Catrin Aaron | |
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Born | Rhyl, Clwyd, Wales |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–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]
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]
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]
Year(s) | Title | Role | Theatre | Ref. |
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2002 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | [10] |
Silence | Silence | Sherman Theatre | ||
ImMortal | Performer | NoFit State Circus Theatre | [11] | |
Silas Marner | Eppie | Theatr Clwyd | [10] | |
2003 | Full Circle | Mrs E/Sherpa | Hijinx Theatre | [12] |
Tartuffe | Marianne | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre | [13] | |
2004 | The Three Musketeers | Constance | [14] | |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Flinn | Theatr Clwyd | [10] | |
Living Together | Annie | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre | [15] | |
Round And Round The Garden | ||||
Hobson's Choice | Vickey | Theatr Clwyd | [10] | |
2005 | Flights of Fancy | Various | ||
2006 | The Way It Was | Beryl | ||
The Voyage | Mari | |||
The Grapes of Wrath | Rose of Sharon | [16] | ||
2007 | Of Mice And Men | Curley's Wife | [10] | |
Tales From Europe | Various | |||
The Timeless Myths of the Mabinogi | Branwen | |||
A Toy Epic | Mrs Blackwell/Miss Todd/Anne/Iorwerth's Mother | |||
2008 | Macbeth | Third Witch | [17] | |
2009 | Twilight Tales | Various | [10] | |
Mary Stuart | Margaret Kurl | [18] | ||
The Norman Conquests | Ruth | Torch Theatre | [19] | |
Festen | Mette | Theatr 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 | Annette | Theatr Clwyd | [25] | |
Humbug | Various | [10] | ||
2013 | XX (Festopia) | Barbara | Theatre503 | |
Salt, Root and Roe | Menna | Theatr Clwyd | [26] | |
Aristocrats | Alice | [27] | ||
2014 | Contractions | The Manager | Chapter Arts Centre | [28] |
The Fever | The Traveller | The Old Fire Station | [10] | |
Sex and the Three Day Week | Catherine | Liverpool Playhouse | [29] | |
2015 | The Forsythe Sisters | Diane | Gaggle Babble | [30] |
The Light of Heart | Fan | Theatr 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 | LV | Theatr 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] | ||
2018/19 | Macbeth | Lennox | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | [37] |
2019 | Orpheus Descending | Beulah Binnings | Theatr Clwyd / Menier Chocolate Factory | [38] |
The Lovely Bones | Abigail Salmon | Birmingham Repertory Theatre / Tour | [39] | |
2020 | Macbeth: A Conjuring | Lennox | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | [40] |
2021 | Missing Julie | Christine | Theatr Clwyd | [41] |
Isla | Isla / PC Jones | Theatr Clwyd / Royal Court Theatre | [42] | |
2023 | Romeo and Julie | Barb | National Theatre | [43] |
2024 | Out of Season | Amy | Hampstead Theatre | [44] |
Richard III | Hastings / Tyrell | Shakespeare's Globe | [45] | |
Our Country's Good | Liz Morden | Lyric Hammersmith | [46] | |
2024/25 | All's Well That Ends Well | Widow | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse | [9] |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Ref. |
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2018 | Apostle | Elaine | [47] |
2020 | What a Carve Up! | [48] | |
2022 | Isla | Isla / PC Jones | [49] |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | Casualty | Kath Barber | Episode: "No Place Like..." | [50] |
2013 | The Indian Doctor | Mrs. Germin | 4 episodes | [51] |
2015 | The Bastard Executioner | Lady Trula | 2 episodes | [52] |
2017 | First Ladies Revealed | Eleanor Roosevelt | [10] | |
2023 | Carnival Row | Molly Dombey | Episode: "An Unkindness of Ravens" | [53] |
Coronation Street | Maggie | 2 episodes | [54] | |
2024 | Truelove | Nurse Stephens | Episode 1.6 | [55] |
2025 | Dope Girls | Sylvia Scott | Episode: "Butter Wouldn't Melt" | [56] |
Year(s) | Title | Role | Station | Notes | Ref. |
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2023 | The Medici | Catherine de' Medici | BBC Radio 4 | 2 episodes | [57] |
2024 | The Specialist | Maggie | 3 episodes | [58] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Wales Theatre Awards | Best Female Performance in the English Language | Contractions | Nominated | [6] [7] |