Hazel Keech

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title: "Hazel Keech" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1987-births", "living-people", "actresses-from-essex", "english-film-actresses", "british-film-actresses", "english-people-of-indian-descent", "mauritian-people-of-indian-descent", "english-people-of-mauritian-descent", "british-emigrants-to-india", "actresses-in-hindi-cinema", "actresses-in-tamil-cinema", "actresses-in-telugu-cinema", "actresses-in-punjabi-cinema", "british-expatriate-actresses-in-india", "21st-century-english-actresses"] description: "British actress and model (born 1987)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Keech" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British actress and model (born 1987) ::

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Field	Value
name	Hazel Keech
image	Hazel Keech at the launch of 'Dongri To Dubai' book (1).jpg
caption	Keech in May 2012
birth_date
birth_place	Essex, England, United Kingdom
occupation
other_names	Rose Dawn, Gurbasant Kaur
spouse
children	2
relatives	Yograj Singh
(father-in-law)
years_active	2007–2016
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| name = Hazel Keech | image = Hazel Keech at the launch of 'Dongri To Dubai' book (1).jpg | caption = Keech in May 2012 | birth_date = | birth_place = Essex, England, United Kingdom | birth_name = | occupation = | other_names = Rose Dawn, Gurbasant Kaur | spouse = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = Yograj Singh (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. She has appeared in Billa and Bodyguard as well as in a Suzuki advertisement. She danced in the Frankfinn Music remix item number "Kahin Pe Nigahaen". She appeared in the reality television programme Bigg Boss 7 in 2013.

Early life

Keech was born on 28 February 1987 in Essex, England, to a British father and an Indo-Mauritian Hindu mother with ancestry from the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh region. She did her schooling at Beal High School in Redbridge, London, where she performed in stage shows and learned various forms of dance including Indian classical dance, English dance and western contemporary.

Career

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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. 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. She was an extra in several of the Harry Potter films.

In 2005, while holidaying in Mumbai, she received work offers and decided to stay and pursue a modelling and acting career in India. The first modelling company she worked with changed her name to Rose Dawn. 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. In 2007, Keech appeared in the 2007 Tamil film Billa, where she performed an item number in the song "Sei Ethavathu". 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. She performed a song, "Chal Chal Chal", in the film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012). 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.

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".

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

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Year	Film	Role	Language
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Extra	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	Hindi
2012	Maximum	Item number
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Telugu
2013	Heer and Hero	Punjabi
2015	Dharam Sankat Mein	Hindi
Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat
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Television

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Year	Name	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2012	Comedy Circus	Contestant	Along with Krushna Abhishek
2013	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6	Teen Ka Tadka Appearance
Bigg Boss 7	Evicted Day 7
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Personal life

On 12 November 2015, Keech got engaged to Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. They were married on 30 November 2016. After marriage, Hazel adopted the name "Gurbasant Kaur", which was given to her by Sant Balvinder Singh during the wedding ceremony. The couple had their first child, a boy named Orion, on 25 January 2022. Their second child, a girl named Aura was born on 17 July 2023.

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.

References

References

1. Sonal Chawla. (3 March 2011). "Sallu's new girl Hazel Keech follows Kat". [[The Times of India]].
2. "Christine Zedek — Tamil Actress Gallery stills images clips".
3. (31 December 2004). "Meet the new item number in town". Rediff.com.
4. (28 February 2020). "Yuvraj Singh braves a freezing day for Hazel Keech: Only because it is your birthday". India Today.
5. (28 February 2020). "Happy Birthday Hazel Keech: Her 6 Best Moments on Social Media". News18.
6. Gulshankumar Wankar. (1 September 2016). "Yuvraj Singh blasts Western Union for denying money to fiancée Hazel Keech".
7. राकेश तिवारी. (31 August 2016). "युवराज सिंह की मंगेतर हेजल कीच ने एक कंपनी पर लगाया 'नस्ली भेदभाव' का आरोप, युवी भी भड़के...". [[NDTV]].
8. (7 September 2015). "Interesting facts about Yuvraj Singh's rumoured new flame, Hazel Keech". [[India TV]].
9. Renuka Vyavahare. (14 November 2015). "Yuvraj Singh's mother: Hazel Keech is a reflection of me". [[The Times of India]].
10. (3 March 2011). "Sallu's new girl Hazel Keech follows Kat". [[The Times of India]].
11. (30 August 2012). "Hazel Keech talks about her favourite past times One of my favourite past times is travelling. I love visiting new places and revisiting others.". [[Mid-Day]].
12. Rob Parsons. (9 September 2011). "West End chorus girl strikes Bollywood gold". [[Evening Standard]].
13. (26 September 2011). "I think Bollywood has chosen me".
14. (8 September 2011). "I had no expectations from Bodyguard". [[Rediff.com]].
15. (16 September 2011). "Salman would never groan in pain: Hazel Keech". NDTV.
16. (3 March 2011). "Is this Salman Khan's new girlfriend? - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com.
17. Iyer, Meena. (2 June 2012). "Salman's Hazel as item girl". [[The Times of India]].
18. "YouTube".
19. (17 August 2013). "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa to have six new celebs". The Times of India.
20. (22 September 2013). "Pratyusha likes to create problems: Hazel Keech". India Today.
21. (26 September 2018). "Did you know Hazel Keech acted in three Harry Potter films?".
22. TNN. (14 November 2015). "Yuvraj Singh Gets Engaged To Model-Actress Hazel Keech". [[The Times of India]].
23. Sumiran Kashyap Sahni. (6 April 2016). "Relationship, honeymoon and wedding details: Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech in a tell-all interview".
24. (7 November 2016). "Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech marriage details: Couple gearing up for their big day".
25. (30 November 2016). "Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech exchange wedding vows". The Hindu.
26. (30 November 2016). "Yuvraj Singh, Hazel Keech tie the knot: Couple get married in intimate affair". [[The Indian Express]].
27. ABP News Web Desk. (2 December 2016). "POST MARRIAGE Hazel Keech changes her NAME completely". [[ABP Live]].
28. (26 January 2022). "Yuvraj Singh, wife Hazel Keech blessed with baby boy". The Indian Express.
29. (26 August 2023). "Yuvraj Singh & Hazel Keech welcome second child, name baby girl Aura". The Economic Times.
30. (17 July 2024). "Hazel Keech And Yuvraj Singh Share Pics From Daughter Aura's 1st Birthday". NDTV.
31. "Hazel Keech On Acting In Harry Potter Movies & She Sings A Bhojpuri Song". Oaktree Sports.

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