Eve Myles
{{short description|Welsh actress (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eve Myles
| image = File:Eve Myles 2013.jpg
| caption = Myles at the Sydney premiere of Man of Steel, 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
| years_active = 1999–present
| known_for = Torchwood
| spouse = {{marriage|Bradley Freegard|2013}}
| children = 3
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a Welsh actress. Her television roles include Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series Belonging (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series Torchwood (2006–2011), and Faith Howells in the bilingually produced BBC / S4C drama series Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher (2017–2020).
Myles graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2000. Later that year, she began playing Ceri Lewis in the BBC Wales-produced drama series Belonging, a role she was to continue with until the end of the series in 2009. Her early UK-wide television credits included the 2001 miniseries Tales from Pleasure Beach and the 2003 television drama Colditz.
In 2005, she auditioned for a part in the revived series of Doctor Who, and landed the role of servant girl Gwyneth, in the series 1 episode "The Unquiet Dead", alongside Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston. Her appearance in Doctor Who led to her winning a lead role in the science-fiction drama's spin-off series Torchwood, in which she portrayed the character Gwen Cooper for four series between 2006 and 2011. Her role in Torchwood earned her a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Actress in 2007.
Myles' subsequent television credits include the 2008 miniseries Little Dorrit, the 2008 premiere episode of the fantasy drama Merlin and the title role in the 2013 drama series Frankie.
In 2013, for the TV channel GOLD, she appeared alongside Anthony Head in the comedy-drama You, Me & Them, in a role she reprised in 2015 for the second series. In 2014, she was cast in the second series of the crime drama series Broadchurch, portraying Claire Ripley. In 2011, she voiced one of the main characters in the video game Dragon Age II. In 2016, she once again played a Victorian servant, this time Mrs. Jenkins in the ITV period drama series Victoria; she did not reprise the role for series 2.{{cite web|last=Leane|first=Rob|date=22 October 2015|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/victoria/37461/victoria-first-pic-of-jenna-coleman-eve-myles-joins-cast|title=Victoria: first pic of Jenna Coleman, Eve Myles joins cast|website=Den of Geek|publisher=Dennis Publishing Limited}}
Myles is a theatre actress, winning an Ian Charleson Award in 2004 for her performances in Royal Shakespeare Company productions of the plays Titus Andronicus and The Taming of the Shrew. Further theatre credits include both Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 at the National Theatre in 2004, and the role of Emma in the first UK run of Zach Braff's play All New People in 2012.
Early life
Myles was born on 26 July 1978{{cite web|last=Hanna|first=Aoife|title=Who Is Eve Myles? The 'Keeping Faith' Actress Got Her Big Break After A Cameo On 'Doctor Who'|website=Bustle.com|date=12 July 2018|access-date=26 July 2018|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/who-is-eve-myles-the-keeping-faith-actress-got-her-big-break-after-a-cameo-on-doctor-who-9739034}} in Ystradgynlais, Wales.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/eve-myles/ |title=BBC Arts: Eve Myles |publisher=BBC Wales |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=2010-01-02}} Her father is Scottish.{{cite news |last1=Griffiths |first1=Sian |title=Eve Myles keeps faith with Welsh language |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/eve-myles-keeps-faith-with-welsh-language-5k37wvsnj |access-date=27 October 2019 |work=The Sunday Times |date=20 January 2019 |language=en}} She attended Ysgol Maesydderwen, where she learned only basic Welsh phrases. In 2000, Myles gained a Bachelor of Arts in acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. Then she moved to London.{{cite web |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 |access-date=2008-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210081054/http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/news/news_details.asp?newsid=146 |archive-date=10 February 2008}}
Career
In 2000 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 miniseries Tales from Pleasure Beach. From 2003, Myles based herself in Stratford-upon-Avon, playing Lavinia in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus and Bianca in The Taming of The Shrew,{{cite web |last=Loveridge |first=Lizzie |title=A CurtainUp London Review: The Taming of the Shrew |url=http://www.curtainup.com/tamingoftheshrew.html |access-date=2011-03-21 |work=Curtain Up}} for both of which she received the Sunday Times Ian Charleson award in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821080568418/Dillon+Wins+Ian+Charleson+Award+for+Master+Builder.html |title=Dillon wins Ian Charleson Award for Master Builder |work=What's on Stage |last=Paddock |first=Terri |date=2004-03-29 |access-date=2011-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615184208/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8821080568418/Dillon+Wins+Ian+Charleson+Award+for+Master+Builder.html |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead }} In 2005, appeared opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV, Part I and II at the National Theatre. She took the part of Gwenfar in the BBC Radio Four series of plays "Arthur" by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Steve May in November 2004. 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 went on to create and produce Torchwood. Considering her to be "one of Wales' best-kept secrets",{{cite web |url=http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/eve_myles.php |title=Eve Myles - Welsh Icon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004114539/http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/eve_myles.php |archive-date=4 October 2012}} Davies wrote the role of Gwen Cooper in Torchwood specifically for Myles.{{cite news
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/torchwood/pages/evemyles.shtml
