Faye McKeever

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Faye McKeever
Born1985or1986(age 38–39) [1]
Manchester, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Notable work
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Partner Shayne Ward (2003–2014)

Faye McKeever (born 1985or1986) [1] is an English actress. Her notable works include playing Linda in Sky 1 sitcom Trollied , Marie in Massive and Claire Olssen in Little Boy Blue .

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Career

McKeever first rose to prominence in 2006 playing Donna Marie in the spin-off series Hollyoaks: In The City . 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. 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. 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, which she portrayed until the show's end in 2018. 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, a show based on the murder of Rhys Jones. In 2024, she played Louise Miller, the mother of Ruby Sunday in the Doctor Who story "Empire of Death".

Filmography

Film and television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Hollyoaks: In The City Donna Marie2 episodes
2008Torn Up TalesLouTV movie
2008 Massive Marie6 episodes
2009 Unforgiven Hannah WhelanTV mini-series, 3 episodes
2009 The Street Hannah1 episode: "Loss of Control"
2010 Shameless SusanSeries 7, 1 episode
2010 A Passionate Woman Fairground womanTV mini-series, 1 episode
2011 In with the Flynns Smoker woman1 episode: "The Hardest Cut"
2011 Mount Pleasant Checkout girl1 episode
2011–18 Trollied Linda StubbingsMain role, 65 episodes
2015 No Offence Michelle WebbSeries 1, 1 episode
2016 Holby City Melissa Peters1 episode: "Where We Belong" [3]
2017 The Moorside Petra JamiesonTwo-part BBC drama mini-series
2017 Broken Caroline Powell3 episodes
2017 Little Boy Blue Claire OlssenFour-part ITV drama mini-series
2017OvershadowedLouiseTV mini-series, 2 episodes
2018Pond LifeTracey CollettFilm
2019 Moving On SueSeries 10, episode 4: "A Walk in My Shoes"
2019A ConfessionDeborah Peach (Debs)ITV mini-series (6 episodes)
2020 Des Linda JayITV mini-series
2020 Death in Paradise Danielle Mackenzie1 episode
2022 The Responder JodieMain cast
2023 The Reckoning AlisonBBC/ITV mini-series, 3 episodes
2023 Time TanyaBBC miniseries
2024 After the Flood KellyITV series
2024 Doctor Who Louise Miller1 episode

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. In January 2014, the couple decided to split, not stating any reasons. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ken Sweeney (11 January 2014). "Singer Shayne Ward splits from partner of nine years". Irish Independent . Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. "BBC Three - Torn Up Tales". Bbc.co.uk. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. "BBC One - Holby City, Series 18, Where We Belong".