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Nia Roberts
Born: 5th Jul 1972 Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales, UK
Dept: Acting
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.
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 who is traumatized after a fatal car accident; and Patagonia (2009), a drama set in Y Wladfa, Argentina. In 2009, Roberts also starred as registrar Mary Finch in Crash!, a hospital drama commissioned by BBC Wales and produced by Tony Jordan.
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.
In 2014, Roberts appeared in the fourth episode of Y Gwyll (Hinterland), a highly acclaimed noir detective series shot in both Welsh and English.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 36
Film: 20 (56%)
Television: 16 (44%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Music
Filmography
Nov 2025 (first aired)
In 1995, activist Llyr dies in a bombing; his cousin Rhys is jailed for his murder. In 2025, Rhys returns to buried secrets in a gripping tale of prot ... view
Character:
Eve Davies (6 ep.)
Nov 2023 (first aired)
Laced with humour and a touch of the absurd, this is a story with Margaret and Clive Lewis at its heart. These unlikely heroes' quiet lives are change ... view
Character:
Margaret Lewis (6 ep.)
May 2023 (first aired)
The hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area in 1973 and the remarkable story of how - in the first case of its kind - th ... view
Character:
Karina Bethell (4 ep.)
Aug 2022 (first aired)
When one of a group of friends downloads the mysterious Red Rose app, plans change. What starts innocently as a game of admiration rapidly descends in ... view
Character:
Shelley Royston (6 ep.)
May 2022 (first aired)
Sharon Roberts has never stopped grieving the loss of her murdered daughter, Ela, and journalist Cat, who grew up with Ela, has always been obsessed b ... view
Character:
Eve Davies (6 ep.)
2021
A therapist attempts to navigate a young man's toxic relationship issues with his ex-girlfriend using state-of-the-art virtual reality technology. But ... view
Character:
Therapist
Original title: Gwleđđ
2021
A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they coul ... view
Character:
Glenda
May 2021 (first aired)
Trace the self-destructive fall of Della Howells, Museum Director in her 40s who begins a dangerous relationship with a young man, and descends from a ... view
Character:
Della Howells (12 ep.)
Feb 2020 (first aired)
The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a onc ... view
Character:
Martha Washington (3 ep.)
2019
A former child star learns what’s really important at Christmastime. Anthony Richards – you know, the Anthony Richards, The Actor – is depressed ... view
Character:
Philipa
2018
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birt ... view
Character:
Midwife
2018
During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adul ... view
Character:
Sandra Davies
Jan 2018 (first aired)
DI Cadi John and DC Owen Vaughan try to solve a case involving Mali Pryce, a young woman whose body was discovered in a stream in the woods. ... view
Character:
Elin Jones (8 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
Loner Sam's life is transformed when he comes into possession of a gun and starts to break the law. His ambitious policewoman sister Gina is paid to u ... view
Character:
Linda Jenkins (14 ep.)
Apr 2017 (first aired)
The story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of ... view
Character:
Catherine Woodville (1 ep.)
Nov 2016 (first aired)
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny.
The Cro ... view
Character:
Silvia Millward (1 ep.)
2015
In a small Welsh town where people talk to themselves we meet Jim, a lonely teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool A ... view
Character:
Mum
2015
Over a 5-year period in Bridgend in Wales, 79 people, many of them teenagers, committed suicide without leaving any clue as to why. This is the starti ... view
Character:
Thomas' Mother
2014
A young man and young woman, both who have recently gone through break-ups, become friends over the festive season though don't wish to be each other' ... view
Character:
Penny
2014
An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National ... view
Character:
Rosie Probert
2012
A group of volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong. ... view
Character:
Katie Strong
Apr 2012 (first aired)
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Ar ... view
Character:
Eleanor (1 ep.)
2011
A well-to-do couple goes to an orphanage to adopt a child, but will they find one who fits their persnickety lifestyle? ... view
Character:
Mrs. Jones
2010
Patagonia narrates the journeys of two women - one looking for her past, the other for her future. The film inter-cuts between their stories, in which ... view
Character:
Gwen
2010
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a ... view
Character:
Chloe
2007
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imag ... view
Character:
Woman at the Till
2006
Rich family saga of love, devotion, deceit and adultery. Josi Evans runs off with the local school mistress, Miriam leaving behind wealth and esteem t ... view
Character:
Miriam
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a ... view
Character:
Ambrose (2 ep.)
2004
Ben is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his col ... view
Character:
Woman at the Till (uncredited)
Original title: Dal: Yma/Nawr
2003
A search for the poetic soul of Wales - a feature documentary which explores poetic responses, historical & contemporary, to the issues of social & cu ... view
Character:
Self
Nov 2001 (first aired)
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible is a satirical British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Cooga ... view
Character:
Dr Rowan Latimer (1 ep.)
Jul 2000 (first aired)
Comedy drama series from Preston Front writer Tim Firth. Set in the fictional town of Hale Point on the borders of England and Wales, home to a cross- ... view
Character:
Naomi Sykes (8 ep.)
Original title: Canone Inverso
2000
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not ... view
Character:
Costanza
Original title: Solomon and Gaenor
1999
A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he must hide his nationality. On one of his sales he ... view
Character:
Gaenor Rees
1999
Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. After ... view
Character:
Checkout Girl
Mar 1997 (first aired)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his ... view
Character:
Stacey Purdy (1 ep.)