Actor

Nia Roberts

July 5, 1972 · Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales, UK

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.

Notable work

7.6
Doctor Who (2005)
as Ambrose
8.2
The Crown (2016)
as Silvia Millward
7
Cashback (2007)
as Woman at the Till
7.5
Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Stacey Purdy
7.7
The White Princess (2017)
as Catherine Woodville

Often works with

Sion Alun Davies
3 titles together
The Feast, Steeltown Murders, Hidden
Steffan Rhodri
3 titles together
Steeltown Murders, Solomon & Gaenor, Last Summer
Richard Harrington
3 titles together
Steeltown Murders, Just Jim, Last Summer
Mark Lewis Jones
3 titles together
Just Jim, The Light in the Hall, Solomon & Gaenor
H
Helen Griffin
3 titles together
Third Star, Just Jim, Solomon & Gaenor
Matt Smith
2 titles together
Doctor Who, The Crown

Full filmography · 36

Our Town
as Mrs. Webb
2026
Sometime Else
as Therapist
2021
The Feast
as Glenda
20215.6
The Return of the Yuletide Kid
as Philipa
2019
To Provide All People
as Midwife
2018
Last Summer
as Sandra Davies
2018
Just Jim
as Mum
20155.5
Bridgend
as Thomas' Mother
20155.2
A Wonderful Christmas Time
as Penny
2014
Under Milk Wood
as Rosie Probert
2014
The Facility
as Katie Strong
20124.8
Little Munchkin
as Mrs. Jones
2011