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vastly underrated actress

posted 17 years ago by quixote_89
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can i just say that Keeley Hawes is probably Britain's most underused, underrated British actress, and it's about time she finally started getting plenty of roles and people are starting to talk about her, and yes she does look like a slightly older Kiera Knightley, but she's a far better actress, I don't think she could of pulled of the role Keeley played in After Thomas, it was realistic and moving, and I hope she keeps building her profile up because she's deserves it.

[–] StacyScrip 15 years ago

I thought she was great in "Spooks" as Zoe, certainly the best female character ever in that series along with Ruth. She underplayed nicely which the role called for: she was a hardworking young agent who didn't want to call too much attention to herself. She played it just right with a touch of uncertain vulnerability.
As for "Ashes to Ashes" she got the license to go completely over the top for Series-I which worked to differentiate it from LOM. In Series-2, she's knocked it down a notch or two because that's what the series calls for: her character is now used to the 1980's and she's more settled.
She is one of those actors who does seem to pay attention to whole story arc to pitch her performance just so.