Nia Roberts | |
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 Roberts at the Odesa International Film Festival 2015 | |
| Born | 5 July 1972 Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales |
| Occupation | Actress [1] |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | Marc Evans |
| Children | 1 |
Nia Roberts (born 5 July 1972) is a Welsh actress. She is married to director Marc Evans.
The youngest of three girls, Roberts was born and brought up in Brecon, Powys. Her first language is Welsh, and she attended Brecon's Welsh-medium primary school Ysgol-y-Bannau from 1975 to 1983. Her family were active members of the Brecon Little Theatre amateur dramatics group, and she was seven years old when she first appeared on stage. aged seven she first trod the boards. Five years later, she landed her first television role as the lead girl in "The Farm", a 30-minute Jackanory play for BBC1.
After gaining ten GCSEs and three A Levels, she joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales. She studied acting at Birmingham University, where she passed with distinction.
Roberts' big break came in 1998, when she appeared in Solomon a Gaenor opposite Ioan Gruffudd. With dialogue in Welsh and Yiddish, the movie won Best Film at the 2000 Verona Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards. It was written and directed by British filmmaker Paul Morrison.
Her subsequent Welsh-language credits include Fondue, Rhyw a Deinosors!, Newes of the Weeke, Y Palmant Aur, Glan Hafren, the long-running soap opera Pobol y Cwm , and S4C's gangster drama Y Pris . Roberts' English-language television credits include the comedy series Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, the drama Border Café, and several single-episode appearances in prime-time British shows such as The Bill and Casualty.
Roberts has starred in two films directed by her husband, Marc Evans: Snow Cake (2006), a drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man traumatized after surviving a fatal car accident; and Patagonia (2009), a drama set in Y Wladfa , Argentina. In 2009, Roberts starred as registrar Mary Finch in Crash! , a hospital drama commissioned by BBC Wales and produced by Tony Jordan. [2]
In 2010, Roberts guest-starred in the two-part Doctor Who Series 5 episode "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood". More big-screen productions followed: She appeared in Hattie Dalton's Third Star (2010) and in Vertigo Films' The Facility (2012), an atmospheric, micro-budget horror film about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. [3]
In 2014, Roberts appeared in the fourth episode of Y Gwyll (Hinterland), a highly acclaimed noir detective series shot in both Welsh and English.
Roberts, her husband, and their daughter, Edith, live in Cardiff. [4] She is a supporter of Plaid Cymru.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Solomon & Gaenor | Gaenor Rees | |
| 2000 | Canone inverso | Costanza | |
| 2005 | 9 Steps to a New Start | Carolyne | |
| 2006 | Snow Cake | Janet | |
| 2006 | Calon Gaeth | Miriam | |
| 2010 | Patagonia | Gwen | |
| 2010 | Third Star | Chloe | |
| 2011 | Little Munchkin | Mrs. Jones | Short |
| 2011 | Back of the Net! | Carys | Short |
| 2012 | The Facility | Katie | |
| 2013 | Mr Torquay's Holiday | Sister (voice) | Short |
| 2015 | Bridgend | Thomas' Mother | |
| 2015 | Just Jim | Mum | |
| 2015 | Under Milk Wood | Myfanwy Price | |
| 2018 | Last Summer | Sandra Davies | |
| 2019 | The Return of the Yuletide Kid | Philipa |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Farm | Menna | TV film |
| 1987 | I Fro Breuddwydion | Jenny | TV film |
| 1996–97 | Y Palamant Aur | Martha Jenkins | TV series |
| 1999 | Sunburn | Tina | Episode: "1.3" |
| 2000 | Border Café | Naomi | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Score | Suzie | TV film |
| 2001 | Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Rowan Latimer | Episode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom" |
| 2002 | Outside the Rules | Carol Dysart | TV film |
| 2002 | The Bill | Sarah Jones | Episode: "027: Old Tricks" |
| 2003 | Casualty | Lizzie Peters | Episode: "The Point of No Return" |
| 2003 | The Welsh in Shakespeare | Various | TV film |
| 2004–05 | Holby City | Susan Curtis | Guest role (series 6–7) |
| 2007 | Y Pris | Kirsti O'Shea | Main role |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders | Stacey Purdy | Episode: "Left for Dead" |
| 2009 | Hotel Babylon | Precious | Episode: "4.7" |
| 2009 | Collision | Linda Canwell | Episode: "1.4" |
| 2009 | Crash | Mary Finch | Episode: "1.6" |
| 2010 | Holby City | Jamie McPherson | Episode: "For the Greater Good" |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Ambrose Northover | Episodes: "The Hungry Earth", "Cold Blood" |
| 2010 | Pen Talar | Judith | Episodes: "1.7", "1.8" |
| 2012 | Pianissimo | Mam | TV film |
| 2013 | Playhouse Presents | Eleanor | Episode: "Gifted" |
| 2013 | Hinterland | Gwen Thomas | Episode: "1.4" |
| 2014 | Under Milk Wood | Rosie Probert | TV film |
| 2015 | 35 Diwrnod | Claire | TV series |
| 2016 | Doctors | Abigail Price | Episode: "Eidolon" |
| 2016 | Rillington Place | Violet | Episode: "Tim" |
| 2017 | The White Princess | Kate Woodville | Episode: "Traitors" |
| 2017–2020 | Bang | Linda Murray | Main role |
| 2017 | Keeping Faith | Saran James | Episodes: "1.2", "1.4" |
| 2018–present | Hidden | Elin Jones | TV miniseries |
| 2018 | To Provide All People | Midwife | TV film |
| 2019 | The Crown | Silvia Millward | Episode: "Tywysog Cymru" |
| 2021 | Yr Amgueddfa | Della Howells | TV series |
| 2023 | Y Pren Ar Y Bryn | Margaret [5] | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Elden Ring | Dominula dancers | Voice [6] |
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