|title=Eve Myles
|publisher=BBC Wales
|access-date=2006-09-06
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103131304/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/torchwood/pages/evemyles.shtml
|archive-date=3 November 2006
|url-status=dead
}} Speaking on her casting, Myles stated that having the part written for her was like having her "own personal Oscar."{{cite web |url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Eve%20Myles%3A%20Torchwood%20/ |title=Eve Myles: Torchwood |publisher=SuicideGirls.com |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=2009-05-15 }} Gwen, an audience surrogate character,{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article668327.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616064609/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article668327.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2011 |title=Who dares and wins |author=Russell T Davies |date=2006-10-15 |access-date=2010-08-08 |location=London |work=The Times }} is characterised by Myles as Torchwood's "social worker", who "can run and fight and stand in her own corner and win." Her role in Torchwood also led to Myles making a second appearance in Doctor Who, for its Fourth series' finale, alongside Torchwood co-stars John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd.[http://tv.sky.com/torchwood-interview-eve-myles/ Interview with Eve Myles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709110121/http://tv.sky.com/torchwood-interview-eve-myles |date=9 July 2009 }} Myles appeared in every episode of Torchwood.{{cite web |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/111/1111045p1.html |title=Torchwood: The New World is Coming |publisher=IGN |date=2010-07-08 |access-date=2010-09-24 }}
Myles also appeared in the first episode of Merlin, "The Dragon's Call", where she played Lady Helen of Mora and Mary Collins, a witch who impersonated her. Her performance in this role was described positively by Anthony Head, who said that "she did it dead straight and very scarily. There was one moment she was delivering a speech to me in full prosthetic make-up... The French background artists didn't speak English but burst into applause at the end because they were moved by the emotion of it."{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/30/anthony-head-why-im-happy-eve-myles-is-my-girlfriend-4166026/ |work=Metro |access-date=30 October 2013 |date=30 October 2013 |title=Anthony Head: Why I'm happy Eve Myles is my 'girlfriend' }}
She portrayed the character of Maggy Plornish in Andrew Davies' 2008 adaptation of Little Dorrit, which later went on to win seven Emmy awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23746516-little-dorrit-steals-the-show-with-seven-emmys.do |title=Little Dorrit steals the show with seven Emmys |work=Evening Standard|location=London|date=2009-09-21 |access-date=2011-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219030859/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23746516-little-dorrit-steals-the-show-with-seven-emmys.do |archive-date=19 December 2009}} Early 2008 also saw the actress host a radio show centred around Welsh boxer Joe Calzaghe{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/04_april/17/fight.shtml |title=Torchwood star gets set for the big fight night on Radio Wales |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=2008-04-17 |access-date=2011-03-29 }} and narrate a short story, Sorry for the Loss by Bridget Keehan, both airing on BBC Radio Wales.{{cite web |url=http://www.literaturewales.org/archive/i/132054/n/551/ |title=Rhys Davies stories to be broadcast on Radio Wales |work=Literature Wales |access-date=2001-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309093849/http://www.literaturewales.org/archive/i/132054/n/551/ |archive-date=9 March 2012}}
2009 saw her star in the 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/07/04/torchwood-star-can-t-wait-to-start-new-series-91466-26780199/ |title=Torchwood star can't wait to start new series |publisher=WalesOnline |date=2009-08-11 |access-date=2010-07-05}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/03_march/26/casualty_wales.shtml |title=Casualty moves to Wales |publisher=BBC|date=2009-03-26 |access-date=2010-07-05}} 2011 also saw Myles provide the voice of the Dalish elf Merrill in the Bioware video game Dragon Age II.{{cite web |url=http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/03/12/review-dragon-age-ii/ |title=Review: Dragon Age II |work=thesixthaxis.com |author=Greg A |date=2011-03-12 |access-date=2011-03-12 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesarts/2011/07/wales_and_hollywood_michael_sheen_eve_myles.html |title=Wales and Hollywood on BBC One Wales |publisher=BBC Arts Blog |last=Chamberlain |first=Laura |date=20 July 2011 |access-date=26 July 2011 }}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012rsyh Wales in Hollywood programme listing]
In 2012 Myles returned to the stage in Zach Braff's play All New People, which ran for ten consecutive weeks at the West End's Duke of York's Theatre following runs at the Manchester Opera House (8–11 February 2012) and the King's Theatre in Glasgow (14–18 February).{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831326294462/Cast%3A+Myles+%26+Fielding+in+Braff's+People,+Gillett+in+Country.html|title=Cast: Myles & Fielding in Braff's People, Gillett in Country |publisher=What's on Stage |date=11 January 2012 |access-date=14 February 2012 }} In 2013 she took the title role in the BBC1 drama Frankie, filmed in Bristol, which follows the life of a district nurse who cares more about her patients than her own life.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/frankie.html |title=Eve Myles to star in new BBC One drama series, Frankie |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=7 September 2012 }}
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In August 2016, Myles alongside Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes and Rufus Sewell in the ITV drama Victoria, which follows the early life of Queen Victoria from her ascension to the throne at the age of 18, through to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert. She portrayed Mrs Jenkins, the Queen's personal dresser.
