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
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! Date
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|1999
|Psychos
|Dr Kate Millar
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|Lady Audley's Secret
|Lucy Graham, Lady Audley
|TV movie
|-
|Gormenghast
|Fuchsia
|NBBC's WGBH Boston production of lavish miniseries based on the first two books of the trilogy by Mervyn Peake
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|Gypsy Woman
|Natalie
|McIntosh plays the lead role, an eponymous gypsy heroine.
|-
|Doc Martin
|Rita Gorrie
|A lonely villager with an asthmatic son, to whom Martin is attracted
|-
|2002
|The Hound of the Baskervilles
|Beryl Stapleton
|BBC version
|-
| rowspan="3" |2003
|Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
|Rita Gorrie
|Repeat role from 2001 Doc Martin movie
|-
|The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
|Olivia Whitelaw
|Episode: "Playing for the Ashes"
|-
|Trial & Retribution
|Carla Worth
|Season 7; Episodes 13 & 14: "Suspicion Part 1" & "Suspicion Part 2"
|-
|2004-2006
|Bodies
|Sister Donna Rix
|Produced by BBC Three and based on the book Bodies by Jed Mercurio
|-
|2004
|Marple
|Martine
|Episode: "4:50 from Paddington"
|-
|2005
|The Ghost Squad
|PC Sarah Houghton
|Episode: "Necessary Means"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|Murder City
|Cassandra Wallis
|Episode: "Game Over"
|-
|Low Winter Sun
|Daniella Bonetti
|
|-
|2007
|Coming Up
|Woman
|Season 5; episode 5: "Imprints"
|-
|2008
|Spring 1941
|Clara Planck
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2009
|Salvage
|Beth
|
|-
|The Be All and End All
|Kate
|
|-
|10 Minute Tales
|The Woman
|Episode: "Syncing"
|-
| rowspan="4" |2010
|Law & Order: UK
|Cassie Shae
|Episode: "Hounded"
|-
|Accused
|Roz Black
|BBC anthology series, episode 'Liam's story'
|-
|Inspector George Gently
|Sarah Simmons
|Episode: "Gently Evil"
|-
|Single Father
|Anna
|a BBC drama
|-
|2010, 2011-2014
|Doctor Who
|Alaya, Restac
Madame Vastra
|8 Episodes
|-
|2011
|Case Histories
|Joanna Hunter
|BBC One series
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|Lip Service
|Lauren
|Season 2 of the BBC Three drama
|-
|New Tricks
|Cathy Sinclair
|Episode: "Glasgow UCOS"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|Dracula
|Janina
|2 episodes
|-
|Ripper Street
|Raine
|Episode 3: "Become Man"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|Critical
|Nicola
|Acting Clinical Lead, Deputy Clinical Lead
|-
|Social Suicide
|Detective Dalton
|
|-
|2016
|Death in Paradise
|Nicky Hoskins
|Episode 5.1
|-
|2017
|The Replacement
|Kay Gillies
|Episode 1
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Shetland
|Kate Kilmuir
|Series 4
|-
|Stan Lee's Lucky Man
|DS Elizabeth Gray
|Sky One
|-
|2020
|Tin Star
|Georgia Simmons
| Series 3
|-
|2021
|Traces
|Julie Hedges
|Six episodes
|-
|2023
|All Creatures Great & Small
|Miss Harbottle
|Series 4; episode 2
|-
|2026
|Half Man
|Lori
|BBC
|}
Radio
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! Date
! Title
! Notes
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|4 July 2014
|The Events
|BBC Radio 4
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Stage
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! Title
! Role
! Notes
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|The Trick is to Keep Breathing
|......
|Glasgow stage production
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|Dickens
|.....
|Royal Shakespeare Company
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|Great Expectations
|......
|in Stratford
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|Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
|Portia
|Lyceum in Edinburgh in autumn 2006
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|Sylvia Plath play Three Women
|.....
|At Edinburgh Festival in summer 2009
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|Proof
|Lead character 'Catherine'
|In February 2010 at Perth Theatre
|-
|King Lear
|Goneril
|In September 2011 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds
|-
|The Events
|Claire
|Mid 2013 for ATC London. Written by David Greig
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|}
Video Games
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 2024
| Still Wakes the Deep
| Susan "Suze" Lafferty
|
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