Faye McKeever
English actress

Faye McKeever

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English actress
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Birth:
18 January 1985(Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England)
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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 career 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Trollied is arguably McKeever's most notable and distinguishable works. Trollied is a British sitcom set in a fictional supermarket named Valco. It has aired on Sky 1 since 2011. McKeever portrays Linda Stubbings, who works on Customer Service in the store, alongside fellow employee Sue (portrayed by Lorraine Cheshire).

Filmography

Actress
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
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.In January 2014, the couple decided to split, not stating any reasons.