Eve Myles is becoming known for playing police officers, having recently appeared in shows like We Hunt Together, The Crow Girl, and now the new ITV series, Gone, created by George Kay. It’s natural to wonder if she’d be convincing as a cop. She moves closer to the camera – she’s speaking from her home in Cardiff – and makes a playful face.
I braced myself, expecting her to be upset by the question, but instead she burst out laughing. “I feel things too strongly,” she explained. “I’d be the one baking cakes for anyone having a rough time, and I’d end up carrying everyone else’s burdens home with me. I’m just overly sensitive.”
Myles is incredibly empathetic, a quality that shone through in her role on ‘Keeping Faith’. The show featured her as a lawyer whose husband mysteriously vanished, and interestingly, her on-screen husband was actually her real-life husband, Bradley Freegard. This allowed her to deeply connect with and portray the emotional journey of the character.
She was incredibly convincing as a detective chief inspector solving a series of disturbing murders in the first season of The Crow Girl. Now, in Gone, she plays Annie Cassidy, a determined but empathetic detective tasked with supporting the family of Michael Polly (played with rigid intensity by David Morrissey), a private school headteacher who becomes the main suspect when his wife dies.
Instead of just another story about a woman found dead in the woods, the novel Gone stands out. It’s a gripping cat-and-mouse chase between Cassidy and Polly, but it’s also based on the real-life work of former detective superintendent Julie Mackay. Mackay’s book, To Hunt a Killer, recounts how she solved a decades-old cold case – the murder of Melanie Road, which had remained unsolved for thirty years.
Both Mackay and her co-author, Robert Murphy – who reports on crime for ITV – worked as consultants on the show Gone, and their expertise is clear. As a mother of three daughters (ages 16, 12, and 4), Myles particularly appreciated that the series was filmed locally in Bristol, allowing her to spend time with her children each day. She also liked that Gone focused on psychological suspense rather than being a typical police procedural.
The deciding factor in taking the job was knowing Mackay was always available to support her. Julie is an extraordinary person who overcame challenges in her police career and powerfully used her voice to finally solve a thirty-year-old cold case. While the story isn’t about Melanie, I was particularly inspired by Julie’s determination and strength while portraying Annie.
Myles, an actress, often finds herself still thinking about her roles even after leaving work – especially after finishing the second season of ‘The Crow Girl,’ which she described as a particularly challenging and emotionally draining project. Fortunately, her husband, whom she met at the National Youth Theatre in 1994 and married in 2013, is always there to gently remind her that it’s time to switch off and relax.
Despite living in Hollywood during her time on Torchwood and spending years in London, Myles and her husband ultimately returned to Wales. Her husband is from Pontypridd, and after considering locations all over the UK, they realized Wales was the natural choice. “I’ve always felt a deep connection to Wales,” she explains happily, “it’s just part of who I am.”
Myles grew up in a small Welsh mining town, raised by his single mother on a council estate. Money was tight, and he barely managed to afford to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. He describes his mother as incredibly hardworking and proud of her working-class roots – she held down three cleaning jobs daily. She taught him the value of hard work and was a very loving woman, known for her warmth and hospitality. Myles says he doesn’t lavish gifts on his own children, but makes sure they are surrounded by love, and he always makes time for fun, like a weekly kitchen disco.
When I suggested she create a TV show her children could enjoy, she burst out laughing again. She mentioned doing a CBeebies Bedtime Story, which instantly made her a hero in their eyes. Her oldest daughter is excited about the show Gone because she’s planning to study anthropology. She jokingly pleaded for a lighter, more comedic project so her younger children could also watch, otherwise, she said, still laughing, they’ll always assume her and her husband work in a caravan parked at a Tesco’s, since that’s all they ever see when visiting the set.
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