{{short description|British actress and model (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Hazel Keech | image = Hazel Keech at the launch of 'Dongri To Dubai' book (1).jpg | caption = Keech in May 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth_date and age|1987|02|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Essex, England, United Kingdom | birth_name = | occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress}} | other_names = Rose Dawn, Gurbasant Kaur | spouse = {{Marriage|Yuvraj Singh|2016}} | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = Yograj Singh<br/>(father-in-law) | years_active = 2007–2016 }}
'''Hazel Keech''' (born 28 February 1987), also known by her modelling name '''Rose Dawn''' and married name '''Gurbasant Kaur''', is a British actress and model who has appeared in Indian films and television.<ref name="Rose Dawn"/><ref name="DoB">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sallus-new-girl-Hazel-Keech-follows-Kat/articleshow/7608777.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061815/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/news-interviews/28649938_1_sallu-tamil-film-atul-agnihotri |url-status=live |archive-date=25 September 2012 |title=Sallu's new girl Hazel Keech follows Kat |last=Sonal Chawla |date=3 March 2011 |work=The Times of India |access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="NameChange"/> She has appeared in ''Billa'' and ''Bodyguard'' as well as in a Suzuki advertisement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Actress/4764.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502061622/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Actress/4764.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2007 |title=Christine Zedek — Tamil Actress Gallery stills images clips |website=IndiaGlitz |access-date=20 July 2012}}</ref> She danced in the Frankfinn Music remix item number "Kahin Pe Nigahaen".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/09look.htm |title=Meet the new item number in town |work=Rediff.com |date=31 December 2004 |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019141903/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/09look.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She appeared in the reality television programme ''Bigg Boss 7'' in 2013.
==Early life== Keech was born on 28 February 1987<ref>{{cite news |title=Yuvraj Singh braves a freezing day for Hazel Keech: Only because it is your birthday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/yuvraj-singh-braves-a-freezing-day-for-hazel-keech-only-because-it-is-your-birthday-1650964-2020-02-28 |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=India Today |date=28 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515160040/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/yuvraj-singh-braves-a-freezing-day-for-hazel-keech-only-because-it-is-your-birthday-1650964-2020-02-28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Hazel Keech: Her 6 Best Moments on Social Media |url=https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/happy-birthday-hazel-keech-her-6-best-moments-on-social-media-2518825.html |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=News18 |date=28 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229150416/https://www.news18.com/news/lifestyle/happy-birthday-hazel-keech-her-6-best-moments-on-social-media-2518825.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in Essex, England, to a British father and an Indo-Mauritian Hindu mother with ancestry from the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/yuvraj-singh-blasts-western-union-for-denying-money-to-fiancee-hazel-keech/story-5mXQe4lxu3b9E4vA2xiL3K.html |title=Yuvraj Singh blasts Western Union for denying money to fiancée Hazel Keech |website=Hindustan Times |author=Gulshankumar Wankar |date=1 September 2016 |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173740/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/yuvraj-singh-blasts-western-union-for-denying-money-to-fiancee-hazel-keech/story-5mXQe4lxu3b9E4vA2xiL3K.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://khabar.ndtv.com/news/cricket/yuvraj-singh-loses-cool-after-hazel-keech-alleges-racial-discrimination-by-official-1452755 |title=युवराज सिंह की मंगेतर हेजल कीच ने एक कंपनी पर लगाया 'नस्ली भेदभाव' का आरोप, युवी भी भड़के... |publisher=NDTV |author=राकेश तिवारी |date=31 August 2016 |access-date=25 April 2019 |language=hi |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203429/https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/cricket/yuvraj-singh-loses-cool-after-hazel-keech-alleges-racial-discrimination-by-official-1452755 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interesting facts about Yuvraj Singh's rumoured new flame, Hazel Keech |url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/yuvraj-singh-new-girlfriend-23853.html |publisher=India TV |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=7 September 2015 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813131625/http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/yuvraj-singh-new-girlfriend-23853.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Yuvraj-Singhs-mother-Hazel-Keech-is-a-reflection-of-me/articleshow/49768449.cms |title=Yuvraj Singh's mother: Hazel Keech is a reflection of me |agency=TNN |work=The Times of India |date=14 November 2015 |author=Renuka Vyavahare |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811110236/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Yuvraj-Singhs-mother-Hazel-Keech-is-a-reflection-of-me/articleshow/49768449.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sallus-new-girl-Hazel-Keech-follows-Kat/articleshow/7608777.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061815/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-03/news-interviews/28649938_1_sallu-tamil-film-atul-agnihotri |url-status=live |archive-date=25 September 2012 |work=The Times of India |title=Sallu's new girl Hazel Keech follows Kat |date=3 March 2011 |author1=Mumbai Mirror |author2=Sonal Chawla |access-date=25 April 2019 |author1-link=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hazel Keech talks about her favourite past times One of my favourite past times is travelling. I love visiting new places and revisiting others. |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/aug/300812-Hazel-Keech-talks-about-her-favourite-past-times.htm |work=Mid-Day |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=7 December 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213083034/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/aug/300812-Hazel-Keech-talks-about-her-favourite-past-times.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She did her schooling at Beal High School in Redbridge, London,<ref name="thisislondon.co.uk">{{cite web |author=Rob Parsons |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/west-end-chorus-girl-strikes-bollywood-gold-6441779.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421112749/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23985230-west-end-chorus-girl-strikes-bollywood-gold.do |url-status=live |archive-date=21 April 2013 |title=West End chorus girl strikes Bollywood gold |work=Evening Standard|access-date=20 July 2012 |date=9 September 2011}}</ref> where she performed in stage shows and learned various forms of dance including Indian classical dance, English dance and western contemporary.
