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


Early life

Born in
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, McIntosh grew up in
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, where she attended
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. She was a member of Edinburgh Youth Theatre in the late 1980s, appearing in ''
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'' and ''
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''. She moved to
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to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, after which she was in repertory companies at
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and at The Little Theatre on the
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. During the
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McIntosh's grandfather was captured at
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in a German
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in Poland.


Acting career


Theatre

She next played in a Glasgow stage production of ''The Trick is to Keep Breathing''. She then played in the
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production of Dickens' ''
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'' in Stratford and starred as Portia in
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''
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'' at the Lyceum in Edinburgh. In summer 2009 she performed in the
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play ''Three Women'' at the
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. In February 2010, McIntosh appeared as the lead character "Catherine" in the play '' Proof'' at
Perth Theatre Perth Theatre at 185 High Street (no longer its registered address) Perth, Scotland, opened in 1900 and was extended in the 1980s. The building is category B listed by Historic Scotland, and is operated by the charitable organisation Horsecro ...
. In September 2011, she played Goneril in a production of
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at the
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in
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. McIntosh appeared in the Actors Touring Company production of David Greig's ''The Events'' in mid-2013, also appearing in a production in New York in early 2015. She appeared in the play ''Meet Me at Dawn'' in the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival, for which she received praise.


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''. In 2008 and 2009 McIntosh starred in several films, including '' Salvage'', '' Spring 1941'' (with co-star
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) and the award-winning ''
The Be All and End All ''The Be All and End All'' is a 2009 British film shot in Liverpool. It stars Eugene Byrne, Josh Bolt, Connor McIntyre, Liza Tarbuck and Neve McIntosh. With comic and heartfelt results the story tells the story of a friendship between two boys Z ...
''.


Television

McIntosh played Beryl Stapleton in the 2002 BBC version of ''
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'', and Fuchsia in the 2000
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and WGBH Boston production of ''
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'', a miniseries based on the first two books of the trilogy by
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. She also played the title role in ''
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''. She appeared in the first British Sky Broadcasting-produced "Doc Martin" prequel (in which the
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character was named Bamford, rather than his later name Ellingham), as a lonely villager with an asthmatic son, to whom Martin is attracted. In 2004, McIntosh starred in ''
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'', a medical drama produced by
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and based on the book ''Bodies'' by
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. She has also appeared in several other television dramas, including '' Psychos'', ''Ghost Squad'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Bodies-2'' and '' Low Winter Sun''. She also recorded an episode of '' Law & Order: UK''. In December 2009 McIntosh appeared in an episode of
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's ''10 Minute Tales'' playing the wife of
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's character. In May 2010, McIntosh appeared in two episodes of the 2010 series of ''
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'' beside the Doctor played by
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. She plays Alaya and Restac, two
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sisters who have been disturbed under the earth, one captured by humans and the other demanding vengeance. In October 2010, she starred alongside former ''
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'' star,
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, 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,
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, in the ''Doctor Who'' Series 6 mid-series episode "
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", 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 the November 2013 episode 3 "Become Man" where she played the character Raine. She also appeared as Janina for 2 episodes of ''Dracula'' – a British-American horror drama TV series that premièred on NBC on 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 ''
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'' as Joanna Hunter which aired in June 2011. She also starred in Season 2 of the BBC Three drama, ''
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'', as a love interest of one of the main characters, Sadie. McIntosh returned to ''Doctor Who'' in the 2012 Christmas special, and in the episodes "
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" and "
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". In each of these episodes, she reprises her role as Madame Vastra, who along with her wife,
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, and Strax, a former Sontaran nurse, form an investigating team. While there is a suggestive chemistry between Vastra and her chambermaid Jenny, in "
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", the later episodes explicitly mention that Vastra and Jenny are married. In 2017, McIntosh played Kay Gillies in the
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drama '' The Replacement''. She plays Kate Kilmuir in the BBC drama
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.


''Doctor Who'' appearances

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The Hungry Earth "The Hungry Earth" is the eighth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on 22 May 2010 on BBC One. It was written by Chris Chibnall, who had previously written for ...
" / " Cold Blood" (2010) – Alaya / Restac *"
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" (2011) – Madame Vastra *"
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" (2012, minisode) – Madame Vastra *" Vastra Investigates" (2012, minisode) – Madame Vastra *"
The Snowmen "The Snowmen" is an episode of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', first broadcast on Christmas Day 2012 on BBC One. It is the eighth ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special since the show's 2005 revival and the first to be ...
" (2012) – Madame Vastra *" The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later" (2013) – Madame Vastra *"
The Crimson Horror "The Crimson Horror" is the eleventh episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama ''Doctor Who''. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Saul Metzstein, and was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 May 2013. It marks th ...
" (2013) – Madame Vastra *"
The Name of the Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" is the thirteenth and final episode of the Doctor Who (series 7), seventh series of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 May 2013. It was written by Steven ...
" (2013) – Madame Vastra *"Doctor Who Prom" (2013) – Madame Vastra *" Deep Breath" (2014) – Madame Vastra


Personal life

McIntosh was married to Alex Sahla, a cameraman, whom she met while filming the 1999 TV series '' Psychos''. They separated in 2006, and their divorce was finalised in 2009.


Filmography


Radio


Stage


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntosh, Neve 1972 births Living people Actresses from Paisley, Renfrewshire Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland People educated at Boroughmuir High School Actresses from Edinburgh Scottish television actresses Scottish stage actresses Scottish film actresses 21st-century Scottish actresses