Neve McIntosh

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

Early life Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire,

During the Second World War McIntosh's grandfather was captured at Dunkirk and died of pneumonia in a German prisoner-of-war camp in Poland. She then played in the RSC production of Dickens' Great Expectations, 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,

Television McIntosh played Beryl Stapleton in the 2002 BBC version of The Hound of the Baskervilles,

She appeared in the first British Sky Broadcasting-produced "Doc Martin" dramas (in which the Martin Clunes character was named Bamford, rather than his later name Ellingham), as a lonely villager with an asthmatic son, to whom Martin is attracted. The character is a sword-wielding, human-eating late Victorian crime fighter, and an old friend of The Doctor. She played Kate Kilmuir in Series 4 of the BBC drama Shetland.

In 2023 McIntosh joined the cast of All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series) in Series 4, playing bookkeeper Miss Harbottle.

Doctor Who appearances "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood" (2010) – Alaya / Restac "A Good Man Goes to War" (2011) – Madame Vastra "The Great Detective" (2012, minisode) – Madame Vastra "Vastra Investigates" (2012, minisode) – Madame Vastra "The Snowmen" (2012) – Madame Vastra "The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later" (2013, minisode) – Madame Vastra "The Crimson Horror" (2013) – Madame Vastra "The Name of the Doctor" (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

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