Faye McKeever
| Faye McKeever | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 January 1985 Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Notable work |
Trollied Massive The Moorside Little Boy Blue |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Partner(s) | Shayne Ward (2003–14) |
Faye McKeever (born 18 January 1985) is an English television and television movie actress. Her notable works include playing Linda in the hit Sky 1 sitcom Trollied and Marie in Massive.
Early life
McKeever was born on 18 January 1985 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Before hers and his careers started McKeever became in a relationship with future The X Factor 2004 winner Shayne Ward in 2003.
Career
McKeever first rose to prominence in 2006 playing Donna Marie in the spin-off series Hollyoaks: In The City.[1] This was McKeever's first major television role. In 2008, she landed a role as Lou in Torn Up Tales which first aired on 2 June 2008 on BBC Three.[2] Later on in 2008, McKeever played the role, Marie, in Massive on BBC Three again in September and October. This was her biggest role yet. Whilst on the set, she was acting with Carl Rice, Lorraine Cheshire and Beverly Rudd, all actors on the cast of Trollied. In 2009, she appeared on ITV's Unforgiven as Hannah Whelan. She then featured in the 6th episode of Season 3 of The Street, playing Hannah.[1] She played Susan in the 8th episode of the 7th season of Shameless. McKeever's first appearance in 2011 came on Sky 1's Mount Pleasant as a checkout girl. Her second TV appearance came on Trollied as Linda in August 2011, the sixth series of the show aired in 2016. In February 2017, she appeared in the two-part drama series, The Moorside based on the Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews and in April 2017 she appeared in Little Boy Blue based on the murder of Rhys Jones.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hollyoaks: In The City | Donna Marie | 2 episodes, first television role. |
| 2008 | Torn Up Tales | Lou | |
| 2008 | Massive | Marie | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Unforgiven | Hannah Whelan | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | The Street | Hannah | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Shameless | Susan | 1 episode |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman | Fairground Woman | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Mount Pleasant | Checkout Girl | 1 episode |
| 2011– | Trollied | Linda Stubbings | |
| 2016 | Holby City | Melissa Peters | 1 episode [3] |
| 2017 | The Moorside | Petra Jamieson | Two-part BBC drama series based on the Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews |
| 2017 | Little Boy Blue | Claire Olssen | Four-part ITV drama series based on the Murder of Rhys Jones |
Personal life
She had been in a relationship with X Factor winner and British singer Shayne Ward since 2003 and was engaged to him on their 9th anniversary in September 2012. He proposed to McKeever whilst having dinner at the restaurant at the OXO Tower in London, United Kingdom.[4][5]In January 2014, the couple decided to split, not stating any reasons. [6]
References
- 1 2 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2427837/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_6
- ↑ "BBC Three - Torn Up Tales". Bbc.co.uk. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07428ht/credits
- ↑ Comment * (2012-09-26). "Shayne Ward | Shayne Ward engaged to Faye McKeever". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ Manning, Jenny (2012-09-26). "Shayne Ward engaged to Faye McKeever | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ↑ Ken Sweeney – 11 January 2014 (2014-01-11). "Singer Shayne Ward splits from partner of nine years". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2014-02-13.