Actor Eve Myles looks back: ‘Early on, I was told I wasn’t the typical leading lady. Now I realise my idiosyncrasies are what make me authentic’

Mihaela Chircă

The Doctor Who and Torchwood star on growing up in a mining village, how Russell T Davies changed her life, and sausage rolls The Doctor Who and Torchwood star on growing up in a mining village, how Russell T Davies changed her life, and sausage rolls Born in 1978 in Ystradgynlais, Wales, actor Eve Myles trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before landing her first major role as Ceri Lewis in the BBC Wales drama Belonging, which ran from 2000 to 2009. She became a mainstream