Hannah Daniel

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Hannah Daniel
Born (1986-01-20) 20 January 1986 (age 37)
OccupationActress
Years active2004present
Children1

Hannah Daniel (born 20 January 1986) [1] is a Welsh actress from Cardiff, Wales, best known for her roles on TV series Hinterland , Keeping Faith and Holby City . [2]

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Early life

Hannah Daniel was born in Heath Hospital and raised in Whitchurch, Cardiff. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and later read English literature at University College London, [3] By age 24, she was a S4C presenter. [4] [5]

Georgia Lee and Daniel wrote and directed (You Have Reached Your) DESTINATION, about a 29 year old Uber driver's pregnancy. [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Daniel lives in Crystal Palace, London, with her partner, the actor Richard Harrington. Daniel and Harrington worked together for all three series of the dual-language crime drama Hinterland / Y Gwyll (aired 2013-2016), where every scene was shot first in Welsh and then in English. Each of the two productions was then compiled and aired as a separate three-series programme. Harrington appeared as the lead actor, DCI Tom Mathias, and Daniel played one of his subordinates, DS Siân Owens. They have a son together, who was born in 2019. [9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Two DragonsShort
2005 Dad Millie James
Casualty Dee NasebyEpisode: Baby Love
2007Olas de VeranoCerys Jones
2008Y GarejCo-presenterS4C programme
2010 Pen Talar Gail
2011–2015 Gwaith Cartref Beca MatthewsSeries 15
2013BeatDrunk womanShort
2013–2016Y Gwyll / Hinterland DS Siân OwenMain role [10]
2015 Doctors Christina EvendenEpisode: Trust Me I’m a Doctor
2017–2020 Keeping Faith Cerys JonesMain role; also starred in the Welsh version Un Bore Mercher .
2017CanariesAgnes DShort
DestinationBecaShort
50! Pen-blwydd Hapus Merched y WawrPresenter1 episode
2018 Holby City Leah FaulknerRecurring role
Tourist Tap Andi
MorfyddBeti Bwt S4C drama
2019–2020 EastEnders DCI MorganRecurring role
2020The Crash DetectivesNarratorDocumentary
Cyswllt (Mewn COVID)FfionS4C drama
Beacons: Short Films from WalesAni / Greta / Siân Llywelyn1 episode; also writer, director and executive producer
2021BregusEllie BatemanMain role

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Benny & Jolene Strictly Sherry
2015 Black Mountain Poets Alys Wilding

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