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{{Short description|Welsh actress}}
'''Nia Caron''' is a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[television]] [[actress]] best known for playing the [[Fictional character|characters]] Anita Pierce in the [[Welsh language]] soap ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'' and Dilys Parry in the film ''Porc Pei'' and television series ''Porc Peis Bach''.
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| birth_place = Llwyn y Groes, [[Ceredigion]], [[Wales]]
| nationality = [[Welsh people|Welsh]]
| alma_mater = [[Aberystwyth University]]
| occupation = Actress
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Geraint Jarman]]|1987}}
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Caron is a native of Tregaron, [[Ceredigion]], the daughter of artist [[Ogwyn Davies]]. She is married to musician [[Geraint Jarman]] and has two daughters, Hanna (also an actress<ref>http://www.sainou.com/hanna-jarman/</ref>) and Mared.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/double-pain-at-losing-dwayne-2800911/|title=Double pain at losing Dwayne|date=31 January 2009|publisher=''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]''|accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref>
'''Nia Caron''' is a Welsh television [[actress]]. She is known for playing Anita Pierce in the long running soap ''[[Pobol y Cwm]]'' since 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/Sjx0t8c4JkmQD2YS4sTgTg/anita-pierce |title= Anita Pierce |work=BBC Cymru|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Caron grew up in Llwyn y Groes near [[Tregaron]], [[Ceredigion]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/double-pain-at-losing-dwayne-2800911 |title= Double pain at losing Dwayne |date=31 January 2009|work=North Wales Live|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref> She is the daughter of the artist [[Ogwyn Davies]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.orielmimosa.com/ogwyn-davies |title= Ogwyn Davies |work=Oriel Mimosa|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref>

Caron is married to the musician [[Geraint Jarman]]. The two met while acting on the Welsh series ''Glas y Dorlan''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p028qzpr|title=BBC Radio Cymru - Beti a'i Phobol, Beti a'i Phobol: Nia Caron (Mawrth 19, 2009)}}</ref> They have two daughters, Hanna and Mared Jarman, and live in [[Cardiff]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-tv/double-pain-at-losing-dwayne-2800911 |title= Double pain at losing Dwayne |date=31 January 2009|work=North Wales Live|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref> Their youngest daughter, Mared, is also an actress, and lives with [[Stargardt disease]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/living-stargardst-disease-how-welsh-6396232 |title= Living with Stargardst disease: How a Welsh woman is determined to live life to the full despite her deteriorating eyesight |date=15 December 2013|work=Wales Online|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Disability and sex is still a taboo, says Mared Jarman |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67204751 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=31 October 2023 |date=28 October 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|
|''Glas y Dorlan''
|
|
|-
|1983&ndash;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&ndash;1989
|''Rhagor o Wynt''
|Amrywiol
|
|-
|1987
|''Dihirod Dyfed''
|Mary Ann Severne
|
|-
|1987
|''Darlun''
|
|
|-
|1987
|''Hafod Henri''
|French Woman
|
|-
|1990&ndash;1991
|''[[Pobol y Cwm]]''
|Jane Leonard
|
|-
|1994&ndash;1996
|''Glanhafren''
|Catrin Williams
|
|-
|1997&ndash;1999
|''Tair Chwaer''
|
|
|-
|1999
|''Porc Pei''<ref>{{cite news|url= https://filmhubwales.org/en/films/porc-pei |title= Porc Pei|work=Film Hub Wales|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref>
|Dilys Price
|TV film
|-
|2000&ndash;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==
==References==

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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|0139146}}
* {{IMDb name|0139146}}

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Latest revision as of 08:20, 31 October 2023

Nia Caron
Born
Nia Caron Lewis

Llwyn y Groes, Ceredigion, Wales
NationalityWelsh
Alma materAberystwyth University
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(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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