Eve Myles

Last Updated 5 March 2013 by Marcus

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Gwen Cooper: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End; Everything Changes[TW]; Day One[TW]; Ghost Machine[TW]; Cyberwoman[TW]; Small Worlds[TW]; Countrycide[TW]; Greeks Bearing Gifts[TW]; They Keep Killing Suzie[TW]; Random Shoes[TW]; Out of Time[TW]; Combat[TW]; Captain Jack Harkness[TW]; End of Days[TW]; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang[TW]; Sleeper[TW]; To the Last Man[TW]; Meat[TW]; Adam[TW]; Reset[TW]; Dead Man Walking[TW]; A Day in the Death[TW]; Something Borrowed[TW]; From Out of the Rain[TW]; Adrift[TW]; Fragments[TW]; Exit Wounds[TW]; Day Two[TW]; Day Three[TW]; Day Four[TW]; Day Five[TW]; The New World[TW]; Rendition[TW]; Dead of Night[TW]; Escape to L.A.[TW]; The Categories of Life[TW]; The Middle Men[TW]; Immortal Sins[TW]; End of the Road[TW]; The Gathering[TW]; The Blood Line[TW]; Lost Souls[TW]; Asylum[TW]; Golden Age[TW]; The Dead Line[TW]; The Devil and Miss Carew[TW]; Submission[TW]; The House of the Dead[TW]	50 credits in 48 entries
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Eve Myles

Born: Sat 8th July 1978 (age: 34)

Eve Myles is an award-winning Welsh actress.

She is best known for portraying Gwen Cooper in the Doctor Who spin-off show Torchwood and Ceri Owen in the BBC Wales drama Belonging.

Myles was born in Ystradgynlais, south west Powys. She attended Ysgol Maes Y Dderwen. After training as an actress and gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff in 2000, Myles moved to London.

Myles took on the central role of Ceri Owen (Née Lewis) in the BBC Wales drama Belonging. Her longest role to date, Myles played Ceri from the series' first episode through to its final series in 2008; returning for a one off special in 2009.

In 2001, Myles undertook a role in the television film Score and the TV mini-series Tales from Pleasure Beach. From 2003, Myles based herself in Stratford upon Avon, initially playingLavinia in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus, for which she received the Sunday Times Ian Charleson award in 2004. She has also played Bianca in The Taming of The Shrew and in 2005, appeared opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV, Part I and II at the National Theatre. Myles appeared in the ITV drama Colditz in 2005.

She took a supporting role in the Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead", playing servant girl Gwyneth. This brought her to the attention of Lead Writer Russell T Davies, who would progress to create and produce Torchwood. Considering her to be "one of Wales' best-kept secrets", Davies wrote the role of Gwen Cooper in Torchwood specifically for Myles. Her role in Torchwood also led to Myles making a second appearance in Doctor Who, for its Fourth series' finalé, alongside Torchwood co-stars John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd.^[12] Myles has appeared in every episode of Torchwood to date and returned for Torchwood's Fourth series;Torchwood: Miracle Day airing on BBC One and US premium television network Starz.

Myles also appeared in the first episode of Merlin, called "The Dragon's Call" where she played Lady Helen of Mora and Mary Collins, a witch who impersonated her. She portrayed the character of Maggy Plornish in Andrew Davies' 2008 adaptation of Little Dorrit, which later went on to win seven Emmy awards.

2009 saw her star in the award winning independent Welsh film A Bit of Tom Jones as well as the one-off Drama, Framed, for BBC Wales, alongside Trevor Eve. In July 2010, Myles announced she would appear in an original BBC Cymru Wales TV series, Baker Boys, co-written by Helen Raynor and Gary Owen and airing in early 2011. 2011 also saw Myles provide the voice of the Dalish elf Merrill in the Bioware video game Dragon Age 2. In July 2011, to coincide with Torchwood's fourth series Myles presented part of a BBC Wales Documentary entitled Wales and Hollywood, which featured the actress travelling to the Hollywood Walk of Fame to find the Welsh talent honoured there.

Myles has been nominated for a total of six BAFTA Cymru awards, winning one. In 2002, 2003, and 2009, Myles was nominated for Best Actress in the BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role as Ceri on the BBC Wales drama Belonging. In 2007, Eve Myles won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress award for her portrayal of Gwen Cooper in Torchwood's first series, a role she also received Best Actress BAFTA Cymru nominations for in 2008 and 2010.