In 2017, Myles starred alongside her real life husband Bradley Freegard in the Welsh drama Un Bore Mercher for S4C. She learnt to speak Welsh for the role. Un Bore Mercher was also filmed in English and aired the following year on BBC One as Keeping Faith. Myles played Faith Howells, a solicitor whose husband Evan, with whom she works at their family-run law firm, disappears whilst she is on maternity leave following the birth of their third child. The show was a runaway success for the BBC and the second series was broadcast 2019 on S4C in May–June and on BBC One in July–August.
In 2018, Myles played the role of Norman Scott's lover Gwen Parry-Jones in the BBC drama A Very English Scandal. The drama relates the real-life story of politician Jeremy Thorpe's affair with Scott and subsequent trial for attempted murder, based on the novel of the same name by John Preston.
Awards and recognition
Myles was among many others nominated for Wales online Dafftas' best actress{{cite web |last1=McCrum |first1=Kirstie |title=The Dafftas: Your winners revealed |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dafftas-winners-your-tv-favourite-7131489 |website=walesonline |access-date=1 August 2018 |date=16 May 2014}} and won for her role as [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t1h0p Frankie] with almost 45% of the votes. Myles was nominated for and won Wales' sexiest woman in 2013.{{cite web |last1=McCrum |first1=Kirstie |title=Take a bow Eve Myles - Wales' Sexiest Woman 2013 |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/eve-myles-wales-sexiest-woman-6258429 |website=walesonline |access-date=1 August 2018 |date=2 November 2013}}
Myles has been nominated for a total of six BAFTA Cymru awards, winning one. In 2002,{{cite press release |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=26 April 2002 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/04_april/26/bafta_cymru.shtml |title=BBC Wales scores Bafta success }} 2003,{{cite press release |publisher=BBC Press Office |date=4 April 2003 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/02/wales_nominations.shtml |title=BBC Wales seeks Bafta success }} and 2009,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8003190.stm |title=Doctor dominates Bafta Cymru list |work=BBC News |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2011-03-29 }} Myles was nominated for Best Actress in the BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role as Ceri on the BBC Wales drama Belonging.
