Nia Roberts
Born: 1972-07-05 in Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Still Waters as Eve Davies
2023
- Steeltown Murders as Karina Bethell
- Tree on a Hill as Margaret Lewis
2022
- The Light in the Hall as Eve Davies
- Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family ... (Director)
2021
- Sometime Else as Therapist
- The Museum as Della Howells
- The Feast as Glenda
2020
- Washington as Martha Washington
2019
- The Return of the Yuletide Kid as Philipa
2018
- Hidden as Elin Jones
- To Provide All People as Midwife
- Last Summer as Sandra Davies
2017
- The White Princess as Catherine Woodville
- Bang as Linda Jenkins
2016
- The Crown as Silvia Millward
2014
- Under Milk Wood as Rosie Probert
- A Wonderful Christmas Time as Penny
2012
- The Facility as Katie Strong
2011
- Little Munchkin as Mrs. Jones
2010
- Patagonia as Gwen
- Third Star as Chloe
2007
- Cashback as Woman at the Till
2006
- Calon Gaeth as Miriam
2005
- Doctor Who as Ambrose
2004
- Cashback as Woman at the Till (uncredited)
2003
- Still: Here/Now as Self
2000
- Making Love as Costanza
- Border Cafe as Naomi Sykes
1999
- Solomon & Gaenor as Gaenor Rees
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Stacey Purdy