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Who is Keeley Hawes?

Keeley Hawes was born on the 1st January 1977 in London, England. She is an actress best known for her role as Zoe Ryenolds in the BBC drama series, Spooks from 2002 to 2004. She has also appeared in a number of other television dramas, including Dennis Potter's Karaoke in 1995 and ITV's Othello in 2001. She also played the young Diana Dors in the ITV biopic Blonde Bombshell in 1999. Hawes has also appeared in films such as The Avengers (1998), The Last September, Complicity (2000) and A Cock and Bull Story (2006), and in two music videos. On 23 February 2006, it was revealed that Keeley had replaced Jonell Elliot as the voice of Lara Croft. She voiced the role of the globetrotting adventurer in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend. She reprised her role in the 2007 remake of the original Tomb Raider game, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary. She was recently cast as DCI Alex Drake in the new spin-off series of Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes. She was also cast as Jane in the 2007 comedy Death at a Funeral. She says she like adaptations of classic and modern novels as vehicles for her talents.