Eve Myles

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name = Eve Myles


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caption = Eve Myles at "The Rift", a Torchwood convention
birthname = Eve Myles
birthdate = Birth year and age|1978
location = Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales
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occupation = Stage, television actress
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Eve Myles (born 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Powys), is a Welsh actress, most notable for playing lead characters in "Belonging" and "Doctor Who" spin-off series "Torchwood."

Biography

Born in Ystradgynlais, Myles attended the Ysgol Maes Y Dderwen school in the same class as fellow actor Steve Meo. After training as an actress and completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, [citeweb|url=http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?newsid=146|title=Graduation and Honorary Fellows 2007|publisher=Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama|date=2007-07-06|accessdate=2008-01-22] she graduated in 2000 and moved to London. Her career since has shown her ability to switch between stage and screen.

Career

In 2001, Myles undertook a roles in the television film "Score" and the TV mini-series "Tales from Pleasure Beach." From 2002 she took the lead role of Ceri in the BBC Wales drama "Belonging." In 2003 she took the role of young Gwen in the "EastEnders" spin-off storyline "."

From 2003, Myles based herself in Stratford upon Avon, initially playing Lavinia in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Titus Andronicus". In 2005, she appeared opposite Michael Gambon in "Henry IV, Part I" and "II" at the National Theatre.

Myles had a significant part as a stable girl in the ill-fated BBC TV series "Trainer", and reappeared in the BBC short film " Colditz" in 2005. The role led to her taking a supporting role in the "Doctor Who" episode "The Unquiet Dead," where by she was spotted by producer Russell T Davies who commented that: "It just confirmed to me that she was one of Wales' best-kept secrets." Consequently Davies wrote the part of Gwen in "Torchwood" specifically for Myles. [cite news
author = | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/torchwood/pages/evemyles.shtml | title = Eve Myles
publisher= BBC Wales
date=unknown
accessdate=2006-09-06] The role resulted in her moving back home to Wales. [citeweb|url=http://ten.com.au/ten/torchwood-cast-and-characters-interview-with-eve-myles.html|title=Interview with Eve Miles|publisher=Network Ten|accessdate=2008-01-22] Eve also appeared in the Series 4 Finale of Doctor Who, alongside Torchwood co-stars John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd.

Eve Myles has also appeared in the first episode of "Merlin" where she played Mary Collins, a witch who impersonated Lady Helen.

Awards

In 2002 [cite press release
publisher = BBC Press Office
date = 26 April 2002
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/04_april/26/bafta_cymru.shtml
title = BBC Wales scores Bafta success ] and 2003, [cite press release
publisher = BBC Press Office
date = 4 April 2003
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/02/wales_nominations.shtml
title = BBC Wales seeks Bafta success] Myles was nominated for Best Actress in the BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role as Ceri on the BBC Wales drama "Belonging."

*In 2005, "The Western Mail" ranked Myles seventh in its annual list of the 50 sexiest women in Wales. [cite news
url = http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/yourwales/culture/tm_objectid=16250298&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=wales--50-sexiest-men-and-women--name_page.html
title = Wales' 50 sexiest men and women
publisher = The Western Mail
date = 2005-10-14
accessdate = 2006-02-20]

*In 2006, "Wales on Sunday" named Myles as its "Bachelorette of the Year". [cite news
url = http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/features/tm_objectid=16833049%26method=full%26siteid=50082-name_page.html
title = Sexy Eve our Bachelorette of the year
author = Rachel Mainwaring
publisher = Wales on Sunday
date = 2006-03-19
accessdate = 2006-03-20]

*Conservative MP Michael Gove described Myles as "a Celtic Rossellini". [cite news
first = Tryst
last = Williams
title = Tory MP praises 'Britain's Bay of Naples'
url = http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=tory-mp-praises--britain-s-bay-of-naples-&method=full&objectid=18023638&siteid=50082-name_page.html
work = Western Mail
publisher = icwales.co.uk
date = 2006-11-01
accessdate = 2006-11-04]

Filmography

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0616990|name=Eve Myles
*amg name|2:471818
*tv.com person|id=178416|name=Eve Myles
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/showbiz/evemyles.shtml Bio of Myles at BBC Wales]
*myspace|evemylesofficial

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