Maimie McCoy

Mary McCoy, professionally known as Maimie McCoy 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–).

Early life and education Mary McCoy was born in Yorkshire. McCoy is the daughter of restaurateurs Eugene and Barbara McCoy, once managers of Tontine restaurant near Stokesley, 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. Her maternal uncle is the impressionist Kevin Connelly.

McCoy attended Stokesley School.

Career McCoy's 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". This was McCoy's first leading role,

In April 2013, she appeared in "Rocket", the third episode of Endeavour, playing Alice Vexin, an old student acquaintance of the young Morse character. 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).

She plays the female lead, opposite Marc Warren, in the ITV reboot series Van Der Valk.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes, Refs. 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, Refs. 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 2020-2025 All Creatures Great and Small Dorothy Series 1; episodes 2, 5 & 7 Series 6; episode 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)