Keeley Rebecca Hazell (born 18 September 1986) is an English model, screenwriter [5]and actress.[3][4] Hazell was a Page 3 girl and has worked with magazines such as FHM,[3]Loaded, Nuts and Zoo Weekly.[2][1][4] She has also made numerous television appearances and has focused on her acting career, appearing in films such as Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) and the streaming television series Ted Lasso (2020)
Early life
Hazell was born on 18 September 1986 in Lewisham, London, England, to parents Amber and Roy, who later separated,[2][1] and grew up in Grove Park.
Career
Modelling
In 2002, at 16 years of age, Hazell left school to work as a hairdresser.[2][1] Her colleagues persuaded her to try modelling.[2][1] At 17 years of age, she competed in The Daily Star's "Search for a Beach Babe" contest and won.[2][1] Still not old enough to pose on Page 3, she went to study fashion[2] at Lewisham College.[1] Later, a friend told her about The Sun's Page 3 Idol competition.[2][1] Despite some initial uncertainty about entering the contest, she submitted some photos.[2][1] She was eventually chosen the winner[1][6] in December 2004.[2][3] She won £10,000 worth of "sexy clothes" and "a one-year membership of the Rex cinema and bar". Another part of Hazell's Page 3 Idol win was a one-year exclusive glamour modelling contract with The Sun.[7][8]
Hazell had been regularly featured in Nuts and Zoo Weekly.[2][1][9][10] In June 2005, she appeared on the front cover of Maxim magazine and she also appeared on the front cover of FHM in September that year.[1] In January 2006, she appeared on the front cover of Loaded magazine.[1] She was on the cover of The Sun's 2006 and 2007 Page 3 calendars in addition to releasing her own wall calendars,[1] her own 2007 edition selling 30,000 copies in its first few days of release.[7]
In 2008, Hazell and agent Ginny Mettrick co-founded a modelling agency called Muse Management.[11] In 2009, according to the August edition of Loaded, Peta Todd stated that Hazell had given modelling up to pursue a career in acting and that she was in America receiving acting lessons.[6] Her last appearance on Page 3 of The Sun was on 30 September 2009.[citation needed] In January 2013, Hazell made a return to modelling by appearing in FHM.[3]
Hazell had a small role in the 2006 film Cashback after it had been reworked from a short into a full-length film.[13] The following year, she was in talks with producers to be in a film based on the television series Baywatch.[14]
In 2007, Hazell and IT expert Gary Schwartz co-presented Byte Me TV, an online programme that tried to explain technology in an easy-to-understand way.[15][16] The following year she appeared in the BBC Three documentary Page Three Teens;[17][18] and released a pop music single called "Voyeur".[citation needed]
In 2012, Hazell played a supporting role in the gangster filmSt George's Day.[3] She then starred in the 2013 comedy filmAwful Nice[21] and the 2015 horror filmWhispers.[22] Also in 2015, she landed a television role, in E!'s first scripted drama, The Royals, as Violet.[23] She then appeared in the 2016 short film Queen of Hearts[24] and two years later appeared in the 2018 TV Movie Vows of Deceit.[25] In 2020 she appeared in the streaming television series Ted Lasso as Bex, the girlfriend of the former owner of AFC Richmond, Rupert Mannion;[26] she co-wrote episode 8 of season 3.[27]
Writing
Hazell's memoir Everyone's Seen My Tits will be published by Grand Central Publishing. She is a writer on the third season of Ted Lasso.[28]
Hazell backed a major breast cancerawareness campaign for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The campaign, called 'TALK TLC', aimed to promote Breakthrough's breast health message about the need to be aware of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. Hazell has also signed up to take part in the Breakthrough Generations Study consisting of 100,000 women and spanning 40 years; the study aims to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind.[citation needed]
Hazell appeared naked in advertising posters for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and she has been quoted as saying: "Once you learn how the fur trade treats animals, it's impossible to think of wearing fur as sexy or glamorous."[3]
