Maimie McCoy

McCoy was born in Yorkshire,[3] where she attended Stokesley School.[1] Initially a dancer[1] she then studied Performing Arts at London Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 2001.[4] McCoy is the daughter of restaurateur Eugene McCoy and his wife Barbara once owners of the world famous Cleveland Tontine hotel and restaurants but who now have the Crathorne Arms pub in Crathorne, North Yorkshire.[1] Her elder brother Rory is a London restaurant owner of Ducksoup and The Picklery Little Duck and her younger brother is the acclaimed actor, singer and dancer Eugene McCoy.[5] Her maternal uncle is the impressionist Kevin Connelly.[5][6]

McCoy extensive screen career includes episodes of Doctors, The Bill, Waking the Dead and Taggart.

In 2009, she appeared in Personal Affairs as Nicole Palmerston-Amory, a "man-eating, cynical realist (who) favours money over love".[7] This was McCoy's first leading role,[1] for which she was nominated for a TV Quick Award as best supporting actress.

In December 2012, McCoy played the role of the younger Joyce Hatto in the BBC's production of Loving Miss Hatto.[8]

In April 2013, she appeared in "Rocket", the third episode of Endeavour, playing Alice Vexin, an old student acquaintance of Morse's. Later that year, she starred in short film Fare with Christian Cooke. She appeared in BBC's The Musketeers as the female lead Milady de Winter from 2014–2016, the remake of Channel 5s All Creatures Great and Small and currently stars opposite Marc Warren in the ITV remake of Van Der Valk. She also runs Mary Tea Parties, a cake business.

• The French Lieutenant's Woman, Richmond Theatre, October 2006 (playing Mary/Girl/Catherine)[9]

• Maimie McCoy at IMDb