huwgwyther From The Durrells and Honour to Bodyguard and Line of Duty,@misskeeleyhawes has made her name as an actress who delivers poise and nuance to every role she takes on, whatever the genre or medium. Over the next month she’s set to star in three new highly-anticipated dramas, exploring the complexity of loss in Finding Alice - premiering tonight on ITV - and the 1980s AIDS epidemic in Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin, as well as portraying Roald Dahl’s wife Patricia Neal in the upcoming biopic To Olivia.
Covering the SS21 issue ofrollacoaster, Hawes connects with her The Durrells co-star and The Crown actor Josh O’Connor over Zoom. Reflecting on these roles and the universal themes that link them, Hawes and O’Connor talk everything from navigating production through a pandemic to starting her own production company, and why they’d love to work together again.
ps - I decided to try to get Keeley for the cover after watching her performance in the final episode of @russelltdavies63 ‘s “It’s a Sin” - she’s astonishing and electrifying - I urge you to watch - an award winning performance if ever there was one…. mark my words @bafta - thank you Keeley for agreeing to do our cover - I’m truly honoured
