Alice Eve

Alice Sophia Eve (born 6 February 1982) is an English actress.[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Controversy 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links

Early life
Eve was born in London, the daughter of actors Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan.[2] She attended Bedales School,[2] 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), Scenes from an Execution and The Colour of Justice.[2]

Career
Eve at the Hollywood Style Awards in November 2011 Eve has appeared in television dramas such as the BBC's The Rotters' Club, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Hawking[3] and starred in the film Stage Beauty (2004).

In 2006, she starred in two comedy films: Starter for 10[2] and Big Nothing (in which she and co-star Simon Pegg put on American accents).[4] She spent the early part of 2006 in India working on a drama mini-series Losing Gemma about backpackers.[5]

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,[6] 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.[7]

In 2009, she played Roxane in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[8]

In 2010, Eve played the female lead role in the American romantic comedy film 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.[9]

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.[10] 2011 Eve also portrayed Hollywood actress Lara Tyler in the romantic comedy The Decoy Bride. Eve is best known for her role of Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness.[11]

Eve took part in the opening session of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.[12] She appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Queenie Eye";[13] and in Rixton's music video "Hotel Ceiling" in 2015.

In 2013, she co-starred in Before We Go with Chris Evans, who also directed the film.[14] She played herself in the Hollywood film Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb in 2014 and has since starred in several productions, including Criminal in 2016.

Personal life
She was in a long-term relationship with poet Adam O'Riordan, whom she met while reading English at Oxford.[15][16][17] The pair broke up in 2012.[15][17][18]

On 14 August 2014, Eve announced her engagement to her "high school sweetheart", financier Alex Cowper-Smith.[17][18] The pair met while attending Westminster School in London.[17] They married on 31 December 2014.[19]

She has heterochromia; her left eye is blue, and her right eye is green.[20][21]

Eve currently lives in London and Los Angeles.[22] Eve is of English, Welsh, and Irish descent.[23][24]

Controversy
In 2015, Eve aroused controversy with her comments on Caitlyn Jenner's public transition from man to woman, when she accused Jenner of "playing at being a woman".[25][26]

Filmography
Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

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 2010 Sex and the City 2 Erin 2011 The Decoy Bride Lara Tyler 2012 ATM Emily Brandt Direct-to-VOD 2012 The Raven Emily Hamilton 2012 Men in Black 3 Young Agent O 2012 Please, Alfonso Annabelle Short film 2012 Decoding Annie Parker Louise Direct-to-VOD 2013 Some Velvet Morning Velvet 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Carol Marcus 2013 Cold Comes the Night Chloe 2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Guinevere/herself Cameo with Hugh Jackman 2014 Before We Go Brooke Dalton 2014 Death of a Farmer Producer 2015 Dirty Weekend Natalie Hamilton Direct-to-VOD 2016 Criminal Marta Lynch 2016 Misconduct Charlotte Direct-to-VOD 2016 The Brits Are Coming Filming 2017 The Stolen Charlotte Lockton Post Production

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2004 Hawking Martha Guthrie TV movie 2005 The Rotters' Club Cicely Boyd TV series 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 TV episode