# Maimie McCoy

Mary McCoy, professionally known as Maimie McCoy (born April 21, 1979) is an English actress. She portrayed Milady de Winter in The Musketeers (2014–2016), and is the female lead in the ITV reboot series Van der Valk (2020–).

## Early life and education

Mary McCoy was born in Yorkshire. McCoy is the daughter of restaurateurs Eugene and Barbara McCoy, once managers of Tontine restaurant near Stokesley, who now run the Crathorne Arms pub in Crathorne, North Yorkshire. Her elder brother Rory is the owner of London restaurants Ducksoup and The Picklery Little Duck, and her younger brother is actor, singer, and dancer Eugene McCoy. Her maternal uncle is the impressionist Kevin Connelly.
McCoy attended Stokesley School.
Initially a dancer, she then studied performing arts at London Metropolitan University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in 2001.

## Career

McCoy's screen career includes episodes of Doctors, The Bill, Waking the Dead, and Taggart.
In 2009, she appeared in Personal Affairs as Nicole Palmerston-Amory, a "man-eating, cynical realist (who) favours money over love". This was McCoy's first leading role, for which she was nominated for a TV Quick Award as best supporting actress.
In December 2012, McCoy played the role of the younger Joyce Hatto in the BBC's production of Loving Miss Hatto.
In April 2013, she appeared in "Rocket", the third episode of Endeavour, playing Alice Vexin, an old student acquaintance of Morse. Later that year, she starred in the short film Fare with Christian Cooke. She appeared as the female lead, Milady de Winter, in the BBC's The Musketeers (2014–2016), and as Dorothy in Channel 5's remake series All Creatures Great and Small (2020–present).
She plays the female lead, opposite Marc Warren, in the ITV reboot series Van Der Valk.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Doctors | Shelley Garrett | TV series Episode: "Time Bomb" |
| 2004 | Waking the Dead | Sarah Faulkner | Police drama Episode: "Fugue States" |
| 2004 | The Libertine | Acting Troop | Feature film |
| 2004 | Top Buzzer | Sophie | TV series |
| 2005 | Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy | Puma | Short film |
| 2006 | Minotaur | Morna | Feature film |
| 2006 | Taggart | Jessica Flowers | Police drama Episode: "The Best and the Brightest" |
| 2006 | The Bill | Meg Lawson | Police drama Episode: "Episode 418" |
| 2007 | The Boat People | Cleo | Feature film |
| 2007 | Romance | Julie | Short film |
| 2007 | Virgin Territory | Simona | Feature film |
| 2007 | Little Devil | Debs | TV miniseries |
| 2008 | Oh, Simone | Simone | Short film |
| 2008 | Slaphappy | Judy Magenta | Short film |
| 2008 | Domestics | Woman | Short film |
| 2009 | Personal Affairs | Nicole Palmerston-Amory | Comedy drama |
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | Margaret | Costume drama |
| 2011 | Without You | Christine | TV miniseries Episode 1.1 |
| 2012 | Loving Miss Hatto | Young Joyce Hatto | |
| 2012 | Wallander | Anna Westin | TV series Episode: "Before the Frost" |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Alice Vexin | TV series Episode: "Rocket" |
| 2013 | The Last Witch | Kate Greenwood | TV series |
| 2014–2016 | The Musketeers | Milady de Winter | TV series |
| 2016 | DCI Banks | Tamsin Richards | TV series |
| 2016 | Grantchester | Linda Morgan | Christmas special |
| 2018 | Lore | Elizabeth Báthory | TV series |
| 2019 | London Kills | Grace Harper | TV series (series 2) |
| 2019 | A Confession | DC Tracy Joyce | TV series |
| 2020–Present | Van Der Valk | Lucienne Hassell | TV series |
| 2020 | White House Farm | Nancy Raynott | TV series |
| 2020 | All Creatures Great and Small | Dorothy | TV series |
| 2021 | Midsomer Murders | Rowan Yarrow | Episode: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy" |

## Theatre

* The French Lieutenant's Woman, Richmond Theatre, October 2006 (playing Mary/Girl/Catherine)