==Career== [[File:Hazelsagarikafatima.png|thumb|right|Hazel with Sagarika Ghatge and Fatema Agarkar]] Keech became involved in television, film and stage. She danced in the British programme ''Agatha Christie's Marple''. The BBC documentary show ''Call The Shots'' showed her working in Hindi films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bollywood/news/a342334/hazel-keech-i-think-bollywood-chose-me.html |title=I think Bollywood has chosen me |website=Digital Spy |date=26 September 2011 |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-date=1 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101000611/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/bollywood/news/a342334/hazel-keech-i-think-bollywood-chose-me.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She joined the team of the Bollywood musical ''Bombay Dreams'' for their London promotional tour in 2002 and sang in the choir of the West End musical ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' the following year.<ref name="thisislondon.co.uk"/> She was an extra in several of the ''Harry Potter'' films.<ref name="The Times of India"/>
In 2005, while holidaying in Mumbai, she received work offers and decided to stay and pursue a modelling and acting career in India.<ref name="rediff.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-hazel-keech/20110908.htm |title=I had no expectations from Bodyguard |work=Rediff.com |date=8 September 2011 |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622110748/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-interview-with-hazel-keech/20110908.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The first modelling company she worked with changed her name to Rose Dawn.<ref name="Rose Dawn">{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Salman would never groan in pain: Hazel Keech |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/salman-would-never-groan-in-pain-hazel-keech-601670 |access-date=2 March 2022 |publisher=NDTV |date=16 September 2011}}</ref> She then worked in various music videos as "Kahin Pe Nigahen" as well as many TV commercials, such as ''Vivel'' by ITC, and the ''Sprite'' 'University of Freshology' commercial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/salman-khans-new-girlfriend/20110303.htm |title=Is this Salman Khan's new girlfriend? - Rediff.com Movies |work=Rediff.com |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102105115/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/salman-khans-new-girlfriend/20110303.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2007, Keech appeared in the 2007 Tamil film ''Billa'', where she performed an item number in the song "Sei Ethavathu".<ref name="rediff.com"/> In 2011, she played a supporting role in the Hindi film ''Bodyguard'' produced by Atul Agnihotri and directed by Siddique. She also performed an item number titled "Aa Ante Amlapuram" in the film ''Maximum''.<ref name=hazel>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-02/news-interviews/31960878_1_sonu-sood-salman-khan-rose-dawn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603092348/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-02/news-interviews/31960878_1_sonu-sood-salman-khan-rose-dawn |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2012 |title=Salman's Hazel as item girl |last=Iyer |first=Meena |date=2 June 2012 |work=The Times of India |access-date=3 June 2012}}</ref> She performed a song, "Chal Chal Chal", in the film ''Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re3imDTNWvc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012024141/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re3imDTNWvc |archive-date=12 October 2020 |url-status=dead |title=YouTube |via=YouTube |access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> In August 2013, she appeared as a guest contestant in ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6'' for the ''Teen Ka Tadka'' special opposite singer Shaan Mukherjee (who was a contestant on the show) and his choreographer Maricsha Fernandez.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhatia |first1=Saloni |date=17 August 2013 |title=Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa to have six new celebs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/jhalak-dikhhla-jaa-to-have-six-new-celebs/articleshow/21860423.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
In September 2013, Keech appeared in the reality show, ''Bigg Boss 7''. She spent a week in the house before getting eliminated and became the first contestant to exit the house. In an interview after her eviction she expressed her anger about Pratyusha Banerjee, saying, "She likes to create problems".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/pratusha-likes-to-create-problems-says-hazel-keech-bigg-boss-7-211876-2013-09-21 |title=Pratyusha likes to create problems: Hazel Keech |work=India Today |date=22 September 2013 |access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref>
In October 2013, after leaving the ''Bigg Boss'' house, Keech appeared on a Punjabi film titled ''Heer and Hero'' in an item number.
