Rebecca Jane Hazlewood is a British actress.

Early life

Hazlewood was born in

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and grew up in the village of

Kingswinford Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands (county), West Midlands, situated west-southwest of central Dudley. In 2011 the area had a population of 25,191, down from 25,808 at the 2001 Census. T ...

in the Black Country, West Midlands. She is of

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descent. She was born into care and adopted through the

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Society.

Career

Hazlewood was discovered by designer Caryn Franklin, who selected her to model on the BBC’s ''The Clothes Show'' while Hazlewood was skipping school. On British television, Hazlewood played Arun Parmar in the psychodrama '' Bad Girls.''Marlow, Viv (2005)
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sitcom '' Outsourced,''Fernandez, Maria Elena (2010)
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'', 15 October 2010, retrieved 2011-07-25 which aired for one season. Other early work included acting as Talia Ahmed in the ITV series ''

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'' alongside

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, in the ''Masters of the Universe'' a special BBC week-long series in January 2010 as college lecturer Sia and the 2001 British

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feature ''Dog Eat Dog'' with

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and

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. In 2006 she featured as Beth in ''Meeting Helen''. She appeared in a lead role in the indie feature film ''Kissing Cousins''. In 2007, Hazlewood played young Parin in '' The Ode'', based on the novel ''Ode to Lata'' by acclaimed novelist

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. In 2008, Hazlewood appeared throughout Season 14 of the NBC drama '' ER'', portraying Jaspreet, a wayward cousin of Neela, who came straight from London in order to avoid an arranged marriage. In 2009, Hazlewood appeared as Nalini, an Ajira Airways ticket agent, in season 5 of '' Lost''. In 2011, Hazlewood appeared as Meera in ''Embrace'', written, directed and produced by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. In 2012, Hazlewood guest starred on ''

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'', episode 17, "One Step Too Far". In 2013, Hazlewood guest-starred on the ''

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'' season 5 episode "Digging Deeper". She appeared in the film ''

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'' directed by Drake Doremus and produced by ''Ridley Scott.'' She guest-starred in multiple episodes of ''

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'' as Kamilah. Hazlewood has a cameo role in experimental feature ''

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,'' written and directed by

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, which was filmed in one take and screened live in cinemas across the world.

Filmography

References

External links

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at Youtube {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazlewood, Rebecca 1977 births Living people 21st-century Welsh actresses Actresses from the West Midlands (county) British people of Anglo-Indian descent British people of Indian descent British film actresses British television actresses People from Kingswinford Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley