Tuesday 12th December 2006
Alice Eve is Josie McBroom in 'Big Nothing' - In UK cinemas 1st December 2006 www.bignothing.co.uk
Alice was born in London, to Trevor Eve and Sharon Maughn (the well known British actors.) She went to school in London before going on to study English at Oxford University. Whilst at university Alice took part in many theatre productions which is where she developed her love of acting. Her roles at University included Galatica in Scenes from an Execution and Mabel in an Ideal Husband.
Alice’s first major film role came whilst she was still at University. This was playing the mischievous character of Miss Frain in the hit film Stage Beauty directed by Richard Eyre. The rest of the cast included Rupert Everett, Clare Danes and Ben Chaplin. This film received fantastic reviews and really launched Alice into the British film scene. Her next role came in the summer holidays of her second year at Oxford in Philip Martin’s BBC TV Drama Hawking, the story of the search for the beginning of time in which she played the character of Martha.
After gaining her English degree from Oxford Alice was immediately cast in the role of Cicely Boyd in the hit UK TV series The Rotters Club. This was a cult TV series which was an adaptation of the novel by Jonathan Coe about three friends growing up in Birmingham in the 1970s. It also proved to be a show case for a lot of British young talent, other cast members included Julian Rhind-Tutt and Hugo Speer.
Following The Rotters Club Alice was immediately cast in the much anticipated film Starter For Ten. This Tom Hanks-produced comedy is an adaptation of the bestseller by David Nicholls. The film is the story of a group of students negotiating their way through university in 1980s Bristol. With a cast of some of the hottest young British actors around, the film has a huge amount of buzz around it – as well as screening at Toronto Film Festival it is being released on over 400 screens in the UK and is already being talked about for next year’s BAFTAs. Alice stars alongside James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall and Catherine Tate. It is being released in the UK on the 13th October 2006 and in the US on the 20th October 2006.
Alice’s next project was Big Nothing directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea. It is the story of a frustrated, unemployed teacher (played by David Schwimmer) joining forces with a scammer and his girlfriend Josie (played by Alice) in a blackmailing scheme. It is a hilarious comedy in which Alice shines brightly. This is due for release late in 2006 or early 2007.
Immediately after finishing filming Big Nothing Alice left for the shores of India to begin filming Losing Gemma. This is an ITV1, 2 part 90min movie which documents Alice's characters travels around India. It is due for release in the UK in November. After returning from India Alice went straight in to rehearsals for the critically acclaimed Rock n Roll in London’s West End. This is Tom Stoppards new play directed by Trevor Nunn. Alice stars alongside Rufus Sewell, Brian Cox and Sinead Cusack. The play has been sold out months in advance and has received consistently rave reviews from all of London’s top theatre critics. Rock n Roll is running in London until the end of November 2006.
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