Actress Hazel Keech is born to an English father and an Indian mother on February 28, 1987, Hazel Keech’s birthplace is Essex, England. She started her career as an actor at a very tender age by doing small roles in Hollywood films.
As the actress turns a year older today, here’s looking at her promising journey from a child actor to the theatre artist
Hazel entered the entertainment industry since the age of 12. She used to do small roles in Western films. When Hazel was in school, she did ‘Harry Potter’. She worked in the second, third and fourth editions, where she played one of the students. Gradually, Hazel started getting bigger roles.
Around in 2006, Hazel came to India. She could easily gel with the Indian culture because as she said she grew up in a very traditional Indian home, courtesy her mother and grandmother.
When Hazel came to India to start off her career in modelling her name was changed to Rose Dawn by the first modelling agency she had worked with. However, Hazel left that agency after a year.
While holidaying in Mumbai, she had the opportunity to feature in the Kahin Pe Nigahen music video followed by some modelling.
Hazel Keech made her Bollywood debut in 2011 with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor’s Bodyguard and the backstory to Hazel signing the film is quite interesting and worth the mention.
Hazel flew down to Mumbai from London with stardust in her eyes, but soon gave up all hopes of making a career in acting in India as she was not getting any work. She was returning when she got the Bodyguard offer.
Before Bodyguard, Hazel starred in Tamil film Billa (2007). She even did an item number in 2009’s Telugu film Kick. However, it was Bodyguard that gave Hazel recognition.
However, her acting career never took off. She went on to only grab offers for item numbers. Hazel appeared in Aa Ante Amlapuram song from the film Maximum, Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (Telugu film), Heer and Hero (Punjabi film), Dharam Sankat Mein and Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat. In the meanwhile, she also participated, in the reality shows such as Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6 and Bigg Boss 7.
On November 30, 2016, Hazel Keech tied the knot with Yuvraj Singh. The marriage ceremony was solemnized as per the Sikh traditional ‘Anand Karaj’ at the gurdwara in Dufera village in Fatehgarh Sahib village, about 40 km from Yuvraj’s hometown of Chandigarh.
On the work front, Hazel made a comeback of sorts as she joined the cast of Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan’s play on the Greek tragedy Euripides Medea. She was happy that she returned to her first love — theatre.