In 2007, Myles won the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress award for her portrayal of Gwen Cooper in Torchwood{{'}}s first series,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6604115.stm |work=BBC News |title=Dr Who sweeps Bafta Cymru board |date=2007-04-28 }} a role she also received Best Actress BAFTA Cymru nominations for in 2008{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7369183.stm |work=BBC News |title=Doctor Who{{'}}s Bafta Cymru triumph |date=2008-04-27}} and 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.bafta-cymru.org.uk/english/awards/pdf/2010_nominations.pdf |title=Bafta Cymru Nominations }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2010, Myles won the Best Actress award in the SFX Reader's awards poll,{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a203498/torchwoods-myles-named-best-actress.html |title=Torchwood{{'}}s Myles named Best Actress |work=Digital Spy |date=2010-02-16 |access-date=2010-08-08 }} and was crowned best actress in the 11th annual Airlock Alpha Portal Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7681/doctor-who-dominates-2010-portal-awards.html |title=Doctor Who dominates 2010 Portal Awards |work=Airlock Alpha |date=2010-08-01 |access-date=2010-08-08 }} For her role as Gwen Cooper in Torchwood: Miracle Day, Myles was nominated for a Satellite Awards in the Best Television Actress category.[http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/current-nominees/ 2011 Satellite Award Nominations] and reached the shortlist for the 2012 UK National Television Awards.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16378869 |title=National Television Awards: Street leads shortlist |publisher=BBC|date=2012-01-02|access-date=2012-01-02 }}
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 |work=Wales on Sunday |date=2006-03-19 |access-date=2006-03-20 }} Myles also regularly ranks highly in the Western Mail{{'}}s annual list of the 50 sexiest women in Wales. In 2005, the Western Mail ranked Myles seventh{{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=Western Mail |date=2005-10-14 |access-date=2006-02-20 }} whilst she ranked fifth in 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/features/2008/09/06/the-50-sexiest-women-in-wales-91466-21677348/ |title=The 50 sexiest women in Wales |publisher=WalesOnline |last=Simpson |first=Rin |date=2008-09-06 |access-date=2011-03-15 }} 7th in 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/2009/11/07/the-50-sexiest-women-in-wales-91466-25102423/ |title=The 50 sexiest women in Wales |publisher=WalesOnline |last=Price |first=Karen |date=2011-03-23 |access-date=2009-11-07 }} 8th in 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/11/27/wales-hottest-women-91466-27710098/8/ |title=Wales' 50 sexiest women |publisher=Wales Online |date=2010-11-27 |access-date=2011-03-23 |archive-date=9 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209121630/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/11/27/wales-hottest-women-91466-27710098/8/ |url-status=dead }} and 10th in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2011/10/20/the-50-sexiest-women-in-wales-2011-91466-29508842/9/ |title=The 50 sexiest women in Wales 2011 |publisher=WalesOnline |last=Woodrow |first=Emily |date=2011-10-20 |access-date=2011-11-30 |archive-date=26 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126101016/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2011/10/20/the-50-sexiest-women-in-wales-2011-91466-29508842/9/ |url-status=dead }}
In June 2010, Myles was honoured with a fellowship from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education-news/2010/06/26/actress-eve-myles-honoured-91466-26729279/ |title=Actress Eve Myles honoured |work=Western Mail |last=Evans |first=Gareth |date=26 June 2010 |access-date=14 February 2012}}
Personal life
Myles met Bradley Freegard at the National Youth Theatre in 1994, and they married in Italy on 18 May 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/21/all-about-eve-and-me-91466-22964679/ |work=WalesOnline |title=All About Eve and me |date=2010-02-21 }} Myles and Freegard have three daughters.{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2009/12/20/torchwood-star-eve-myles-joy-at-new-arrival-91466-25429799/ |title=Torchwood star Eve Myles' joy at new arrival |work=WalesOnline}}{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Files: Torchwood{{'}}s Eve Myles |url=http://www.wbez.org/blog/justin-kaufmann/2011-06-20/wikipedia-files-torchwoods-eve-myles-88062 |publisher=WBEZ Chicago }}{{cite web |url=http://www.afterelton.com/people/2011/06/torchwood-miracle-day-eve-myles-kai-owen-bill-pullman?page=0%2C0 |title=On the Set of Torchwood: Miracle Day with Eve Myles, Kai Owen and Bill Pullman |work=After Elton |last=Duralde |first=Alfonso |date=2011-07-09 |access-date=2011-07-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013235231/http://www.afterelton.com/people/2011/06/torchwood-miracle-day-eve-myles-kai-owen-bill-pullman?page=0%2C0 |archive-date=13 October 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/torchwood-star-eve-myles-chilled-6780480 |title=Torchwood star Eve Myles: 'Chilled and thrilled' by birth of daughter Siena |work=WalesOnline |date=7 March 2014 }}{{cite news |url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/keeping-faiths-eve-myles-gives-21787878.amp |title= Keeping Faith's Eve Myles gives birth to her third daughter |work=WalesOnline |date=7 October 2021 }} After learning Welsh for Keeping Faith with the assistance of her husband, she now speaks conversational Welsh with her daughters.
