{video placeholder} I can’t fill Jolie’s shoes Keeley Hawes doesn’t feel she could fill Angelina Jolie’s shoes by playing Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider movie. The Ashes to Ashes star voices the sexy action-seeking archaeologist in the video games and it has been reported that Angelina, who starred in the first two movie…Continue readingIdentity Press Conference
Ashes to Ashes star Keeley Hawes on surviving a showbiz marriage Keeley Hawes set millions of pulses racing after her first appearance in Ashes to Ashes in suspenders and a micro-mini. So it’s a slight shock when you meet her to realise that the 34-year-old is the mother of three young children under 10. If…Continue readingThe London Evening Standard: Ashes to Ashes star Keeley Hawes on surviving a showbiz marriage
Ashes to Ashes star Keeley Hawes on the show biting the dust She takes all manner of brickbats from Gene Hunt and fends them off with a steely glare and a flick of her 80s hairdo. So how come I’m the one to make Keeley Hawes cry? The 33-year-old star of Ashes to Ashes is…Continue readingThe Daily Record: Ashes to Ashes star Keeley Hawes on the show biting the dust
Hero or Villain? Keeley Hawes You have to admire her. This time last year Keeley Hawes was being called “woefully wooden”, “clunking” and “a screeching toff” in her role as DI Alex Drake in the first series Ashes to Ashes. Did she mind? A bit. But it didn’t stop her from getting straight back on…Continue reading*The Independent on Sunday: The accidental actress who takes on the big boys
Keeley Hawes Mutual Friends 9pm Tuesday BBC1 Mutual Friends is billed as a comedy, but in its opening scenes the new six-part series starring Keeley Hawes, Marc Warren and Alexander Armstrong, isn’t exactly a laugh a minute. We see Carl, a middle-aged father of three, saying goodbye to his wife and children, picking up his…Continue readingThe Independent on Sunday: Mutual Friends interview
Transcript and Matthew’s interview: I play Jane, erm Daniel’s wife and um the daughter-in-law of Sandra, who hates Jane. [laughs] Quite why, we don’t know. I think it’s just that sort of mother-in-law, daughter-in-law love-hate type relationship.Continue readingDeath at a Funeral DVD interview
Take One Keeley Hawes tells us what it’s like to step back in time as DI Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes You’re going back to the ’80s for your role in Ashes to Ashes. It’s an interesting concept, isn’t it? I think it’s something people probably think about a lot, whether they could stop…Continue reading*The Western Mail: Don’t Mind Your P’s and Q’s (and Philip Glenister interviewed)
As we prepare for the long-awaited premiere of Ashes to Ashes tomorrow night, TV Today caught up with its two principal stars, Philip Glenister (returning as DCI Gene Hunt) and Keeley Hawes, who plays newcomer Alex Drake. (Don’t forget our interview yesterday with supporting actors Marshall Lancaster and Montserrat Lombard as well.) As with yesterday’s…Continue readingThe Stage: Keeley Hawes and Philip Glenister interviewed
Life After Spooks Keeley Hawes is a fine actress, a proud mother, a witty interviewee, extremely gorgeous and married to Mr Darcy (well, Matthew Macfadyen, anyway). Liz Hoggard isn’t jealous. Not a bit of it.Continue readingThe Independent: Life After Spooks
Leading Lady After the hoo-ha over her marriage to her Spooks co-star, Keeley Hawes is back with a stunning take on Macbeth for TV and her first big British film.Continue readingThe Observer: Leading Lady
