Neve McIntosh

Neve McIntosh
Born	Carol McIntosh (1972-04-09) 9 April 1972 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Occupation	Actress

Neve McIntosh (born Carol McIntosh on 9 April 1972) is a Scottish actress.

Early life

Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neve McIntosh (aka Carol White) grew up in Edinburgh, where she attended Boroughmuir High School. She was a member of Edinburgh Youth Theatre in the late 1980s, appearing in Mother Goose and Doctor in the House. She moved to Glasgow to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, after which she was in repertory companies at Perth and at The Little Theatre on the Isle of Mull.

Personal life

McIntosh was married to cameraman Alex Sahla whom she met while filming the 1999 TV series Psychos. They divorced in 2006.

Acting career

Theatre

Title	Role	Notes
The Trick is to Keep Breathing	......	Glasgow stage production
Dickens	.....	Royal Shakespeare Company
Great Expectations	......	in Stratford
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice	Portia	Lyceum in Edinburgh in autumn 2006
Sylvia Plath play Three Women	.....	At Edinburgh Festival in summer 2009
Proof	Lead character 'Catherine'	In February 2010 at Perth Theatre
King Lear	Goneril	In September 2011 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds
The Events	Claire	Mid summer 2013 for ATC London By David Greig

She next played in a Glasgow stage production of The Trick is to Keep Breathing. She playing in the RSC production of Dickens' Great Expectations in Stratford, and starring as Portia in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. In summer 2009, she performed in the Sylvia Plath play Three Women at the Edinburgh Festival. In February 2010 McIntosh appeared as the lead character 'Catherine' in the play Proof at Perth Theatre. She also played in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" as Miss Stapleton. In September 2011 she played Goneril in a production of King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. Neve performed in "Events" mid summer 2013 for ATC Acting Touring Company By David Greig She Played the character Claire Theatre

Film

She also appeared in American director Mark L. Feinsod's first film, Love And Lung Cancer. Alongside her television work she has appeared in the films Gypsy Woman and One Last Chance. 2008-09 saw McIntosh starring in several new films including Salvage, Spring 1941 (with costar Joseph Fiennes) and the award-winning Be All and End All.

Radio

Date	Title	Notes
4 July 2014	The Events	BBC Radio 4

Television

McIntosh is probably best known for her portrayals of Beryl Stapleton in the 2002 BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, and of Fuchsia in the 2000 BBC and WGBH Boston production of Gormenghast, a lavish miniseries based on the first two books of the trilogy by Mervyn Peake. She also played the title role in Lady Audley's Secret.

She appeared in the first British Sky Broadcasting-produced "Doc Martin" prequel (in which the Martin Clunes character was named Bamford, rather than his later moniker of Ellingham), as a lonely villager with an asthmatic son, to whom Martin is attracted.

In 2004, McIntosh starred in Bodies, a medical drama produced by BBC Three and based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio. She has also appeared in several other television dramas, including Psychos, Ghost Squad, Marple, Murder City, Bodies-2 and Low Winter Sun. She also recorded an episode of Law & Order: UK.

In December 2009 McIntosh appeared in an episode of Sky 1's 10 Minute Tales playing the wife of Peter Capaldi's character.

In May 2010, McIntosh appeared in two episodes of the 2010 series of Doctor Who beside new Doctor played by Matt Smith. She plays Alaya and Restac, two Silurian sisters who have been disturbed under the earth, one captured by humans and the other demanding vengeance. In October 2010, she starred alongside former Doctor Who star, David Tennant, in Single Father, a BBC drama. She portrayed the part of Anna, the sister of the dead wife of Tennant's character (Dave).

McIntosh returned as a new Silurian character, Madame Vastra, in the Doctor Who Series 6 mid-series finale episode "A Good Man Goes to War", which aired in the UK on 4 June 2011. The character is a sword-wielding, human-eating late Victorian crime fighter, and an old friend of The Doctor.

Neve McIntosh appeared in Ripper Street for one episode in November 2013 episode 3 "Become Man" where she played the character Raine. Neve also appeared as Janina for 2 episodes of Dracula - a British-American horror drama TV series that premièred on NBC in 25 October 2013. The series aired in the United Kingdom from 31 October 2013, to 16 January 2014, on Sky Living.

McIntosh appeared in the BBC One series Case Histories as Joanna Hunter which aired in June 2011. She also starred in Season 2 of the BBC Three drama, Lip Service, as a love interest of one of the main characters, Sadie.

McIntosh returned once again to Doctor Who in the 2012 Christmas special, and in the episodes The Crimson Horror and The Name of the Doctor. In each of these episodes, she reprises her role as Madame Vastra, who along with her wife, Jenny Flint, and Strax, a former Sontaran nurse, form an investigating team. While there is a suggestive chemistry between Vastra and her chambermaid Jenny in "A Good Man Goes to War", the later episodes explicitly mention that Vastra and Jenny are married.

Doctor Who appearances

• "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood" (2010) - Alaya / Restac
• "A Good Man Goes to War" (2011) - Madame Vastra
• "The Great Detective" (2012, minisode) - Madame Vastra
• "Vastra Investigates" (2012, minisode) - Madame Vastra
• "The Snowmen" (2012) - Madame Vastra
• "The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later" (2013) - Madame Vastra
• "The Crimson Horror" (2013) - Madame Vastra
• "The Name of the Doctor" (2013) - Madame Vastra
• "Doctor Who Prom" (2013) - Madame Vastra
• "Deep Breath" (2014) - Madame Vastra

Filmography

Date	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Gormenghast	Fuchsia	NBBC's WGBH Boston production of lavish miniseries based on the first two books of the trilogy by Mervyn Peake
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Beryl Stapleton	BBC version
2004	Bodies	Sister Donna Rix	produced by BBC Three and based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio
1999	Psychos	Dr Kate Millar	.
.	Ghost Squad	.	.
.	Marple	.	.
.	Murder City	.	.
.	Bodies-2	.	.
.	Low Winter Sun	.	.
.	Law & Order: UK	.	.
.	10 Minute Tales	Playing the wife of Peter Capaldi's character	Sky 1
.	Lady Audley's Secret	.	.
.	Doc Martin	.	a lonely villager with an asthmatic son, to whom Martin is attracted
May 2010	Doctor Who "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood"	Two Silurian sisters Alaya & Restac	Doctor played by Matt Smith
October 2010	Single Father	Anna	a BBC drama
4 June 2011	Doctor Who Series 6 - "A Good Man Goes to War"	Madame Vastra	.
June 2011	Case Histories	Joanna Hunter	BBC One series
2012	Lip Service	Lauren	Season 2 of the BBC Three drama
2012	Doctor Who - The Snowmen.	Madame Vastra	.
2013	Doctor Who - The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later.	Madame Vastra	.
2013	Doctor Who - The Crimson Horror.	Madame Vastra	.
December 2013	Doctor Who Christmas special - The Name of the Doctor	Madame Vastra	.
December 2013	Doctor Who Prom	Madame Vastra	.
November 2013	Ripper Streetep Episode 3 "Become Man"	Raine	.
31 October 2013	Dracula	Janina	.
August 2014	Doctor Who - Deep Breath	Madame Vastra	Doctor played by Peter Capaldi
2015	Critical	Nicola	due to be aired in 2015
March 2015	Social Suicide	Detective Dalton	.
January 2016	Death in Paradise	Nicky Hoskins	Episode 5.1

External links

• Neve McIntosh at the Internet Movie Database