Maimie McCoy

Mary McCoy, professionally known as Maimie McCoy (born April 21, 1979)^[2][3] is an English actress. She portrayed Milady de Winter in The Musketeers (2014–2016), and is the female lead in the ITV reboot series Van der Valk (2020–).

Maimie McCoy
McCoy in 2015
Born	Mary McCoy (1979-04-21) April 21, 1979 (age 45) Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	London Metropolitan University (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Children	1[1]

Early life and education

Mary McCoy^[4] was born in Yorkshire.^[5] McCoy is the daughter of restaurateurs Eugene and Barbara McCoy, once managers of Tontine restaurant near Stokesley,^[4] who now run the Crathorne Arms pub in Crathorne, North Yorkshire.^[6] Her elder brother Rory is the owner of London restaurants Ducksoup and The Picklery Little Duck, and her younger brother is actor, singer, and dancer Eugene McCoy.^[7] Her maternal uncle is the impressionist Kevin Connelly.^[7][8]

McCoy attended Stokesley School.^[4]

Initially a dancer,^[4] she then studied performing arts at London Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 2001.^[9]

Career

McCoy's screen career includes episodes of Doctors, The Bill, Waking the Dead, and Taggart.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, she appeared in Personal Affairs as Nicole Palmerston-Amory, a "man-eating, cynical realist (who) favours money over love".^[10] This was McCoy's first leading role,^[4] for which she was nominated for a TV Quick Award as best supporting actress.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2012, McCoy played the role of the younger Joyce Hatto in the BBC's production of Loving Miss Hatto.^[11]

In April 2013, she appeared in "Rocket", the third episode of Endeavour, playing Alice Vexin, an old student acquaintance of Morse. Later that year, she starred in the short film Fare with Christian Cooke. She appeared as the female lead, Milady de Winter, in the BBC's The Musketeers (2014–2016), and as Dorothy in Channel 5's remake series All Creatures Great and Small (2020–present).^{[citation needed]}

She plays the female lead, opposite Marc Warren, in the ITV reboot series Van Der Valk.^[12]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Doctors	Shelley Garrett	TV series Episode: "Time Bomb"
2004	Waking the Dead	Sarah Faulkner	Police drama Episode: "Fugue States"
	The Libertine	Acting Troop	Feature film
	Top Buzzer	Sophie	TV series
2005	Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy	Puma	Short film
2006	Minotaur	Morna	Feature film
	Taggart	Jessica Flowers	Police drama Episode: "The Best and the Brightest"
	The Bill	Meg Lawson	Police drama Episode: "Episode 418"
2007	The Boat People	Cleo	Feature film
	Romance	Julie	Short film
	Virgin Territory	Simona	Feature film
	Little Devil	Debs	TV miniseries
2008	Oh, Simone	Simone	Short film
	Slaphappy	Judy Magenta	Short film
	Domestics	Woman	Short film
2009	Personal Affairs	Nicole Palmerston-Amory	Comedy drama
	Desperate Romantics	Margaret	Costume drama
2011	Without You	Christine	TV miniseries Episode 1.1
2012	Loving Miss Hatto	Young Joyce Hatto
	Wallander	Anna Westin	TV series Episode: "Before the Frost"
2013	Endeavour	Alice Vexin	TV series Episode: "Rocket"
	The Last Witch	Kate Greenwood	TV series
2014–2016	The Musketeers	Milady de Winter	TV series
2016	DCI Banks	Tamsin Richards	TV series
	Grantchester	Linda Morgan	Christmas special
2018	Lore	Elizabeth Báthory	TV series
2019	London Kills	Grace Harper	TV series (series 2)
	A Confession	DC Tracy Joyce	TV series
2020–Present	Van Der Valk	Lucienne Hassell	TV series
2020	White House Farm	Nancy Raynott	TV series
	All Creatures Great and Small	Dorothy	TV series
2021	Midsomer Murders	Rowan Yarrow	Episode: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy"

Theatre

• The French Lieutenant's Woman, Richmond Theatre, October 2006 (playing Mary/Girl/Catherine)^[13]

References

1. Rampton, James (7 August 2022). "Van der Valk's Maimie McCoy: "I want us to be allowed to age on screen"". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company Ltd. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
2. "Maimie McCoy". plex.tv. Plex Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
3. "Maimie McCoy". moviefone.com. Moviefone. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
4. Faughey, Karen (15 June 2009). "Eugene McCoy's girl set to star in BBC3 drama". Evening Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
5. Personal Affairs press pack: Maimie McCoy BBC Press Office. 27 May 2009.
6. "The Crathorne Arms". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
7. Pikett, Jane (15 March 2004). "The real McCoy!". Evening Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
8. "DCI Banks star Maimie McCoy: I was a hooker, barmaid or a milkmaid for about 10 years". express.co.uk. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
9. Mary McCoy London Met alumna stars in BBC drama eNewsWire. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
10. "BBC – Personal Affairs – Meet the characters – Nicole – played by Maimie McCoy".
11. Michael Hogan (24 December 2020). "Loving Miss Hatto, BBC One, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
12. Press Association (2020). "Maimie McCoy wanted her Van Der Valk stunts to be 'as raw as possible'". South Wales Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
13. Maimie McCoy | London Theatre Database Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Maimie McCoy at IMDb
• Maimie McCoy at Anthea Presents
• Maimie McCoy at TV Guide
• Maimie McCoy at the TCM Movie Database