Keeley Hawes was born on 10^th February 1976 in Marleybone close to Sylvia Young Theatre School. She would here some of the student sign there and wanted to attend. She managed to enter with a free grant There she was taught elocution lessons, one of the reasons why she was perfect for the Lara Croft role and why she has her amazing voice..

At the age of 16, while she was walking down Oxford Street in London, she was spotted by a modelling agency. She decided to model and stuck with the job for eighteen months, although she didn’t like it; referring to it as “A bit scummy.” After she decided to be a fashion assistant for the Cosmopolitan.

Keeley had always had a passion for acting, and after she got noticed by a TV exec by a modelling photo, she got a role in the film; “Karaoke” in 1996. Since then she has appeared in several shows, voice over commercials, video games and Movies.