# Eve Karpf

Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles she was the voice of Weed for the 2001 Bill and Ben reboot.

## Early life

Karpf was born on 2 August 1947 in London. Her mother is the Polish concert pianist Natalia Karp née Weissman (1911-2007), a Jewish refugee from the Nazis and Holocaust survivor. She was trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She then attended University of Bristol to study drama and theatre, graduating with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies.

## Career

She was also the voice of Dennis's Mum and Matilda in the 1996 Dennis and Gnasher television series, Mrs. Bird in The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Voice in the first series of Trapped! and Grandma in The Large Family. Karpf also featured in several audiobooks, among them A Creepy Company who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound". She is known for being the voice of the Ferrero Rocher commercial line, "Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us."
She has voiced numerous roles in video games from various franchises based on other media, including James Bond and Star Wars. Her credits include Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter video games, including Philosopher's Stone (released in the US as Sorcerer's Stone), Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows – Part 2. She also did the voice over for the role of Monica, the mother of St. Augustine in the movie Restless Heart (Ignatius Press), Kristina Boaz in the 2003 video game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, the cat Alvina in 2011 video game Dark Souls and the elf Fiona and Divine Justinia V in the 2014 video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. She is also represented by Hobson's International until 2009. Karpf also did the additional voices in the 2015 film Minions.

## Personal life

Eve's son Mark Lowen is the BBC News Southern Europe correspondent and her sister Anne Karpf is a journalist.

## Filmography
### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | Horizon | Woman | Episode: The Lysenko Affair |
| 1974 | Thriller | Miss Compton | Episode: Who Killed Lamb? |
| 1975 | Dixon of Dock Green | Cara | Episode: It's a Gift |
| 1978 | Come Back, Lucy | Mademoiselle | Episode: 2, 3 & 5 |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Desk Clerk | Episode: The Nightmare Man |
| 1981 | Codename Icarus | Catherine Elton | Episode: 3 & 4 |
| 1982 | On The Line | Marion Bateman | Episode: 3 & 5 |
| 1988 | Executive Stress | German Operator | Episode: One |
| 1988 | The Bill | Doctor | Episode: Runaround |
| 1991 | French Fields | Madame Dax | Episode: Darling Daughters |
| 1995 | Resort to Murder | Mrs. Lipinski | Episode: 2 |
| 1998 | Vincent and Doug Season 5 | Sue | Episode: Meet Sue / The Batman Bulldog |
| 1999 | Vincent and Doug Season 6 | Sue | Episode: Vincent the Vampire Slayer |
| 1999 | Dog and Duck | Mother / Teacher / Animals | Voices |
| 2000 | Vincent and Doug Season 7 | Sue | Episode: Wild Wild West Showdown |
| 2000 | Vincent and Doug: Unseen Bits | Sue | Episode: Pesky Pets |
| 2001 | Vincent and Doug Season 8 | Sue | Episode: Doug Goes Missing |
| 2001 | Bill and Ben | Weed / Pry / Scamper | Episode: Go Fly a Kite |
| 2001 | Vincent and Doug: Unseen Bits | Sue | Episode: Slow Motion |
| 2002 | Vincent and Doug Season 9 | Sue | Episode: Tarzan's Revenge |
| 2003 | Vincent and Doug Season 10 | Sue | Episode: We're not Cancelled |
| 2006 | Holby City | Shirley Golding | Episode: Sins of the Father |
| 2007 | Trapped! | The Voice | Series 1 |
| 2007 | War and Peace | Countess Rostova | Mini series |
| 2020 | Over Christmas | Oma Hilde | English dub |
| 2021 | Anxious People | Anna-Lena | English version |

### Anime series

List of dubbing performances in anime series :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Fairy Dick | Shopkeeper / Lady / Newscaster | English version |

### Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | A Touch of Class | Miss Ramos | |
| 1974 | Who Killed Lamb? | Miss Compton | |
| 1975 | Drive Carefully, Darling | Wife | Short |
| 1989 | The Star Child | Eva | |
| 1990 | Peter in Magicland | Mother Cloud | English dub |
| 1999 | Vincent and Doug: The Movie | Sue | Voice |
| 2002 | Vincent and Doug 2 | Sue | Voice |
| 2002 | The Princess and the Pea | Queen Helsa | Voice |
| 2003 | Mother Teresa of Calcutta | Virginia | |
| 2005 | Beneath Still Waters | Sophie | Spanish and English film |
| 2010 | Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine | Monica | English version |
| 2015 | Minions | Town lady / Old woman | Additional voices |

