24 Facts About Eve Myles

Eve Myles was born on 26 July 1978 and is a Welsh actress.

Eve 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.

Eve Myles was born on 26 July 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Wales.

Eve Myles attended Ysgol Maesydderwen, where she learned only basic Welsh phrases.

Eve Myles grew up with a strong interest in boxing, although she gave up the sport after breaking her knuckle by punching a wet sandbag.

In 2000 Eve Myles took on the central role of Ceri Owen in the BBC Wales drama Belonging.

In 2001, Eve Myles undertook a role in the television film Score and the TV miniseries Tales from Pleasure Beach.

From 2003, Eve 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, for both of which she received the Sunday Times Ian Charleson award in 2004.

Eve Myles took the part of Gwenfar in the BBC Radio Four series of plays "Arthur" by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Steve May in November 2004.

Eve Myles took a supporting role in the Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead", playing servant girl Gwyneth.

Eve Myles 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.

Eve Myles portrayed the character of Maggy Plornish in Andrew Davies' 2008 adaptation of Little Dorrit, which later went on to win seven Emmy awards.

In July 2010, Eve 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.

In July 2011, to coincide with Torchwoods fourth series Eve 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.

In 2012 Eve 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 and the King's Theatre in Glasgow.

In 2017, Eve Myles starred alongside her real life husband Bradley Freegard in the Welsh drama Un Bore Mercher for S4C.

Eve 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.

In 2018, Eve Myles played the role of Norman Scott's lover Gwen Parry-Jones in the BBC drama A Very English Scandal.

Eve Myles has been nominated for a total of six BAFTA Cymru awards, winning one.

In 2002,2003, and 2009, Eve 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 Torchwoods first series, a role she received Best Actress BAFTA Cymru nominations for in 2008 and 2010.

In 2010, Eve Myles won the Best Actress award in the SFX Reader's awards poll, and was crowned best actress in the 11th annual Airlock Alpha Portal Awards.

Eve Myles met Bradley Freegard at the National Youth Theatre in 1994, and they married in Italy on 18 May 2013.

Eve 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.