==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Language |- |2002 |''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' | rowspan="3" |Extra<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Did you know Hazel Keech acted in three Harry Potter films? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/hollywood/story/did-you-know-hazel-keech-acted-in-three-harry-potter-films-1349367-2018-09-26 |magazine=India Today |date=26 September 2018 |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref> | rowspan="3" |English |- |2004 |''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' |- |2005 |''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' |- | 2007 || ''Billa'' || Rhea || Tamil |- | 2009 || ''Kick'' || Item number || Telugu |- | 2011 || ''Bodyguard'' || Maya Kapoor || rowspan="2" | Hindi |- | rowspan="2" | 2012 || ''Maximum'' || rowspan="5" | Item number |- | ''Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'' || Telugu |- | 2013 || ''Heer and Hero'' || Punjabi |- | rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''Dharam Sankat Mein'' || rowspan="2" | Hindi |- | ''Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat'' |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Year ! Name ! Role ! Notes ! Ref(s) |- | 2012 | ''Comedy Circus'' | rowspan="3" | Contestant | Along with Krushna Abhishek | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6'' | Teen Ka Tadka Appearance | style="text-align:center;" | |- | ''Bigg Boss 7'' | Evicted Day 7 | style="text-align:center;" | |}
==Personal life== On 12 November 2015, Keech got engaged to Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//off-the-field/Archit-Mithari-gets-engaged-to-actress-Hazel-Keech-reports/articleshow/49755430.cms |author=TNN |work=The Times of India |title=Yuvraj Singh Gets Engaged To Model-Actress Hazel Keech |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072528/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/off-the-field/Archit-Mithari-gets-engaged-to-actress-Hazel-Keech-reports/articleshow/49755430.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/relationship/story/yuvraj-singh-hazel-keech-relationship-wedding-details-functions-honeymoon-outfits-316670-2016-04-06 |title=Relationship, honeymoon and wedding details: Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech in a tell-all interview |author=Sumiran Kashyap Sahni |website=India Today |date=6 April 2016 |access-date=24 November 2018 |archive-date=24 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124163811/https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/relationship/story/yuvraj-singh-hazel-keech-relationship-wedding-details-functions-honeymoon-outfits-316670-2016-04-06 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://telugu.gulte.com/tnews/17614/Yuvraj-Singh-Hazel-Keech-marriage-details-Couple-gearing-up-for-their-big-day |title=Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech marriage details: Couple gearing up for their big day |website=telugu.gulte.com |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073215/http://telugu.gulte.com/tnews/17614/Yuvraj-Singh-Hazel-Keech-marriage-details-Couple-gearing-up-for-their-big-day |url-status=dead}}</ref> They were married on 30 November 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/Yuvraj-Singh-and-Hazel-Keech-exchange-wedding-vows/article16732191.ece |work=The Hindu |title=Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech exchange wedding vows |agency=Press Trust of India |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016 |author-link=Press Trust of India |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201083616/http://www.thehindu.com/news/Yuvraj-Singh-and-Hazel-Keech-exchange-wedding-vows/article16732191.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/sports-gallery/yuvraj-singh-hazel-keech-inside-pics-wedding-gurudwara-ceremony-4403035/ |title=Yuvraj Singh, Hazel Keech tie the knot: Couple get married in intimate affair |date=30 November 2016 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201213045/http://indianexpress.com/photos/sports-gallery/yuvraj-singh-hazel-keech-inside-pics-wedding-gurudwara-ceremony-4403035/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After marriage, Hazel adopted the name "Gurbasant Kaur", which was given to her by Sant Balvinder Singh during the wedding ceremony.<ref name="NameChange">{{cite web |url=http://www.abplive.in/television/post-marriage-hazel-keech-changes-her-name-completely-456325 |title=POST MARRIAGE Hazel Keech changes her NAME completely |publisher=ABP Live |author=ABP News Web Desk |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073507/http://www.abplive.in/television/post-marriage-hazel-keech-changes-her-name-completely-456325 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple had their first child, a boy named Orion, on 25 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2022 |title=Yuvraj Singh, wife Hazel Keech blessed with baby boy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-wife-hazel-blessed-with-baby-boy-7741687/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303140216/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/yuvraj-singh-wife-hazel-blessed-with-baby-boy-7741687/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their second child, a girl named Aura was born on 17 July 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yuvraj Singh & Hazel Keech welcome second child, name baby girl Aura |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/yuvraj-singh-hazel-keech-welcome-second-child-name-baby-girl-aura/articleshow/103085203.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=26 August 2023 |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hazel Keech And Yuvraj Singh Share Pics From Daughter Aura's 1st Birthday |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/how-hazel-keech-and-yuvraj-singh-are-celebrating-daughter-aura-s-first-birthday-6123304 |work=NDTV |date=17 July 2024 |access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref>
Keech admitted in an interview that she survived severe depression and was suicidal in her time in India, and so she took up diploma to learn Psychotherapy to help others like her.<ref>{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSwIL8XinM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/dQSwIL8XinM |archive-date=15 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Hazel Keech On Acting In Harry Potter Movies & She Sings A Bhojpuri Song |time=22m40s |via=YouTube |work=Oaktree Sports}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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