Who is Maeve Dermody? SS-GB actress who plays Sylvia Manning who starred in And Then There Were None and Ripper Street – all you need to know
SHE's known for playing strong female roles and Maeve Dermody is continuing that trend with her part in new TV BBC One show SS-GB.
Maeve plays a resistance fighter in the new BBC drama which imagines a dystopian UK under the rule of Nazi Germany and also stars Kate Bosworth, James Cosmo and .
Maeve, who splits her time between London - where her boyfriend is studying for his PhD - and Australia, said filming in the English capital was "an amazing experience".
The TV series imagines what the United Kingdom would be like had the allied forces of World War II failed and the Nazi’s controlled London.
The series is based on the Len Deighton novel of the same name – in which Douglas Archer is a British detective who becomes embroiled in a Resistance movement after investigating a homicide.
Opening up about her character, she told Bradford Zone: "Sylvia is quite mysterious. She is working in the office alongside Archer. They’re in a romantic relationship, but she won’t commit to it or play along at Scotland Yard.
"It’s evident that she would rather put her life at risk and fight the Nazis. She works in a cell infiltrating the Nazis. The idea was based on the French Resistance.
SS-GB started on BBC1 Sunday, February 19 at 9pm.