Eve Myles

Eve Myles will play Gwen Cooper, the female lead, in the upcoming Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood on BBC Three, as stated in a recent BBC Press Ofiice release. Myles described her character to The Western Mail thus: ""Gwen starts off as a police officer in Cardiff and then gets involved in the Torchwood team. "She's a very down-to-earth girl, kind and generous, but extremely ambitious, feisty, intelligent and witty. But she's also very human - she's really the girl next door. Because I'm playing her, I put a lot of me into it and I take a lot of my own characteristics." Myles also played Gwyneth, a maid living in 1860s Cardiff, in the Doctor Who story, "The Unquiet Dead." It is not yet known whether there is any connection between the two similarly named characters.

Myles is a native of Ystradgynlais, Wales. Her televison roles have included appearances in EastEnders, and the television film Score. In 2002 and 2003, Miles was nominated for Best Actress in the BAFTA Cymru Awards for her role as Ceri on the BBC Wales drama Belonging. Miles played Lavinia in the 2003 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus. In 2005, she appeared opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II at the Royal National Theatre.

Trivia

 * In 2005, The Western Mail ranked Myles seventh in its annual list of the 50 sexiest women in Wales.