Rebecca Jane Hazlewood is a British actress.
Hazlewood was born in Wales and grew up in the village of Kingswinford in the Black Country, West Midlands. She is of Anglo-Indian descent. She was born into care and adopted through the Church of England Society.
Hazlewood was discovered by designer Caryn Franklin, who selected her to model on the BBC’s The Clothes Show while Hazlewood was skipping school.[ citation needed ]
On British television, Hazlewood played Arun Parmar in the psychodrama Bad Girls. [1] In the United States, she played Asha in the NBC sitcom Outsourced, [2] [3] which aired for one season.
Other early work included acting as Talia Ahmed in the ITV series Second Sight alongside Clive Owen, in the Masters of the Universe a special BBC week-long series in January 2010 as college lecturer Sia and the 2001 British Film4 feature Dog Eat Dog with David Oyelowo, Gary Kemp and Ricky Gervais. 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 Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla. In 2008, Hazlewood appeared throughout Season 14 of the NBC drama ER , portraying Jaspreet, a wayward cousin of Neela's, 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 Grey's Anatomy , episode 17, "One Step Too Far". In 2013, Hazlewood guest-starred on the White Collar season 5 episode "Digging Deeper". She appeared in the film Equals directed by Drake Doremus and produced by Ridley Scott.
She guest-starred in multiple episodes of The Good Place as Kamilah.
Rebecca has a cameo role in experimental feature Lost In London, written and directed by Woody Harrelson, which was filmed in one take and screened live in cinemas across the world.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Dog Eat Dog | Mina | |
2005 | The Extra | Girlfriend in Cinema | |
2008 | Kissing Cousins | Zara | |
2008 | The Ode | Young Parin | |
2015 | Equals | Zoe | |
2016 | Chee and T | Monie | |
2017 | Lost in London | Herself | |
2017 | The Rush Chairman | Party Girl | |
2019 | Lost Transmissions | Rachel |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Liverpool 1 | Janet | Season 1 (guest, #1.5) |
2000 | Second Sight | Talia Ahmed | Season 2 (guest, #2.1 & #2.2) |
2001 | Is Harry on the Boat? | Girl with Brad | TV movie |
2001–03 | Crossroads | Beena Shah | Soap opera (regular) |
2004 | Doctors | Meena Baker | Soap opera; Season 5 (guest, #5.203) |
2005 | Bad Girls | Arun Parmar | Season 7 (main, 13 episodes) |
2008 | ER | Jaspreet | Season 14 (guest, #14.11 & #14.12) |
2008 | Las dos caras de jano | TV movie | |
2009 | Lost | Nalini | Season 5 (guest, #5.6) |
2010 | Doctors | Sia Clements | Soap opera; Season 11 (recurring, 5 episodes) |
2010–11 | Outsourced | Asha | Season 1 (main, all 22 episodes) |
2012 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Mara Keaton | Season 8 (guest, #8.17) |
2013 | White Collar | Dr. Reva Khatri | Season 5 (guest, #5.8) |
2016–20 | The Good Place | Kamilah Al-Jamil | Season 1–4 (recurring, 6 episodes) |
2020 | Room 104 | Agnes | Season 4 (guest, #4.12) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Sucking is a Fine Quality in Women and Vacuum Cleaners | The Mistress | |
2007 | Meeting Helen | Beth | |
2012 | Embrace | Meeta | Also co-producer |
2014 | Teacher in a Box | Ms Rossi |
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