Eve Myles
In 2001, Myles undertook a roles in the television film Score and the TV mini-series Tales from Pleasure Beach. From 2002 she took the lead role of Ceri in the BBC Wales drama Belonging. In 2003 she took the role of young Gwen in the EastEnders spin-off storyline Dot's Story.
From 2003, Myles based herself in Stratford upon Avon, initially playing Lavinia in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Titus Andronicus. In 2005, she appeared opposite Michael Gambon in Henry IV, Part I and II at the National Theatre.
Myles had a significant part as a stable girl in the ill-fated BBC TV series Trainer, and reappeared in the BBC short film Colditz in 2005. The role led to her taking a supporting role in the Doctor Who episode "The Unquiet Dead," where by she was spotted by producer Russell T Davies who commented that: "It just confirmed to me that she was one of Wales' best-kept secrets." Consequently Davies wrote the part of Gwen in Torchwood specifically for Myles . The role resulted in her moving back home to Wales.