Keeley Hawes and Matthew Macfadyen are both highly successful actors with multiple accolades under their belt. Keeley, 50, is known and adored for her roles in Bodyguard and Line of Duty – both of which earned her a nomination for the Best Actress BAFTA. Keeley is currently back on our screens opposite Paapa Essiedu in Channel 4's new drama Falling, which explores the forbidden romance between a nun and a Catholic priest.
Matthew, 51, is known for playing Mr. Darcy in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice as well as Tom Wambsgans in HBO's highly-acclaimed comedy-drama, Succession, for which he was awarded at the BAFTAs, Primetime Emmys and the Golden Globes.
Despite the level of fame and accomplishment they've reached for their work, their private life is mostly kept out of the spotlight and the couple prefer to keep their family, including their children, to themselves. Keep reading for all the information on Keeley and Matthew's lookalike kids…
© Karwai TangRalph and Maggie
Keeley and Matthew have two children together, a daughter, Maggie, who was born in December 2004, making her 21. Two years later, they welcomed Ralph.
© InstagramIn March 2024, Keeley and Ralph made a rare appearance at the launch of the Christiane Kubrick x Jonathan Anderson collections. Ralph, who is a model signed with Select Model Management, towered over his famous mum.
Discussing family life in London, Keeley previously told Grazia that her evening is just like any other busy working mum's. "My children [Myles, Ralph and Maggie] are all still at home so my average evening revolves around feeding them, organising them and making sure what they’re doing. We’re very organised and tidy: I have to have a word with myself sometimes about just letting the kids make a bit of mess. Sometimes you have to be relaxed and let people live their lives and let home feel like a home," she said.
Son Myles
However, Keeley is also a mum to her eldest son, Myles McCallum, whom she shares with her first husband, Spencer. The former married couple split in the early 2000s but are reported to have remained on "friendly terms". According to reports, Myles, 25, works as a teacher.
© InstagramKeeley made a rare admission about raising her son Myles and how her relationship differs because she had him in her 20s. "My oldest son is 25 next month... I was young when I had him. I am his mother, I'm very much his mother but at the same time, we have a relationship that is not like siblings, but we're great friends as well," she told Reach.
Marriage to Matthew
Keeley and Matthew met on the set of the spy drama, Spooks, and married in 2004, the month before they welcomed their first child together, Maggie. "Matthew just came straight out with it and said 'I love you' in the rain one day," she told Vanity Fair in 2022 about the start of their romance. "I thought, 'Oh dear, here we go.'"
Aside from their work, the family lives a quiet life in London, but they do often make appearances together at red-carpet events, award shows and premieres. Not only that, but they have also worked together on screen.
In addition to both appearing in Spooks, the couple more recently worked together on the ITV drama, Stonehouse, in which Matthew portrayed disgraced MP John Stonehouse, with Keeley portraying his wife, Barbara.
© Neilson BarnardSpeaking about working together on the show, Keeley told You Magazine: "Just about everything that could be changed has been; we laughed when we saw each other. It was probably most tricky for Emer Heatley [who plays John's secretary, Sheila Buckley].
"It was her first or second acting job, faced with us as a married couple, playing a married couple where she was having an affair with my husband. We had lots of those scenes together, which was really awkward, but very funny."
She also told Town & Country: "These characters and these real people are so different from us in every way and from our marriage and our relationship. But the writing was brilliant, and we got to hang out and stay together."
