Nia Roberts (actress) explained

Nia Roberts
Birth Date:5 July 1972
Birth Place:Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales
Occupation:Actress [1]
Yearsactive:1998 - present
Spouse:Marc Evans
Children:1

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

Biography

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.

Career

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.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Solomon & GaenorGaenor Rees
2000Canone inversoCostanza
20059 Steps to a New StartCarolyne
2006Snow CakeJanet
2006Calon GaethMiriam
2010PatagoniaGwen
2010Third StarChloe
2011Little MunchkinMrs. JonesShort
2011Back of the Net!CarysShort
2012Katie
2013Mr Torquay's HolidaySister (voice)Short
2015BridgendThomas' Mother
2015Just JimMum
2015Under Milk WoodMyfanwy Price
2018Last SummerSandra Davies
2019Philipa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984MennaTV film
1987I Fro BreuddwydionJennyTV film
1996–97Y Palamant AurMartha JenkinsTV series
1999SunburnTinaEpisode: "1.3"
2000Border CaféNaomiTV miniseries
2001ScoreSuzieTV film
2001Dr. Terrible's House of HorribleRowan LatimerEpisode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom"
2002Outside the RulesCarol DysartTV film
2002Sarah JonesEpisode: "027: Old Tricks"
2003CasualtyLizzie PetersEpisode: "The Point of No Return"
2003VariousTV film
2004–05Holby CitySusan CurtisGuest role (series 6–7)
2007Y PrisKirsti O'SheaMain role
2008Midsomer MurdersStacey PurdyEpisode: "Left for Dead"
2009Hotel BabylonPreciousEpisode: "4.7"
2009CollisionLinda CanwellEpisode: "1.4"
2009CrashMary FinchEpisode: "1.6"
2010Holby CityJamie McPhersonEpisode: "For the Greater Good"
2010Doctor WhoAmbrose NorthoverEpisodes: "The Hungry Earth", "Cold Blood"
2010Pen TalarJudithEpisodes: "1.7", "1.8"
2012PianissimoMamTV film
2013Playhouse PresentsEleanorEpisode: "Gifted"
2013HinterlandGwen ThomasEpisode: "1.4"
2014Under Milk WoodRosie ProbertTV film
201535 DiwrnodClaireTV series
2016DoctorsAbigail PriceEpisode: "Eidolon"
2016Rillington PlaceVioletEpisode: "Tim"
2017Kate WoodvilleEpisode: "Traitors"
2017 - 2020BangLinda MurrayMain role
2017Keeping FaithSaran JamesEpisodes: "1.2", "1.4"
2018 - 2021HiddenElin JonesTV miniseries
2018To Provide All PeopleMidwifeTV film
2019The CrownSilvia MillwardEpisode: "Tywysog Cymru"
2023Steeltown MurdersKarina BethellTV series
2023Y Pren Ar Y BrynMargaret[5] TV series
2021Yr AmgueddfaDella HowellsTV series
2024Tree on a HillHidden[6] TV series

Video games

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.niaroberts.com/biography/bio_default.htm Official site
  2. Web site: New Welsh drama to Crash onto our screens. Wales on Sunday. 2009-08-29. 2009-09-21. 12 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090912081817/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/television-in-wales/2009/08/29/new-welsh-drama-to-crash-onto-our-screens-91466-24562666/2/. dead.
  3. Web site: Trailer: New Found Footage Film, "Guinea Pigs". 16 November 2010. 30 July 2011. 20 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141220234554/http://www.soundonsight.org/trailer-new-found-footage-film-guinea-pigs/. dead.
  4. Web site: Having children doesn't stop you doing things. Simpson, Rin. Wales Online. 2009-07-19. 2009-09-21.
  5. News: Morris . Steven . 2023-11-09 . Beer, chips and camaraderie: Welsh TV drama has world premiere in miners’ hall . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-13 . 0261-3077.
  6. Web site: New offbeat crime drama series Tree on a Hill starts this April on BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 21 March 2024.
  7. Web site: Elden Ring (Video Game 2022) . 2024-01-05 . IMDb . en.