### Video games

List of voice performances in video games :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | The City of Lost Children | Kathy | Additional voices |
| 1998 | Vincent and Doug: the Video Game | Sue | PC |
| 1998 | Lego Loco | Citizens | PC |
| 1999 | Vincent and Doug: The Movie Game | Sue | PC |
| 1999 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Paris Carver / Wai Lin | PlayStation 2 |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Professor Minerva McGonagall / Professor Sprout / Madame Hooch | PlayStation |
| 2001 | James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire | Adrian Malprave | PlayStation 2 |
| 2002 | Vincent and Doug 2 | Sue | PC |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Professor Minerva McGonagall / Professor Sprout / Madame Roland Hooch / The Fat Lady | PlayStation 2 |
| 2003 | Primal | Queen Devena / Captain Valeera | PC |
| 2003 | Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | Kristina Boaz | PlayStation 2 |
| 2004 | Dragon Quest VIII | Warrior / Old wizard | Nintendo 3DS |
| 2004 | Vincent and Doug 3: James Monroe Returns! | Sue | PC |
| 2004 | Fable | Scarlet Robe / Balverine Hunter's Wife / Madame Minzche | PC |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Minerva McGonagall / The Fat Lady | PlayStation 2 |
| 2005 | Vincent and Doug Sports! | Sue | PC |
| 2005 | MediEvil: Resurrection | Forrest Witch | PlayStation Portable |
| 2005 | Fable: The Lost Chapters | Scarlet Robe / Balverine Hunter's Wife / Madame Minzche | Xbox 360 |
| 2005 | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Mrs. Hedges / Betty Blight | PlayStation 2 |
| 2006 | Vincent and Doug Sports! 2 | Sue | PC |
| 2006 | Tomb Raider: Legend | Lady Croft | PlayStation 2 |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Professor Minerva McGonagall | PlayStation 2 / PlayStation 3 |
| 2008 | Fable II | Jewelry Lady / Noble Lady / Bloodstone Bar Lady | Xbox 360 |
| 2008 | Age of Conan | Villager / The Wizard / Old women | Xbox 360 |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Minerva McGonagall | PlayStation 3 |
| 2009 | Cursed Mountain | Jomo Menmo | Wii |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Miriam | Xbox 360 |
| 2010 | Dante's Inferno | Clodia | Xbox 360 |
| 2010 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Baba Yaga | PlayStation 3 |
| 2011 | Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Minerva McGonagall | Xbox 360 |
| 2011 | Dark Souls | Alvina of the Darkroot Wood | Xbox One |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Inquisitor Urinth / Overseer Ragate | PC |
| 2013 | Crysis 3 | NAX | PC |
| 2014 | Fable Anniversary | Scarlet Robe / Balverine Hunter's Wife / Madame Minzche | Xbox 360 |
| 2014 | Tropico 5 | El Presidente | PlayStation 4 |
| 2014 | Dragon Age: Inquisition | Fiona / Divine Justinia V | PlayStation 4 |
| 2016 | Star Ocean: Anamnesis | Wizards / Magicians | Additional voices |
| 2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Lansra | PlayStation 4 |
| 2017 | Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | The Seer / Cetacea / Yggdragon | PC |
| 2017 | Divinity: Original Sin II | Villagers / Ladies | PlayStation 4 |
| 2019 | Anno 1800 | Lady Margaret Hunt | PlayStation 5 |
| 2019 | Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince | Aunt Gretchen | Xbox One |
| 2019 | Terminator: Resistance | Erin | PlayStation 5 |
| 2019 | Tropico 6 | Construction Lady | Nintendo Switch |
| 2020 | Bleeding Edge | Maeve | Xbox One |
| 2020 | Serious Sam 4 | Nonna | PlayStation 5 |
| 2020 | Sackboy: A Big Adventure | Mama Monkey | PlayStation 5 |
| 2020 | Demon's Souls | Filthy Woman / Narrator | PlayStation 5 |
| 2021 | Yaga | Grandma | PlayStation 4 |
| 2022 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Other | English version |
| 2022 | A Plague Tale: Requiem | People / Older woman / Grandmother | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | Atomic Heart | Granny Zia | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew | Old Gertrude | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | Alan Wake 2 | Mandy May | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | The Talos Principle 2 | Neith | PlayStation 5 |
| 2023 | Warcraft Rumble | Warriors / Wizards | IOS / Android |
| 2024 | Lego Loco | Ladies / Civilians | Additional voices |
| 2024 | Planet Coaster 2 | Nana Betty | PlayStation 5 |
| 2025 | Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered | Kristina Boaz | Xbox One / PlayStation 5 |