Eve Myles won the 2007 Bafta Cymru Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Gwen Cooper , winning over the parent series ' actress Billie Piper . She was nominated again for the award in 2008 , and again in 2010 . In 2010 Myles won the ' Best Actress " award in the '' SFX '' Reader 's Awards poll , and was crowned best actress in the 11th annual Airlock Alpha Portal Awards . For her role as Gwen Cooper in '' Torchwood : Miracle Day '' Myles was nominated for a Satellite Award in the Best Television Actress category , and reached the shortlist for the 2012 UK National Television Awards . She has also received a nomination for Best Actress In Television at the 38th Saturn Awards , held in June 2012 . Action figures of Gwen have been created in her likeness , which Myles ' describes as " bizarre and wonderful " and at the same time " really kind of strange " . In a reader 's awards poll in the sixth issue of '' Torchwood Magazine '' , Gwen was voted second favourite '' Torchwood '' character behind Captain Jack , a ranking she received in a 2011 poll published by the '' Liverpool Daily Post '' as part of a live interview with writer John Fay . Myles , describing her experiences at various science-fiction conventions , has praised the fan response as " incredible " and " just extraordinary " . Some fans have taken to blacking out their teeth at conventions to mimic her gap toothed appearance , which Myles finds particularly flattering
38th Saturn Awards
38th Saturn Awards
Gwen Cooper