Faye McKeever
Birthday: Born in 1985-01-18 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Faye McKeever 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. 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. 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".
TV Credits
Death in Paradise
Character: Danielle Mackenzie
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie....
Des
Character: Linda Jay
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen....
Trollied
Character: Linda
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre....
The Moorside
Character: Petra Jamieson
A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews....
Little Boy Blue
Character: Claire Olssen
Based on a true story, this four-part drama tells the story of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Croxteth, Liverpool, in 2007. It explores Melanie’s and Steve’s ordeal, and tells of how Rhys’ murderer and associates were eventually brought to justice....
The Responder
Character: Jodie Sweeney
Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?...
Time
Character: Tanya
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast....
Unforgiven
Character: Hannah Whelan
Upon release from jail, a woman who was found guilty of murdering two police officers when she was a teenager who is determined to see her sister who was adopted....
Broken
Character: Caroline Powell
Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be confidante, counselor and confessor to a congregation struggling to reconcile its beliefs with the challenges of daily life....
After the Flood
Character: Kelly
Joanna finds an unidentified man dead in a lift in a underground car park after a devastating flood, police assumes that he became trapped as the waters rose, but she is obsessed with discovering what happened to him....
Doctor Who
Character: Louise Miller
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes....
The Responder
Character: Jodie sweeney
Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?...
Adolescence
Character: Erica
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?...
Movie Credits
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Character: Louise Miller
The Doctor and Ruby Sunday have faced the Bogeyman, fought against Maestro, and survived the battlefield of Kastarion 3. In the epic two-part season finale, The Doctor and Ruby arrive at UNIT headquarters on a top-secret mission and a long-buried secret awaits…...
Pond Life
Character: Tracey Collett
A group of young friends and neighbours come together for a fishing expedition after rumours spread of a giant carp in the area. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony....
Doctor Who at the Proms
Character: Louise Miller (archive footage)
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series....