Filming Torchwood{{'}}s fourth series in 2011 saw Myles relocate with her family to America's Hollywood Hills, living "literally underneath the Hollywood sign".{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/11/28/eve-myles-from-torchwood-to-hollywood-91466-27731035/#ixzz16h8drG7f |work=WalesOnline |title=Eve Myles: From Torchwood to Hollywood |date=2010-11-28 }} Myles has described California as the "land of dreams", and her experience filming the fourth series of Torchwood in Hollywood as the best year of her life, adding that she would love to spend more time there.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005
|Say It with Flowers |Leila Moon |Short film | |||
| 2006
|Dolly Nightingale | | |||
| 2009
|Sally Fielding | | |||
| 2017 | Eat Locals | Vanessa | |
| 2019
|Creepy Pasta Salad |Voice role |Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hang the DJ | Tracy | | |
| 2000 | Nuts and Bolts | Carys Williams | Episode: #1.1
| |
| 2000–2009 | Belonging | Ceri Owen (née Lewis) | 85 episodes
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2001 | Tales from Pleasure Beach | Angie | 2 episodes
| |
| Score | Paula | TV film
| | |
| 2003 | EastEnders: Dot's Story | Young Gwen | TV special
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2005 | Doctor Who | Gwyneth | Episode: "The Unquiet Dead"
| |
| Colditz | Jill | 2 episodes
| | |
| 2006 | Soundproof | DC Sarah McGowan | TV film
| |
| 2006–2011 | Torchwood | Gwen Cooper | Main role; 41 episodes |
| 2006–2008 | Torchwood Declassified | Herself | 18 episodes
| |
| rowspan="3" | 2008 | Merlin | Lady Helen / Mary Collins | Episode: "The Dragon's Call" |
| Little Dorrit | Maggy Plornish | 8 episodes | |
| Doctor Who | Gwen Cooper | 2 episodes: "The Stolen Earth" / "Journey's End"
| | |
| 2009
| Framed | Angharad Stannard | TV film | |
| rowspan="2" | 2011 | Wales and Hollywood | Presenter | Documentary
| |
| Baker Boys | Sarah | Main role; 6 episodes | |
| rowspan="1" |2013 | Frankie | Frankie Maddox | Main role; 6 episodes |
| 2013–2015 | You, Me & Them | Lauren Grey | Main role; 12 episodes
| |
| 2014 | Under Milk Wood | Lilly Smalls | TV film
| |
| 2015 | Broadchurch | Claire Ripley | 8 episodes
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2016 | Moving On | Helen | Episode: "Passengers"
| |
| Victoria | Mrs Jenkins | 8 episodes | |
| 2017–2020 | Keeping Faith / Un Bore Mercher | Faith Howells | Main role; 20 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Gwen Parry-Jones | Episode: #1.2
| |
| To Provide All People
|Domestic Assistant |TV film | | |||
| 2019 | Cold Feet | Caitlin Henderson | 2 episodes |
| 2020–2022 | We Hunt Together | DS Lola Franks | Main role; 12 episodes |
| 2023
|Alice Sinclair |Main role | |||
| 2025–present | The Crow Girl | Jeanette Kirkland | Main role |
| TBA
|Cold Water |TBA |Filming | |||
| TBA
|The Guest |TBA |Main role; Filming |
= Radio and audio dramas =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Production | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004
|Gwenfar | rowspan="3" |BBC Radio 4 | |||
| 2005
|Nesta | |||
| 2007
|The Sixth Column Has Better Legs |Gloria | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2008 | Calzaghe Fight Night | Presenter | BBC Radio Wales |
| | Sorry for the Loss | Narrator | rowspan="6" | BBC Radio 4 | |
| | "Lost Souls" | rowspan="5" | Gwen Cooper | ||
| rowspan="3"| 2009 | "Asylum" | ||
| | "Golden Age" | |||
| | "The Dead Line" | |||
| | 2011 | Torchwood: The Lost Files | ||
| 2013
|Narrator |BBC Radio Wales | |||
| | 2015–2020, 2023 | Torchwood
|Gwen Cooper | Big Finish Productions | |
| rowspan="4" |2015
|Foursome |Lisa | rowspan="4" |BBC Radio 4 | |||
| Stupid Men
|Kerry | |||
| Frank and the Bear
|Amy | |||
| Fright Night: Ring
|Toni | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2018 | Blind Terror: The Gods of Frost | Kathryn Ellis
|Big Finish Productions | |
| 19 Weeks | Emily | BBC Radio 4 |
= Stage =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2003 | The Taming of the Shrew | Bianca | rowspan="2" | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Titus Andronicus | Lavinia | ||
| 2004
|The Stonewatcher |Marika / Vizike | rowspan="3" |National Theatre | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2005 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Lady Mortimer | |
| Henry IV, Part 2 | |||
| 2012 | All New People | Emma | Duke of York's Theatre |
= Audiobook narrator =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Author ! Notes |
| 2007
|Border Princes | rowspan="2" |Torchwood audiobooks |
| 2009 |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes !{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} | |||
| | 2011 | Dragon Age II | Merrill | Voice only |
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://eve-myles.net}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0616990|name=Eve Myles}}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/halloffame/showbiz/evemyles.shtml Bio of Myles at BBC Wales]
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