Lauren Phillips (Welsh actress)

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Lauren Phillips (born 1981) is a Welsh television actress from Bridgend, Wales. [1]

Harries is from the village of Penyfai and was educated at Ysgol Llanhari. [2] She was later offered a place to study at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. [3]

She is best known for playing the no-nonsense character, Kelly Evans, in the Welsh TV soap Pobol y Cwm . She originally played the character between 2003 and 2007, reprising the role in 2015, covering social issues such as bulimia in the early years. [4] She has also played the role of art teacher Sara Harries in the S4C dramas Caerdydd [2] [5] and Gwaith/Cartref . [1] She also starred in Series 2 of Torchwood, Dead Man Walking. [6]

Harries lives in Pontcanna in Cardiff. She was visited by Nia Parry in 2021 to film an episode of the S4C series, Adre , about her home and her life. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mae'r actores Lauren Phillips". Western Mail (in Welsh). 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Actress Lauren Phillips bringing her art to capital drama Caerdydd". Wales Online . 10 June 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Cipolwg ar gartref un o sêr Pobol y Cwm" [A glimpse at the home of one of the stars of Pobol y Cwm](press release) (in Welsh). S4C. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. "Kelly a'r cnoi tu mewn; Lauren Phillips yn siarad e Gwen Griffith am her fwyaf ei gyrfa actio hyd yma wrth i Pobol y Cwm fynd i'r afael e'r pwnc". Daily Post (in Welsh). 26 August 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. "Be prepared for a shock". s4c.cymru. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. "imdb". IMDb .