The Daily Mail has a long, wonderful article about Keeley Hawes and her reprisal of her role as Alex Drake in the second series of Ashes to Ashes.

She confirms that she has signed up for 2 more years as the face of Boots cosmetics.

She also confirms that she is not bisexual, contrary to a previous article:

"That role introduced her to a whole new audience, especially after she was misquoted as saying in one lesbian magazine interview that she was bisexual. ‘What I actually said was that everybody is probably perfectly capable of finding somebody of the same sex attractive – but I certainly haven’t had any lesbian relationships,’ she now says."

About the second series of Ashes:

"The second series is darker, with a theme of police corruption, and Keeley says that Alex has developed accordingly. ‘There’s a birth and a snog and lots of deaths and a marriage, although I’m not the one giving birth or getting married,’ she grins, and won’t be drawn over who is doing the snogging."

She goes on to talk about her husband, Matthew Macfadyen and her children, giving this amusing tale:

"Even while she was giving birth to a 10lb 8oz Ralph, the starstruck anaesthetist was saying to Keeley and Matthew: ‘I do miss you both in Spooks.’ ‘I felt like saying, “Shut up! Now is not the time!”’ says Keeley. ‘Ralph is going to be a tall boy – he’s already got his rugby legs.’"

Read the full article here.