---
name: "Rosy McEwen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rosy-mcewen"
fi1m_id: "rosy-mcewen"
imdb_id: "nm10538218"
tmdb_id: 2648396
wikidata_id: "Q115102432"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 May 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:56:45.286614+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rosy McEwen

## Identity

Rosy McEwen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rosy-mcewen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rosy-mcewen
- **IMDb ID:** nm10538218
- **TMDB ID:** 2648396
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115102432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_McEwen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115102432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10538218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2648396

Actor. Born 25 May 1995 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 May 1995, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Rosy Byrne, ロージー・マキュアン
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_McEwen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115102432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10538218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2648396

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Blue Jean*](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md) (77)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Scarpetta*](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md) (50)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rosy McEwen is a British actress. She studied History of Art at the University of Leeds before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Born Rosy Byrne, she adopted her mother's maiden name to distinguish herself from the Australian actress Rose Byrne.

McEwen is known for her lead performance as Jean Newman in the 2022 film *Blue Jean*, for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Lead Performance. On television she has appeared in *The Alienist* (2020) as Libby Hatch, *Close to Me* (2021) as Sash Harding, *Black Mirror* (2025) and the Prime Video series *Scarpetta* (2026) as the younger Kay Scarpetta. Her other film roles include *Vesper* (2022), *Apartment 7A* (2024) and *Harvest* (2025). She has also worked in theatre, including as Desdemona in a National Theatre production of *Othello*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, tvmaze.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Scarpetta* (2026), Fi1m 50, as Past Kay Scarpetta — [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *Blue Jean* (2023), Fi1m 77, as Jean Newman — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mission* (2026), as Claire
- *Scarpetta* (2026), series, as Past Kay Scarpetta — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/tv/scarpetta.md)
- *Rabbit Trap* (2025), as Daphne Davenport
- *Harvest* (2025), as Kitty Gosse
- *Apartment 7A* (2024), as Vera Clarke
- *National Theatre Live: Othello* (2023), as Desdemona
- *Blue Jean* (2023), as Jean Newman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-jean.md)
- *Seats* (2022), as Lili
- *Vesper* (2022), as Camellia
- *Close to Me* (2021), series, as Sash Harding
- *The Letter Writer* (2019), as Elli
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, as Libby Hatch
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Verity — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Miranda Rees

## Gallery

- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-52a603f83003.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Timelessblue, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Rosy_McEwen_at_the_2025_Sundance_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-a206c1b2f660.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-6654df7a80d5.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-879597e86331.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-5c5d20ec5963.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-3a9cbdab28ab.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosy McEwen](https://film.one/media/person/22556/gallery-61e1e26260c9.jpg) Rosy McEwen — Image via TMDB

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