Keeley Hawes

Clare Julia Hawes was born on the 10th of February, 1976. She is also known professionally as Keeley Hawes. She began her career in a myriad of literary adaptations, including Our Mutual Friend (1998), Tipping the Velvet (2002) and Our Mutual Friend (1998), Hawes became famous for her role as Zoe Reynolds in the BBC series Spooks 2002-2004. Then she was reunited with Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes (2008)-2010. Also, she is known for her roles in Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty as DI Lindsay Denton (2014-2016) and in BBC One drama Bodyguard (2018) in which she played Home Secretary Julia Montague. Hawes is a three-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, having been nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her roles as Lindsay Denton and Julia Montague, as well as a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Dorothy Wick in the drama Mrs Wilson.Hawes has played lead roles in the revival of Upstairs, Downstairs, the limited series The Casual Vacancy (2015), The Missing (2016), the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells (2016-2019), the Russell T Davies drama serial It's a Sin (2021) as well as in The Midwich Cuckoos (2022). Hawes has also been an executive producer for the ITV the drama Honour (2020) as well as comedy-drama Finding Alice (2021), starring in them both