How We Met: Keeley Hawes and Gina Bellman Gina Bellman (right) was born in New Zealand in 1965, but came to the UK with her parents at 11. She started her acting career at the National Theatre, aged 14, before appearing in Dennis Potter’s ‘Blackeyes‘. She currently stars in the BBC comedy ‘Coupling‘. She is…Continue readingHow We Met: Keeley Hawes and Gina Bellman
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Keeley Hawes, actress ‘I often walk to Richmond from my house in Twickenham to go to the shops and The ***** **** is the perfect place to stop between the two. It’s a beautiful walk and I like the exercise. I’m a white wine sort of a girl when it comes to drinking. I also…Continue readingObserver Food Monthly: My Favourite Pub
A Victorian Affair In early February 2004, keeley-hawes.co.uk conducted an email interview with Maureen Jennings. Maureen Jennings, the author of the Detective Murdoch Mysteries series of novels, has always been intrigued by Toronto’s Victorian heritage — so much so that she’s been known to spend weeks at a time researching the individual social groups featured…Continue readingInterview with Maureen Jennings, author of Murdoch Mysteries
Being a spook almost as good as being Bond An MI5 team disguised as gas inspectors prepare to bug a house. They tell a neighbour there’s been a gas leak and spray gas in the air to authenticate the story. They go into their target house. “Shit, I’ve let the bloody cat out! They never…Continue readingNew Zealand Herald: Being a spook almost as good as being Bond
British spy drama MI-5 keeps its cast guessing Success in television is sometimes measured by whether the real-life people whose jobs are portrayed on screen enjoy a show. By that standard, the spy drama “MI-5” is a huge success. The British series, which airs on A&E in this country and whose first season is available…Continue reading*Zap2it: British spy drama MI-5 keeps its cast guessing
Spooks star refused entry into the US Spooks star Keeley Hawes found herself at the sharp end of the authorities when she was refused entry into the US on a recent trip to promote the series’ DVD. Hawes had less than six months left on her passport before it expired and, under new US customs…Continue readingBroadcast Magazine: Spooks star refused entry into the US
The latest Upstairs Downstairs ES Magazine is posted here! One Step Ahead Actress Keeley Hawes left her husband of four months for her Spooks co-star. Now happily in love and with a new series about to start, she tells Lydia Slater why a scandal won’t hold her back.Continue readingEvening Standard Magazine: One Step Ahead
When in Rome (California) It’s an arcane bit of Los Angeles culture, but then Matthew Macfadyen likes to invoke the “when-in-Rome” rule. Rome in this case is Hollywood, and more specifically the Santa Monica Pier, the fabled timber-and-pilings amusement park, which reminds him of the seaside arcades in his native Britain. “Well, except the ones…Continue readingNew York Times: A Night Out With: Matthew Macfadyen
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The Times Magazine July 2003
A born showgirl Rather like Truman Capote’s heroine Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, life just seems to happen to the actress Keeley Hawes. The daughter of a London cabbie, Hawes grew up practically on top of Marylebone station, listening to the noise of the trains. Perhaps as an antidote to all this she enrolled…Continue readingThe Times Magazine July 2003
In real life, the FBI was never like this. WASHINGTON — Among the many differences between the Land of the Free and that Sceptred Isle is the no-holds-barred, down-and-dirty seriousness with which the Brits take their domestic security. Our FBI agents may be inching toward black leather trench coats with some of the provisions of…Continue readingChicago Tribune: In real life, the FBI was never like this