Rosy McEwen

Rosy McEwen is a British actress who attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after studying art history at Leeds. She began with early television parts in Cranford and Waking the Dead, and her stage work included a part in The Cherry Orchard for the Bristol Old Vic and the Manchester Royal Exchange. With the Royal Shakespeare Company she drew acclaim for Timon of Athens and Tamburlaine, and she played Desdemona in Clint Dyer's Othello at the Royal National Theatre, a performance The Evening Standard praised. On screen she appeared in the Netflix series The Alienist, the Channel 4 drama Close to Me, and the science fiction film Vesper. She took the lead in Blue Jean (2023) and won the British Independent Film Award for lead performance. She also appeared in the Rosemary's Baby prequel Apartment 7A (2024) and plays a younger version of the title character in the Prime Video series Scarpetta.