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Alice Eve
Eve at San Diego Comic-Con International 2011
Born
Alice Sophia Eve

(1982-02-06) 6 February 1982 (age 42)
London, England, U.K.
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Parent(s)Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan

Alice Sophia Eve[1] (born 6 February 1982) is an English actress, known for her roles in films including She's Out of My League, Sex and the City 2, Men in Black 3. She also stars in the recent The Decoy Bride.

Early life

Eve was born in London, England, the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan. She has two younger brothers, Jack and George. Eve is of English, Welsh and Irish descent.[2][3] She attended Bedales 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 An Ideal Husband, Animal Crackers (which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Scenes from an Execution and The Colour of Justice.[citation needed]

Career

Eve has starred in television dramas including the BBC's The Rotters' Club, Poirot and Hawking[4] as well as the film Stage Beauty (2004).

Eve played significant roles in two 2006 films: Starter for 10 and Big Nothing (in which she and co-star Simon Pegg used American accents).[5] She spent the early part of 2006 in India working on a drama mini-series Losing Gemma about backpackers.[6]

Eve has appeared in two plays, both directed by Trevor Nunn. In 2006, she appeared in Rock 'n' Roll, a new play by Tom Stoppard at the Royal Court Theatre[7] and reprised her role in the 2007 Broadway transfer. For her performance, she was nominated for the best supporting actress award at the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards.[8] In 2009, she played Roxane in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[9]

She starred in the 2010 American film She's Out of My League. In the film, her parents play the roles of her character's parents. She also played the role of Charlotte's Irish nanny, Erin, in Sex and the City 2.[10] In 2011, Eve had a recurring guest role on the eighth season of the HBO series Entourage, playing Sophia, a journalist and love interest to Vincent Chase.[11]

Personal life

Eve lives in London and Los Angeles.[12]

Eve has one green eye and one blue eye as a result of the condition heterochromia.[13]

Film and television credits

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Stage Beauty Miss Frayne
2004 Hawking Martha Guthrie Television film
2005 The Rotters' Club Cicely Boyd Television film
2005 Beethoven Countess Giulietta Guicciardi Episode: "The Rebel"
2005 Agatha Christie's Poirot Lenox Tamplin Episode: "The Mystery of the Blue Train"
2006 Starter for 10 Alice Harbinson
2006 Big Nothing Josie McBroom
2006 Losing Gemma Esther Television film
2007 The Amazing Trousers Colette
2009 Crossing Over Claire Shepard
2010 She's Out of My League Molly McCleish
2010 Sex and the City 2 Erin
2011 Entourage Sophia Lear
2011 The Decoy Bride Lara Tyler
2011 ATM Emily
2012 The Raven Emily
2012 Men in Black 3 Young Agent O
2013 Untitled Star Trek sequel Unspecified Role Post-production

References

  1. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
  2. ^ "Framed: Trevor Eve plays Quentin Lester". BBC. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "BBC Two: Hawking". [BBC]. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (1 December 2006). "Big Nothing (review)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  6. ^ "Losing Gemma". Retrieved 5-16-2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Text "jonasarmstrong.net" ignored (help)
  7. ^ Shenton, Mar (2 December 2006). "Alice Eve". Theatre.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  8. ^ "WhatsOnStage.com Awards 2007 results". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 5-16-2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ^ "Chichester Festival Theatre : What's On :". Cft.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  10. ^ "I Got Cast in 'Sex and the City 2' – MSN Movies News". Movies.msn.com. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  11. ^ "'Entourage': Keep your ex's stepmother close..." CNN. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  12. ^ "jam.canoe.ca". jam.canoe.ca. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  13. ^ "This One Has a Wardrobe Malfunction". Conan. Season 2. Episode 95. 23 May 2012. TBS.

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