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Nia Caron

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Nia Caron
Born
Nia Caron Lewis

Llwyn y Groes, Ceredigion, Wales
NationalityWelsh
Alma materAberystwyth University
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m. 1987)
Children2

Nia Caron is a Welsh television actress. She is known for playing Anita Pierce in the long running soap Pobol y Cwm since 1999.[1]

Early and personal life

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Caron grew up in Llwyn y Groes near Tregaron, Ceredigion.[2] She is the daughter of the artist Ogwyn Davies.[3]

Caron is married to the musician Geraint Jarman. The two met while acting on the Welsh series Glas y Dorlan.[4] They have two daughters, Hanna and Mared Jarman, and live in Cardiff.[5] Their youngest daughter, Mared, is also an actress, and lives with Stargardt disease.[6][7]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
Glas y Dorlan
1983–1986 Torri Gwynt Various characters
1985 Penyberth Young Girl
1986 Bowen a'i Bartner Hafwen Series 1, Episode 2
1986 Clymau Aelod o Teulu Pant Glas 1865
1986–1989 Rhagor o Wynt Amrywiol
1987 Dihirod Dyfed Mary Ann Severne
1987 Darlun
1987 Hafod Henri French Woman
1990–1991 Pobol y Cwm Jane Leonard
1994–1996 Glanhafren Catrin Williams
1997–1999 Tair Chwaer
1999 Porc Pei[8] Dilys Price TV film
2000–2005 Porc Peis Bach Dilys Price
1999–present Pobol y Cwm Anita Pierce Series regular
2001 Penwythnos Gethin a Brenda Brenda
2002 What? Short film
2003 O Flaen Dy Lygaid Narrator Episode: Creu Mewn Corwynt
2019 Merched Parchus Menna Main role

References

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  1. ^ "Anita Pierce". BBC Cymru. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Double pain at losing Dwayne". North Wales Live. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Ogwyn Davies". Oriel Mimosa. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  4. ^ "BBC Radio Cymru - Beti a'i Phobol, Beti a'i Phobol: Nia Caron (Mawrth 19, 2009)".
  5. ^ "Double pain at losing Dwayne". North Wales Live. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Living with Stargardst disease: How a Welsh woman is determined to live life to the full despite her deteriorating eyesight". Wales Online. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Disability and sex is still a taboo, says Mared Jarman". BBC News. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Porc Pei". Film Hub Wales. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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