Alice Eve
{{short description|British actress (born 1982)}}
{{Use Oxford spelling|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alice Eve
| image = Alice Eve 2021.jpg
| caption = Eve in 2021
| birth_name = Alice Sophia Eve
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| education = St Catherine's College, Oxford (BA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2004–present
| citizenship = {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States (from 2017)}}
| partner = Adam O'Riordan (?–2012)
| spouse = {{marriage|Alex Cowper-Smith|2014|2017|end=div}}
| parents = {{Unbulleted list|Trevor Eve|Sharon Maughan}}
}}
Alice Sophia Eve (born 6 February 1982){{Cite web |first=Mike |last=Rose |date=2023-02-06 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 6, 2023 includes celebrities Rick Astley, Axl Rose |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-6-2023-includes-celebrities-rick-astley-axl-rose.html |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=cleveland.com}}{{Cite web |title=Alice Sophia EVE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1cO0hs9_rBxajafR-oR1A7vv3Ig/appointments |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}} is a British actress. The daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan, she began her career with supporting roles in the films Hawking and Stage Beauty (both 2004). Her other credits include Starter for 10 (2006), She's Out of My League (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Before We Go (2014), Please Stand By (2017), Replicas (2018), and Bombshell (2019). On television, she has had recurring roles on HBO's Entourage (2011), Marvel's Iron Fist (2018), and Amazon Prime's The Power (2023).
Early life
Eve was born on 6 February 1982 in London, the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan. She is of English, Irish and Welsh descent.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/13/framed2.shtml|title=Framed: Trevor Eve plays Quentin Lester|date=13 August 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028200618/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/13/framed2.shtml|archive-date=28 October 2010|url-status = live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview+Sharon+Maughan%3A+We+were+so+poor+I+never+went+by+car,+now...-a067820513|title=Interview Sharon Maughan: We were so poor I never went by car, now I've got my own; Mercedes.|last=Feinstein|first=Sharon|date=10 December 2010|work=Sunday Mirror|access-date=13 October 2010}} She went to Bedales School{{cite news|last=Stern|first=Marlow|title=Alice Eve, the Beautiful New Trekkie, Talks 'Star Trek Into Darkness'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/18/alice-eve-the-beautiful-new-trekkie-talks-star-trek-into-darkness.html|newspaper=The Daily Beast|access-date=18 May 2013|date=18 May 2013}} and More House School, then took her A-levels at Westminster School in London.
During her gap year, she studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and then read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford. At Oxford, she appeared in student productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, Animal Crackers (which toured to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Scenes from an Execution.
Career
Eve has appeared in television dramas such as the BBC's The Rotters' Club, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Hawking{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078pzf |title=BBC Two: Hawking |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 March 2012}} and starred in the drama film Stage Beauty (2004).
In 2006, she starred in two comedy films: Starter for 10 and Big Nothing (in which she and co-star Simon Pegg put on American accents).{{cite news |title= Big Nothing (review) |url= http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1960703,00.html |work=The Guardian |location=London | first= Peter |last= Bradshaw |date= 1 December 2006 |access-date=2 December 2006 }} She spent the early part of 2006 in India working on the drama miniseries Losing Gemma about backpackers.{{cite web|url=http://www.jonasarmstrong.net/losinggemma.html|title=Losing Gemma|publisher=jonasarmstrong.net|access-date=16 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805011721/http://www.jonasarmstrong.net/losinggemma.html|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status = usurped}}
On the stage, Eve has appeared in two plays directed by Trevor Nunn. In 2006, she played young Esme/Alice in the then-new Tom Stoppard play Rock 'n' Roll, at the Royal Court Theatre,{{cite news |title=Alice Eve |url=http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3003553 |publisher=Theatre.com |first=Mar |last=Shenton |date=2 December 2006 |access-date=2 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130010441/http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3003553 |archive-date=30 November 2006 |url-status = dead}} later reprising her role for the 2007 Broadway transfer. For this performance, she was nominated for the best supporting actress award at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=http://awards.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=1271|title=WhatsOnStage.com Awards 2007 results|publisher=WhatsOnStage.com|access-date=16 May 2012}}
