I am a Cockney cabbie’s girl but learning to talk like the Queen has turned me into a star The right accent, according to psychologists, can affect everything from your career to romance. Most of us don’t think twice about the way we talk, yet for actress Keeley Hawes, 22, the decision to have elocution…Continue readingThe Daily Mail: The Day That Changed My Life
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My breast cancer hell by stunner who plays bombshell Stunning Keeley Hawes, who plays cancer-stricken Diana Dors in this week’s ITV drama, suffered a terrifying breast cancer ordeal herself. Keeley, 23, had a lump removed from her left breast when she was just 19. And she went through days of hell as she waited in…Continue reading*The People: My breast cancer hell by stunner who plays bombshell
But, as a new TV biopic shows, this was one blonde who knew how to have fun We seem to be eternally fascinated by blonde icons called Diana. She may not have been royalty, but Diana Dors, the voluptuous British screen star of the postwar years, shared many other qualities with the late Princess of…Continue reading*The Independent: Staying In: Our other Diana Diana Dors had it all and lost it
The Blonde Bombshell; Monday – Tuesday, ITV, 9pm. In the thin-obsessed world of Hollywood, most actresses starve themselves to get the roles they want. But for Keeley Hawes’ latest role as British film legend Diana Dors, it was all about putting weight on. Back in the ’50s and ’60s, Diana Dors was Britain’s answer to…Continue readingThe Daily Record: She who Dors wins the part
She’s better known for playing elegant toffs, but in a remarkable transformation Keeley Hawes has captured the feisty spirit and courage of British sex siren Diana Dors. In a skin-tight dress that accentuates every curve, ruby red lipstick drawing her mouth into a full pout, her hair bleached a platinum blonde and curled into a…Continue reading**The Mirror: I binged on chips, chocolate and beer to look like Diana Dors, but I loved my fuller figure
Keeley lays bare the life of a sex symbol She was last seen on our screens trussed up in period costume for the ITV drama The Cater Street Hangman. But for her latest role, playing the young Diana Dors in a TV bio-pic called The Blonde Bombshell, Keeley Hawes switches to far more revealing outfits…Continue readingThe Daily Mail: Keeley lays bare the life of a sex symbol
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OK Magazine September 1998
Keeley Hawes When Keeley Hawes was at drama school, little did she know that a few years later she and her classmates would be dominating the TV ratings and pop charts. Samantha Janus, Denise Van Outen, Dani Behr, Baby Spice Emma Bunton and All Saints stars Melanie Blatt, Nicole and Natalie Appleton were among Keeley’s…Continue readingOK Magazine September 1998
A look that’s opening new Dors for Keeley The platinum locks, curvaceous figure and sexy hands-on-hips pose is unmistakably Diana Dors — but the picture above is of a very Nineties actress. Keeley Hawes, 22, plays the famous sex symbol in a £ 3 million ITV miniseries The Blonde Bombshell, which follows her incredible life…Continue readingThe Daily Mail: A look that’s opening new Dors for Keeley
Keeley Hawes: from Karaoke babe to Avenging angel Bugger. I really liked her. I was determined to write a polite but distant piece, because the first time she was unresponsive and the second time she was late. In Keeley Hawes’ defence, the first time she’d just split with her boyfriend and was utterly distraught. So…Continue readingEsquire Magazine March 1998: Touchy-Keeley
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Sky Magazine March 1998
Keeley Hawes The manic parping of a car horn announces the late arrival of Keeley Hawes as she pulls up to the restaurant where we’ve arranged to meet. She flaps her arms, gesticulating for me to hop in and belts off to find a parking space. Long, lean and giggly, this 22-year-old model-turned-actress has achieved…Continue readingSky Magazine March 1998