Cold Call Keeley Hawes, 24, star of Wives and Daughters and Our Mutual Friend, returns to the small screen to play Desdemona in a modern-day Othello on ITV on December 23. She lives in Surrey with her boyfriend, Spencer, and their 16-month-old son, Myles. Alan Jackson: A graduate of the Sylvia Young school of wannabe…Continue readingThe Times Magazine: Cold Call
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“I’d rather see sex on screen than violence” Keeley Hawes says co-star Jonny Lee Miller ‘kept a little pair of pants on’ while filming their sex scenes in Complicity. Keeley Hawes has achieved the impossible — she was so sexy in a love scene with co-star Jonny Lee Miller that she made him blush. The…Continue readingNow Magazine: “I’d rather see sex on screen than violence”
Keeley, the reluctant temptress It doesn’t come easy trying to imagine Keeley Hawes, gamine young star of steamy period dramas such as the BBC’s Wives and Daughters and heavily cleavaged ones such as the Diana Dors biopic Blonde Bombshell, sitting at home knitting. She says that her sister has to cast off for her —…Continue reading**London Evening Standard: Keeley, the reluctant temptress
Costume Drama Queen Keeley Hawes stars in another period piece, but the taxi driver’s daughter is more than happy to keep pulling on the corsets, she tells Ben Atherton. Sunday night is shaping up to be Battle of the Costume Dramas night. While ITV weighs in with Alan Bleasdale’s convention-busting Oliver Twist, the BBC is…Continue readingThe Evening News: Costume Drama Queen
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
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 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
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
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