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 46) 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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Libertine	Acting Troop
	The Illiterate	Visiting Woman	Short film
2006	Minotaur	Morna
2007	Romance	Julie	Short film
	Virgin Territory	Simona
	The Boat People	Cleo
2008	Slaphappy	Judy Magenta	Short films
	Oh, Simone	Simone
	Domestics	Woman
2009	Christmas Time	Shop Assistant
2010	Forbidden	(unknown)
	East End Stories
2013	Fare	Charon
2014	Set Fire to the Stars	Rosie
2015	Fuel to Fire	Ila Butcher	Short films
2017	The Dead Dog	Daisy
2018	Early Days	Kate	Short film. Also associate producer
2019	Trick or Treat	Gemma
2023	The Performance	Carol

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Doctors	Shelley Garrett	Series 4; episode 52: "Time Bomb"
2004	Waking the Dead	Sarah Faulkner	Series 4; episodes 5 & 6: "Fugue States: Parts 1 & 2"
	Top Buzzer	Sophie	Episodes 1 & 5–10
2005	Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy	Puma	Television film
2006	Taggart	Jessica Flowers	Series 22; episode 9: "The Best and the Brightest"
	The Bill	Meg Lawson	Series 22; episode 41: "Mistaken and Misspoken"
2007	Little Devil	Deborah	Mini-series; episode 3
2009	Desperate Romantics	Margaret	Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2
	Personal Affairs	Nicole Palmerston-Amory	Mini-series; episodes 1 & 3–6
2010	Doctors	Vicky Perry	Series 11; episode 222: "Birth of the Blues"
2011	Casualty	Sarah Maddick	Series 25; episode 25: "Till Death Us Do Part"
	The Crimson Petal and the White	Fireside Whore 1	Mini-series; episodes 1 & 4
	Without You	Christine	Mini-series; episode 1
2012	Wallander	Anna Westin	Series 3; episode 3: "Before the Frost"
	Loving Miss Hatto	Young Joyce Hatto	Television film
2013	Endeavour	Alice Vexin	Series 1; episode 3: "Rocket"
	The Last Witch	Kate Greenwood	Television film
2014–2016	The Musketeers	Milady de Winter	Series 1–3; 19 episodes
2016	DCI Banks	Tamsin Richards	Series 5; episodes 1–3, 5 & 6
	Grantchester	Linda Morgan	Series 3; Christmas Special
2018	Lore	Elizabeth Báthory	Season 2; episode 2: "Elizabeth Bathory: Mirror, Mirror"
	Agatha Raisin	Rosie Wilden	Series 2; episode 2: "The Fairies of Fryfam"
2019	London Kills	Grace Harper	Series 2; episodes 1, 3 & 5
	A Confession	DC Tracy Joyce	Mini-series; episodes 1–3 & 6
2020	White House Farm	Anji / Nancy Raynott	Mini-series; episodes 1, 4 & 5
	All Creatures Great and Small	Dorothy	Series 1; episodes 2, 5 & 7
2020–2024	Van der Valk	Lucienne Hassell	Series 1–4; 12 episodes
2021	Midsomer Murders	Rowan Yarrow	Series 22; episode 1: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy"
2025	The Couple Next Door	Gemma	Series 2; episodes 2–6

Theatre

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