Catrin Aaron

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Catrin Aaron
Born
Rhyl, Clwyd, Wales
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present

Catrin Aaron is a Welsh actress who trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is an associate for Theatr Clwyd and has been part of the Globe Ensemble at Shakespeare's Globe since 2018. [1] [2] She lives in London. [3]

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Early life

Aaron was born and raised in Rhyl, Clwyd, where she attended Ysgol Bryn Hedydd and Rhyl High School. [3] As a child, she often visited Theatr Clwyd with her mother. [3]

Career

In 2002, Aaron made her professional debut in Silas Marner at Theatr Clwyd. [4] Since then, she has returned to Clwyd often, where she rose to fame as LV in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in 2017. Wales Arts Review wrote of her performance: "Aaron’s beautiful renditions of classic songs were indistinguishable from the originals, the most moving being her performance of Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’." [5]

In 2015, Aaron was nominated for Best Female Performance in the English Language by the Welsh Theatre Awards for her role as The Manager in Contractions at the Chapter Arts Centre. [6] The accolade was ultimately awarded to her Contractions co-star Sara Lloyd-Gregory, who played Emma. [7]

Aaron is also a familiar face at Shakespeare's Globe, where she made her debut in the double-bill Hamlet and As You Like It , as Horatio and Phebe / Corin respectively. [8] Her most recent performance there was in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the Globe's indoor theatre, as the Widow in All's Well That Ends Well . [9]

Theatre

Year(s)TitleRoleTheatreRef.
2002 The Cherry Orchard AnyaRoyal Welsh College of Music and Drama [10]
Silence Silence Sherman Theatre
ImMortalPerformer NoFit State Circus Theatre [11]
Silas MarnerEppieTheatr Clwyd [10]
2003 Full Circle Mrs E/Sherpa Hijinx Theatre [12]
Tartuffe MarianneBasingstoke Haymarket Theatre [13]
2004The Three MusketeersConstance [14]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Nurse FlinnTheatr Clwyd [10]
Living Together AnnieBasingstoke Haymarket Theatre [15]
Round And Round The Garden
Hobson's Choice VickeyTheatr Clwyd [10]
2005Flights of FancyVarious
2006The Way It WasBeryl
The VoyageMari
The Grapes of Wrath Rose of Sharon [16]
2007 Of Mice And Men Curley's Wife [10]
Tales From EuropeVarious
The Timeless Myths of the MabinogiBranwen
A Toy EpicMrs Blackwell/Miss Todd/Anne/Iorwerth's Mother
2008 Macbeth Third Witch [17]
2009Twilight TalesVarious [10]
Mary Stuart Margaret Kurl [18]
The Norman Conquests Ruth Torch Theatre [19]
Festen MetteTheatr Clwyd [20]
2010 A Small Family Business Harriet [21]
Dancing At Lughnasa Christina Mundy [22]
2011 Gaslight Bella Manningham [23]
Taking Steps Elizabeth [10]
Roots Pearl Bryant
2012 A Doll's House Kristine Linde [24]
What People Do (Let's Get Visceral)Jane The Old Vic Tunnels [10]
God of Carnage AnnetteTheatr Clwyd [25]
HumbugVarious [10]
2013XX (Festopia)Barbara Theatre503
Salt, Root and RoeMennaTheatr Clwyd [26]
Aristocrats Alice [27]
2014 Contractions The Manager Chapter Arts Centre [28]
The FeverThe Traveller The Old Fire Station [10]
Sex and the Three Day WeekCatherine Liverpool Playhouse [29]
2015The Forsythe SistersDianeGaggle Babble [30]
The Light of Heart FanTheatr Clwyd [31]
All My Sons Ann Deever [32]
2016 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Mae [33]
Henry V Fluellen Regent's Park Open Air Theatre [34]
2017 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice LVTheatr Clwyd [35]
The Wizard of Oz Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West Sheffield Crucible [36]
2018 Hamlet Horatio Shakespeare's Globe [8]
As You Like It Phebe / Corin [8]
2018/19MacbethLennox Sam Wanamaker Playhouse [37]
2019 Orpheus Descending Beulah BinningsTheatr Clwyd / Menier Chocolate Factory [38]
The Lovely Bones Abigail Salmon Birmingham Repertory Theatre / Tour [39]
2020Macbeth: A ConjuringLennoxSam Wanamaker Playhouse [40]
2021Missing JulieChristineTheatr Clwyd [41]
IslaIsla / PC JonesTheatr Clwyd / Royal Court Theatre [42]
2023Romeo and JulieBarb National Theatre [43]
2024Out of SeasonAmy Hampstead Theatre [44]
Richard III Hastings / TyrellShakespeare's Globe [45]
Our Country's Good Liz Morden Lyric Hammersmith [46]
2024/25 All's Well That Ends Well WidowSam Wanamaker Playhouse [9]

Filmography

Film

Year(s)TitleRoleRef.
2018ApostleElaine [47]
2020What a Carve Up! [48]
2022IslaIsla / PC Jones [49]

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotesRef.
2006 Casualty Kath BarberEpisode: "No Place Like..." [50]
2013 The Indian Doctor Mrs. Germin4 episodes [51]
2015 The Bastard Executioner Lady Trula2 episodes [52]
2017First Ladies RevealedEleanor Roosevelt [10]
2023 Carnival Row Molly DombeyEpisode: "An Unkindness of Ravens" [53]
Coronation Street Maggie2 episodes [54]
2024 Truelove Nurse StephensEpisode 1.6 [55]

Radio

Year(s)TitleRoleStationNotesRef.
2023The MediciCatherine de' Medici BBC Radio 4 2 episodes [56]
2024The SpecialistMaggie3 episodes [57]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2015Wales Theatre AwardsBest Female Performance in the English LanguageContractionsNominated [6] [7]

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