In 2009, she played Roxane in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Chichester Festival Theatre.{{cite web |url=http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_cast.asp?pid=275&type=1 |title=Chichester Festival Theatre : What's On |publisher=Cft.org.uk |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515004723/http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_cast.asp?pid=275&type=1 |archive-date=15 May 2009 |url-status = dead}}
In 2010, Eve played the female lead role in the American romantic comedy She's Out of My League, in which her parents play the roles of her character's parents. She also played the role of Erin, Charlotte York's Irish nanny, in Sex and the City 2.{{cite web |url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=433040&silentchk=1&mpc=2 |title=I Got Cast in 'Sex and the City 2' – MSN Movies News |publisher=Movies.msn.com |date=24 September 2009 |access-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924113335/http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=433040&silentchk=1&mpc=2 |archive-date=24 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}
During 2011, Eve had a recurring guest role in season 8 of the HBO series Entourage, as Sophia, a journalist and love interest to Vincent Chase.{{cite web |date=22 August 2011 |title='Entourage': Keep your ex's stepmother close... |publisher=CNN |url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/22/entourage-keep-your-exs-stepmother-close/ |access-date=8 September 2011 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045358/https://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/22/entourage-keep-your-exs-stepmother-close/ |url-status=dead }} In 2011, Eve also portrayed Hollywood actress Lara Tyler in the romantic comedy The Decoy Bride. Eve is also known for her role of Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness.{{cite web |date=11 December 2012 |title=Alice Eve's Star Trek Into Darkness Role Revealed |publisher=Cinema Blend |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alice-Eve-Star-Trek-Darkness-Role-Revealed-34529.html |access-date=14 December 2012 }}
In 2012, she played the younger 1969 version of Agent O in the sci-fi comedy Men in Black 3, the older version being played by Emma Thompson.
Eve took part in the opening session of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.{{cite news|title=Qualcomm's insane CES 2013 keynote in pictures and tweets|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3850056/qualcomms-insane-ces-2013-keynote-pictures-tweets|access-date=30 July 2013|date=8 January 2013}} She appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Queenie Eye" (2013),{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CfLUmVso30 |title=Paul McCartney - Queenie Eye (Official Video) |publisher=MPL Communications Inc/Ltd. |date= October 24, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-24669465 |title=Sir Paul McCartney's video stars Johnny Depp and Jude Law |publisher=bbc.com |date= October 25, 2013 |access-date=March 25, 2022}} and in Rixton's music video "Hotel Ceiling" (2015).
In 2013, she co-starred in the romantic drama Before We Go with Chris Evans, who also directed the film.{{cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=Alice Eve Boards Chris Evans' '1:30 Train' |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/alice-eve-boards-chris-evans-130-train-1200749530/|magazine=Variety|access-date=29 January 2014|date=22 October 2013}} She played herself in the Hollywood film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) and has since starred in several productions, including the action thriller Criminal (2016).
In 2016, she appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.{{cite magazine|title='Black Mirror' Season 3 Trailer: "No One Is This Happy' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/black-mirror-season-3-trailer-netflix-bryce-dallas-howard-alice-eve-james-norton-1201832611/|access-date=7 October 2016|magazine=Deadline|date=7 October 2016}} In December 2017, Eve joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Iron Fist as Mary Walker.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/iron-fist-season-2-alice-eve-netflix-1202631184/|title='Iron Fist' Season 2 Adds 'Star Trek' Alum Alice Eve |first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=5 December 2017}}
Personal life
