003
Film
Chaos and Cadavers
Samantha Taggert
2003
Film
Hotel!
Tricia
2001
Film
Complicity
Yvonne
2000
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015
Film
The Making of... Ashes to Ashes
Herself
2009
Film
Me & Mrs. Jones
Jane
2003
Film
Never Land
Sarah
2017
Film
Kate and William: A Royal Love Story
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011