Nia Roberts (actress)

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Nia Roberts
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Born (1972-07-05) 5 July 1972 (age 53)
OccupationActress
Years active1998present
Spouse Marc Evans
Children1

Nia Roberts (born 5 July 1972) is a Welsh actress. She is married to director Marc Evans.

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Early life and career

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. 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.

Career

Roberts' big break came in 1998, when she appeared in Solomon a Gaenor opposite Ioan Gruffudd. With dialogue in Welsh and Yiddish, it 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. [1]

In 2010, Roberts guest-starred in the two-part Doctor Who Series 5 episode "The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood". [2] 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.

Personal life

Roberts, her husband, and their daughter, Edith, live in Cardiff. [4] She is a supporter of Plaid Cymru.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 The Theory of Flight Checkout Girl
1999 Solomon & Gaenor Gaenor Rees
2000 Canone inverso Costanza
20059 Steps to a New StartCarolyne
2006 Snow Cake Janet
2006Calon GaethMiriam
2010 Patagonia Gwen
2010 Third Star Chloe
2011Little MunchkinMrs. JonesShort
2011Back of the Net!CarysShort
2012The FacilityKatie
2013Mr Torquay's HolidaySister (voice)Short
2015 Bridgend Thomas' Mother
2015 Just Jim Mum
2015 Under Milk Wood Myfanwy Price
2018Last SummerSandra Davies
2019The Return of the Yuletide KidPhilipa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984The FarmMennaTV film
1987I Fro BreuddwydionJennyTV film
1996–97Y Palamant AurMartha JenkinsTV series
1999 Sunburn TinaEpisode: "1.3"
2000Border CaféNaomiTV miniseries
2001ScoreSuzieTV film
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Rowan LatimerEpisode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom"
2002Outside the RulesCarol DysartTV film
2002 The Bill Sarah JonesEpisode: "027: Old Tricks"
2003 Casualty Lizzie PetersEpisode: "The Point of No Return"
2003The Welsh in ShakespeareVariousTV film
2004–05 Holby City Susan CurtisGuest role (series 6–7)
2007 Y Pris Kirsti O'SheaMain role
2008 Midsomer Murders Stacey PurdyEpisode: "Left for Dead"
2009 Hotel Babylon PreciousEpisode: "4.7"
2009 Collision Linda CanwellEpisode: "1.4"
2009 Crash Mary FinchEpisode: "1.6"
2010 Holby City Jamie McPhersonEpisode: "For the Greater Good"
2010 Doctor Who Ambrose NorthoverEpisodes: "The Hungry Earth", "Cold Blood"
2010 Pen Talar JudithEpisodes: "1.7", "1.8"
2012PianissimoMamTV film
2013 Playhouse Presents EleanorEpisode: "Gifted"
2013 Hinterland Gwen ThomasEpisode: "1.4"
2014 Under Milk Wood Rosie ProbertTV film
201535 DiwrnodClaireTV series
2016 Doctors Abigail PriceEpisode: "Eidolon"
2016 Rillington Place VioletEpisode: "Tim"
2017 The White Princess Kate WoodvilleEpisode: "Traitors"
20172020 Bang Linda MurrayMain role
2017 Keeping Faith Saran JamesEpisodes: "1.2", "1.4"
20182021 Hidden Elin JonesTV miniseries
2018To Provide All PeopleMidwifeTV film
2019 The Crown Silvia MillwardEpisode: "Tywysog Cymru"
2023 Steeltown Murders Karina BethellTV series
2023Y Pren Ar Y BrynMargaret [5] TV series
2021 Yr Amgueddfa Della HowellsTV series
2024Tree on a HillHidden [6] TV series

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Elden Ring Dominula dancersVoice [7]

References

  1. "New Welsh drama to Crash onto our screens". Wales on Sunday. 29 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  2. https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/doctor-who-season-5-episode-9-cold-blood/ [ bare URL ]
  3. "Trailer: New Found Footage Film, "Guinea Pigs"". 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. Simpson, Rin (19 July 2009). "Having children doesn't stop you doing things". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  5. Morris, Steven (9 November 2023). "Beer, chips and camaraderie: Welsh TV drama has world premiere in miners' hall". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. "New offbeat crime drama series Tree on a Hill starts this April on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  7. "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.