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Alice Eve (born 6 February 1982; age 42) is an actress who played Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness.
She also recorded the audiobook of the film. [1] The 2013 virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals is using a picture of her for card #83 Doctor C. Marcus.
In 2019, she appeared in a video advertisement promoting the mobile game Star Trek: Fleet Command, appearing as both herself and Carol Marcus. [2]
Personal and early career[]
Born in London, England to actor parents Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan, she made her screen acting debut in the BBC's 2004 biographical movie Hawking, in which Benedict Cumberbatch starred as Stephen Hawking. Eve and Cumberbatch later worked together in the 2006 comedy Starter for 10 before reuniting for Star Trek Into Darkness, in which Cumberbatch portrayed the primary antagonist. In the 2006 crime comedy Big Nothing, Eve co-starred opposite Simon Pegg, with whom she also reunited on Star Trek Into Darkness.
Eve was married to financier Alex Cowper-Smith from 2014 to 2017. [3] [4]
Career[]
Eve's first American-made film was the 2009 drama Crossing Over, in which she co-starred with Ashley Judd. The following year, Eve was seen in two major motion picture comedies: she had the female lead in She's Out of My League and a supporting role in Sex and the City 2. The latter film also featured Kim Cattrall and Willie Garson.
In 2011, Eve appeared on the HBO series Entourage in the recurring role of Sophia. Among the performers she worked with on this series were Melinda Clarke, Alan Dale and Malcolm McDowell.
In 2012, Eve played the lead female role in the Edgar Allan Poe-influenced thriller The Raven and appeared as a young Agent O in the sci-fi comedy sequel Men in Black 3. The latter also featured appearances by Bill Hader, Marti Matulis and Keone Young. After the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, Eve and Chris Pine appeared in the video for Paul McCartney's single "Queenie Eye". [5](X)
Further credits include the drama Decoding Annie Parker (2013, with Spencer Garrett and Bob Gunton), the drama Some Velvet Morning (2013), the crime thriller Cold Comes the Night (2013, featuring Erin Cummings and co-written by Oz Perkins), and Chris Evans' romance Before We Go (2014). She also produced the 2013 drama Death of a Farmer, starring her parents Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughan. Eve had a small cameo role together with Hugh Jackman in the 2014 comedy sequel Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, with Bill Cobbs, Andrea Martin, and Rachael Harris.
She appeared in the drama/comedy Dirty Weekend (2015), the action drama Criminal (2016), the drama film Misconduct (2016), the science fiction action film Replicas (2018), and the drama film Bombshell (2019). In the latter, she played FOX News anchor Ainsley Earhardt about the sexual harassment scandal at the network, co-starring Spencer Garrett as Sean Hannity, Malcolm McDowell as FOX News founder Rupert Murdoch and Anne Elizabeth Ramsay as Greta Van Susteran.
Eve co-starred in the 2017 film Please Stand By which premise revolved around the character of a young autistic Trek fan named Wendy who runs away in order for her to be able to submit a script for a Star Trek writer's competition. Of interest to note is that near the ending of the film, Eve's character Audrey appeared as the visual representation of James T. Kirk in an imaginary dream sequence.
On television, Eve appeared in the 2016 Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" and the 2018 BBC whodunit miniseries Ordeal by Innocence. In 2018, she had a recurring role in the Marvel superhero series Iron Fist. In 2020, she co-starred in the Epix historical miniseries Belgravia, alongside Ella Purnell, followed by Belgravia: The Next Chapter in 2024.
External links[]
- AliceEve.net – Official website
- Alice Eve at Wikipedia
- Alice Eve at the Internet Movie Database
- AliceSophiaEve at X (formerly Twitter)
- Alice Eve at TriviaTribute.com