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“I love to hang out with boys - I've got brothers - but I'm a girl's girl, in all the ways you can be girlie. Nails and chats and gossip magazines and reality TV and pop culture.”

Quote by Alice Eve

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Alice Eve (born February 6, 1982) is a British film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and has appeared in films such as She's Out of My League (2010), The Raven (2012), and Men in Black 3 (2012). Eve graduated from St Catherine's College, Oxford, with a degree in English literature. She began her career in theatre before transitioning to screen acting, earning recognition for her versatile performances and elegant screen presence. more

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