Alice Eve
Alice Eve | |
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Born | Alice Sophia Eve 6 February 1982 London, England |
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse |
Alex Cowper-Smith
(m. 2014; div. 2017) |
Parents |
Alice Sophia Eve (born 6 February 1982) is an English actress. Her movie career includes roles in She's Out of My League, Men in Black 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Before We Go. She has had recurring roles on the TV series Entourage and Iron Fist.
Early life
Eve was born in London, the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan.[1] She has two younger brothers,[2] and is of English, Irish and Welsh descent.[3][4] She went to Bedales School,[1] and More House School, and 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. While 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.[1]
Eve became a naturalised American citizen on 16 November 2017.[5]
Career
Eve has appeared in television dramas such as the BBC's The Rotters' Club, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Hawking[6] and starred in the drama film Stage Beauty (2004).
In 2006, she starred in two comedy films: Starter for 10[1] and Big Nothing (in which she and co-star Simon Pegg put on American accents).[7] She spent the early part of 2006 in India working on the drama miniseries Losing Gemma about backpackers.[8]
On the stage, Eve has appeared in two plays directed by Trevor Nunn. In 2006, she played young Esme/Alice in the new Tom Stoppard play Rock 'n' Roll, at the Royal Court Theatre,[9] 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.[10]
In 2009, she played Roxane in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[11]
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's Irish nanny, in Sex and the City 2.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
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.[15] She appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Queenie Eye" (2013);[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] In December 2017, Eve joined Netflix's Iron Fist as Mary Walker.[19]
Personal life
Eve was in a long-term relationship with poet Adam O'Riordan, whom she met while reading English at Oxford. The pair broke up in 2012.[20] On 14 August 2014, Eve announced her engagement to her "high school sweetheart", financier Alex Cowper-Smith. The pair met while attending Westminster School in London.[21] They married on 31 December 2014.[22] They divorced in 2017.
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.[23] She lives in London and Los Angeles.[24]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Stage Beauty | Miss Frayne | |
2006 | Starter for 10 | Alice Harbinson | |
2006 | Big Nothing | Josie | |
2007 | The Amazing Trousers | Colette | Short film |
2009 | Crossing Over | Claire Sheperd | |
2010 | She's Out of My League | Molly McCleish | |
2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Erin | |
2011 | The Decoy Bride | Lara Tyler | |
2012 | ATM | Emily Brandt | |
2012 | The Raven | Emily Hamilton | |
2012 | Men in Black 3 | Young Agent O | |
2012 | Please, Alfonso | Annabelle | Short film |
2012 | Decoding Annie Parker | Louise | |
2013 | Some Velvet Morning | Velvet | |
2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Dr. Carol Marcus | |
2013 | Cold Comes the Night | Chloe | |
2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Guinevere / Herself | |
2014 | Before We Go | Brooke Dalton | |
2014 | Death of a Farmer | — | Producer |
2015 | Dirty Weekend | Natalie Hamilton | |
2015 | Lithgow Saint | Amelia Adams | Short film |
2016 | Criminal | Marta Lynch | |
2016 | Misconduct | Charlotte | |
2017 | Bees Make Honey | Honey | |
2017 | Please Stand By | Audrey | |
2017 | The Stolen | Charlotte Lockton | |
2018 | Untogether | Irene | |
2018 | The Con Is On | Jackie | |
2018 | Replicas | Mona Foster | |
2019 | Bombshell | Ainsley Earhardt | |
TBA | Warning | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Hawking | Martha Guthrie | TV movie |
2005 | The Rotters' Club | Cicely Boyd | |
2005 | Beethoven | Countess Giulietta Guicciardi | Episode: "The Rebel" |
2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lenox Tamplin | Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" |
2006 | Losing Gemma | Esther | TV movie |
2011 | Entourage | Sophia | 4 episodes |
2016 | Black Mirror | Naomi Jayne Blestow | Episode: "Nosedive" |
2018 | Ordeal by Innocence | Gwenda Vaughan | Miniseries |
2018 | Robot Chicken | Jane Porter / Alexis (voices) |
Episode: "Jew No. 1 Opens a Treasure Chest" |
2018 | Iron Fist | Typhoid Mary | |
2020 | Belgravia | Susan Trenchard |
References
- ^ a b c d Stern, Marlow (18 May 2013). "Alice Eve, the Beautiful New Trekkie, Talks 'Star Trek Into Darkness'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Alice Eve Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Framed: Trevor Eve plays Quentin Lester". BBC. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ Feinstein, Sharon (10 December 2010). "Interview Sharon Maughan: We were so poor I never went by car, now I've got my own; Mercedes". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- ^ Nicholson, Claire. "StarTrek actress Alice Eve has boldly gone where she has never gone before!". Twitter. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "BBC Two: Hawking". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (1 December 2006). "Big Nothing (review)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
- ^ "Losing Gemma". jonasarmstrong.net. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Shenton, Mar (2 December 2006). "Alice Eve". Theatre.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
- ^ "WhatsOnStage.com Awards 2007 results". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Chichester Festival Theatre : What's On". Cft.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "I Got Cast in 'Sex and the City 2' – MSN Movies News". Movies.msn.com. 24 September 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "'Entourage': Keep your ex's stepmother close..." CNN. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Alice Eve's Star Trek Into Darkness Role Revealed". Cimema Blend. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Qualcomm's insane CES 2013 keynote in pictures and tweets". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ "Search Twitter - Alice eve". Mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ McNary, Dave (22 October 2013). "Alice Eve Boards Chris Evans' '1:30 Train'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "'Black Mirror' Season 3 Trailer: "No One Is This Happy'". Deadline. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (5 December 2017). "'Iron Fist' Season 2 Adds 'Star Trek' Alum Alice Eve".
- ^ "Who's That Girl? Meet "Entourage" Actress Alice Eve". Complex. 5 September 2011.
- ^ Thomas, Kaitlin (14 August 2014). "Star Trek Into Darkness' Alice Eve is engaged". TV Guide. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Alice Eve marries Alex Cowper-Smith: exclusive wedding photos". Hello!. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "The Eyes Have It: Celebrities with Heterochromia". Yahoo. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- ^ "jam.canoe.ca". jam.canoe.ca. 13 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
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- Actresses of Irish descent
- People educated at Bedales School
- Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford
- English film actresses
- English people of Irish descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- English stage actresses
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- English emigrants to the United States
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