Keeley Hawes ‘horrified’ when Line of Duty fans recognise her as Denton
The actor played Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton in seasons two and three of the BBC police procedural
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Your support makes all the difference.Keeley Hawes has said that, although it’s always nice to be recognised in public, she’s “slightly horrified” when it’s for her Line Of Duty role.
The actor, 43, played Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton in seasons two and three of the BBC police procedural.
She told the Radio Times: “I look different to how I look on television. I simply don’t go out looking like this, so people are often unsure. They think they knew you at school, sometimes, and they’re always very nice.”
“I get it a lot with The Durrells. People bring their children up to me and say, ‘Oh my God!’ That’s really lovely, people appreciating your work. They’re not rude.”
She added: “Though if people recognise me and say, ‘Are you Lindsay Denton?’ I’m always slightly horrified that I look that bad walking around the supermarket.”
The actor – who has also had roles in The Missing and Bodyguard – said that she doesn’t expect her fame to last forever.
“These are only very brief moments in our lives,” she said. “I don’t live in the bubble. I live in a world with three children and paying the mortgage, worrying about the world, my family, my friends. That’s the real bubble, your life.”
The finale of season five of Line of Duty recently aired on the BBC. You can read our review here.
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