Eve was in a long-term relationship with poet Adam O'Riordan, whom she met while reading/studying English at the University of Oxford. They broke up in 2012.{{cite magazine|title=Who's That Girl? Meet "Entourage" Actress Alice Eve |url=http://www.complexmag.ca/pop-culture/2011/09/whos-that-girl-meet-entourage-actress-alice-eve/5-shes-dating-poet-adam-oriordan|magazine=Complex|date=5 September 2011}} On 14 August 2014, she announced her engagement to her "high school sweetheart", financier Alex Cowper-Smith, whom she met while attending Westminster School in London.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Alive-Eve-Engaged-1085593.aspx |publisher=TV Guide|first=Kaitlin |last=Thomas |title=Star Trek Into Darkness{{'}} Alice Eve is engaged |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=26 April 2020 |magazine=TV Guide}} They married on 31 December 2014{{cite web |url=https://people.com/movies/star-trek-actress-alice-eve-is-married/|first=K.C. |last=Blumm |title=Star Trek Actress Alice Eve Is Married The British actress married Alex Cowper-Smith in London on New Year's Eve |work=People| date=January 3, 2015 |access-date=March 26, 2022}} and divorced in 2017.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Eve has heterochromia, a condition that causes her eyes to have irises of different colours. Her left eye is blue and her right eye is green.{{cite web|url=http://omg.yahoo.com/news/eyes-celebrities-heterochromia-210000419.html |title=The Eyes Have It: Celebrities with Heterochromia |publisher=Yahoo |access-date=30 July 2013 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318170117/http://omg.yahoo.com/news/eyes-celebrities-heterochromia-210000419.html |archive-date=18 March 2013 }}
She lives in London and Los Angeles.{{cite web|last=BRAUN|first=LIZ|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/E/Eve_Alice/2009/03/13/8735476-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709065054/http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/E/Eve_Alice/2009/03/13/8735476-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Alice Eve rises to acting career|date=13 March 2009|publisher=jam.canoe.ca|access-date=22 April 2010}} She became a naturalised American citizen in November 2017.{{cite web |last=Nicholson |first=Claire |url=https://twitter.com/USCISMediaLA/status/931229477450891265|title=StarTrek actress Alice Eve has boldly gone where she has never gone before! |website=Twitter |access-date=29 November 2018}}
Filmography
= Film =
File:Alice Eve, Men in Black 3, 2012.jpg premiere in 2012]]
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Miss Frayne | |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Alice Harbinson | |
| Big Nothing
| Josie | |
| 2007
| The Amazing Trousers | Colette | Short film |
| 2009
| Claire Sheperd | |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Molly McCleish | |
| Sex and the City 2
| Erin | |
| 2011
| Lara Tyler | |
| rowspan="5"|2012
| ATM | Emily Brandt | |
| The Raven
| Emily Hamilton | |
| Men in Black 3
| Young Agent O | |
| Please, Alfonso
| Annabelle | Short film |
| Decoding Annie Parker
| Louise | |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| Velvet | |
| Star Trek Into Darkness
| |
| Cold Comes the Night
| Chloe | |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Guinevere / Herself | Uncredited |
| Before We Go
| Brooke Dalton | |
| Death of a Farmer
| {{N/A}} | Producer |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Natalie Hamilton | |
| Lithgow Saint
| Amelia Adams | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| Criminal | Marta Lynch | |
| Misconduct
| Charlotte | |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Honey | |
| Please Stand By
| Audrey | |
| The Stolen
| Charlotte Lockton | |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Irene | |
| The Con Is On
| Jackie | |
| Replicas
| Mona Foster | |
| 2019
| |
| 2021
| Warning | Claire | |
| 2022
| Officer Laura Higgins | |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| Anne Caulder | |
| Freelance
| Jenny Pettits |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Cassie Holt |
| Take Cover
| Tamara | |
| TBA
| | Post-production |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Hawking | Martha Guthrie | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| Cicely Boyd | Miniseries |
| Beethoven
| Countess Giulietta Guicciardi | Episode: "The Rebel" |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot
| Lenox Tamplin | Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" |
| 2006
| Esther | Television film |
| 2011
| Sophia | 4 episodes |
| 2016
| Naomi Jayne Blestow | Episode: "Nosedive" |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Gwenda Vaughan | Miniseries |
| Robot Chicken
| Jane Porter / Alexis | Voice; episode: "Jew No. 1 Opens a Treasure Chest" |
| Iron Fist
| Season 2 regular; 10 episodes |
| 2020
| Susan Trenchard | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Kristen | rowspan="2"|Recurring role |
| The Lovers
| Frankie |
| 2024
| Susan Trenchard | 3 episodes |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist |
|---|
| 2013
| "Queenie Eye" |
| 2015
| "Hotel Ceiling" | Rixton |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Alice Eve}}
- [https://www.aliceeve.net/ Alice Eve: The Official Website]
- {{IMDb name|1404408}}
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Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actors educated at Bedales School
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford
Category:English film actresses
Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses