Neha Patil (Editor)Love my family & adore animals! Always try to have a positive mindset List of Welsh womenUpdated on Dec 25, 2024EditLikeCommentShareShare on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditSign inThis is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.ContentsABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZReferencesAJane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writerJanet Ackland (born 1938), bowlerHelen Adams (born 1978), television personalitySian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actressWendy Albiston (born 1969), actressJessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclistJan Anderson (born 1974), actressElizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writerJosie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenterJane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poetKim Ashfield (born 1959), modelLaura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designerTiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educatorTrezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of The Hiding PlaceBEmilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionaryMary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelistIona Banks (1920–2008), actressElinor Barker (born 1994), racing cyclistLorraine Barrett (born 1950), politicianRachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editorShirley Bassey (born 1937), singerAnne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writerRemy Beasley (active since 2015), actressEirlys Bellin (active since 2000s), actressAnna Maria Bennett (c.1750–1808), novelistJane Brereton (1685–1740), English-language poetTara Bethan (born 1984), actress, singerBridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactorRuth Bidgood (born 1922), poetJoyce Bland (1906–1963), film actressCate Le Bon (born 1983), singer-songwriterDi Botcher (active since 1986), actressFfion Bowen (born 1991), rugby union playerCara Braia (born 1992), singer, songwriter, pianist, actressNan Braunton (1895–1978), actressJane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to The Gentleman's MagazineBecky Brewerton (born 1982), golferRhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writerMia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painterEleanor Bufton (1842–1893), actressFanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writerFrances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writerEleanor Bufton (active since 2004), actressCBetsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean WarJulia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialiteSaint Callwen (6th century), Christian saintSaint Canna (6th century), nunNia Caron (active since 1980s), Welsh-language actressEmma Catherwood (born 1981), actress, modelEmma Catherwood (1968), actressJane Cave (c.1754–1812), English-language poetChristine Chapman (born 1956), politicianBrenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poetKara Chesworth (born 1972), racing cyclistShefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actressSybil Christopher (1929–2013), actress, theatre directorCharlotte Church (born 1986), singerGillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcasterHafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writerGrace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoiristLu Corfield (active since 2012), actressNicole Cooke (born 1983), racing cyclistGlenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artistShân Cothi (born 1965), singer, actressMargaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainerElinor Crawley (born 1991), actressLeila Crerar (active since 1980s), actressJasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelistKatie Curtis (born 1988), road and track cyclistDFflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and EnglishHannah Daniel (born 1986), actressLisa Lee Dark (born 1981), opera singer, voice actressJennifer Daniel (born 1936), film actressAlexa Davies (born 1995), actressCatherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translatorClara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductorDeddie Davies (born 1938), actressDeborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educatorEdna Davies (1905–1969), actressGwendoline Davies (1882–1951), philanthropist, arts patronJocelyn Davies (born 1959), politicianKaren Davies (born 1965), golferLlewela Davies (1871-1952), pianist and composerLynette Davies (1948–1993), actressMargaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet, scribeMargaret Davies (1884–1963), arts patronMary Davies (1855–1930), mezzo-sopranoMary Davies (1846–1882), poetNina Davies (born 1974), racing cyclistPhoebe Davies (1864–1912), Welsh-born American actressRachel Davies (1846–1915), lecturer and evangelist preacherRose Davies (1882–1958), teacher, activist, politicianValerie Davies (1912–2001), swimmerRebecca De Filippo (born 1994), rugby union playerCherry Dee (born 1987), modelSophie Dee (born 1984), pornographic actressJen Delyth (born 1962), specializing in Celtic symbolismMyrtle Devenish (1913–2007), actressMarina Diamandis (born 1985), singer-songwriterAmy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist, industrialistThereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, photographer, astronomerLeila Crerar (born 1984), actressAimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriterRuth Dunning (1911–1983), actressEAimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), actressMary Anne Edmunds (1813 – 1858), educatorDonna Edwards (born 1963), actressDorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writerFanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, dramatistMaudie Edwards (1906–1991), actress, singer, comedianRhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poetSarah Edwards (1881–1965), Welsh born American actressSara Edwards (born 1961), broadcast journalist, television presenterElen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poetMenna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnnist, editor, poetry widely translatedGillian Elisa (born 1953), actress, singer, comedianAmy Evans (1884–1983), soprano, actressPeg Entwistle (1908–1932), actressClaire Evans (born 1983), modelChristine Evans (born 1943), poetElen Evans (born 1985), rugby union playerJennifer Evans (active since 2004), actressLaura Evans (active since 1990s), actress, singer, songwriterMargiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelistMary Evans (1735–1789), sect leaderMaxine Evans (born 1966), actressSophie Evans (born 1993), singer, actressLaura Evans-Williams (1883–1944), sopranoFPam Ferris (born 1948), actressCatrin Finch (born 1980), harpistIlora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), physician, politicianCatherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcasterConnie Fisher (born 1983), actress, singerLaura Ford (born 1961), sculptorMeddy Ford (born 1989), model, filmmakerRosemarie Frankland (1943–2000), actress, modelJane Freeman (born 1921), actressKathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicistLiz Fuller (born 1975), television presenter, actress, modelGMenna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist, translatorValerie Ganz (1936–2015), painterJacqui Gasson (active since 1988), lord mayor of CardiffBeti George (born 1939), journalist and broadcasterSeren Gibson (born 1988), modelSian Gibson (born 1976), actress, writerOlive Gilbert (1898–1981), singer, actressAnnabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actressJulia Gillard (born 1961), Australian prime ministerMary Dilys Glynne (1895–1991), plant pathologist, mountaineerJulie Gould (born 1989), swimmerHelen Grace (active since 2004), film directorJanice Gregory (born 1955), politicianSara Gregory (born 1986), actressClare Greenwood (born 1958), cyclistElizabeth Griffith (1727–1793), writerHelen Griffin (active since the 1980s), actress, writerAnn Griffiths (1776–1805), religious poet, hymn writerLesley Griffiths (born 1960), politicianAmy Guy (born 1983), modelLady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), aristocrat and translatorBethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writerSaint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saintLowri Gwilym (1954–1010), television and radio producerGwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of DeheubarthGwenllian of Wales (1282–1337), daughter of Llywelyn ap GruffuddGwerful Fychan (fl. 1420–1490), Welsh-language poetDenise Gyngell (born 1961), singer, actress, modelHCerys Hale (born 1993), rugby union playerHolly Hale (born 1990), modelAugusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (1802–1896), arts patronNina Hamnett (1890–1956), painterDoris Hare (1905–2000), actress, singerMali Harries (born c.1976), actressEdwina Hart (born 1957), politicianAnn Hatton (1764–1838), novelistMyfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcasterAngela Hazeldine (born 1981), actress, musicianVenissa Head (born 1956), track and field athleteAnneliese Heard (born 1981), cyclistGeorgia Henshaw (born 1993), actressDeirdre Hine (born 1937), physicianSally Hodge (born 1966), cyclistFrances Hoggan (1843–1927), physician, first female doctor registered in WalesSophie Holland (active since 2000s), actressKaren Holford (active since 1990), engineer and professorNichola Hope (born 1975), painter, writer, silhouettistSarah Hope (born 1975), twin sister of Nichola, painter, writer, actressMary Hopkin (born 1950), singerSally El Hosaini (born 1976), film director, writerRay Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Berkshire-born artist who lived in Penarth from an early ageAnn Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poetEllen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, suffragist, temperance reformerMegan Hughes (born 1977), cyclistNerys Hughes (born 1941), actressJudith Humphreys (born 1988), actressEllen Hunter (born 1968), cyclistRuth Hussey, from 2012 to 2014: Chief Medical Officer for WalesJane Hutt (born 1949), politicianJoan Hutt (1913–1985), Hertfordshire-born painter who moved to live in North Wales in 1949Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writerIElisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelistNorah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright, travel writerJKatrina Jacks (born 1986), rowerAngharad James (1677–1749), poet and harpistBecky James (born 1991), cyclistIrene James (born 1952), politicianJynine James (born 1972), actress, singerMaria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poetStephanie James (born 1985), actressKate Jarman (born 1980), actressRuth Jên (born 1964), painter, illustratorKatherine Jenkins (born 1980), singerJoan, Lady of Wales (c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the GreatGwen John (1876–1939), painterMargaret John (1926–2011), actressGlynis Johns (born 1923), actress, pianist, singerAlex Jones (born 1977), television presenterAlice Gray Jones (1852–1943), writer, editorAnn Jones (born 1953), politicianDella Jones (born 1946), singerElin Jones (born 1966), politicianElizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholarGwyneth Jones (born 1936), singerIona Jones (active since 1986), broadcaster, television executiveLouise Jones (born 1963), cyclistMai Jones (1899–1960) songwriter, entertainer and radio producerMary Jones (1896–1990), actressMary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter, printmakerMary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer, teacherRuth Jones (born 1966), actress, writerSue Jones-Davies (born 1949), actress, singerKKatheryn of Berain (1534–1591), noblewomanGwyneth Keyworth (active since 2009), actressNyree Kindred (born 1980), swimmerLMargaret Lacey (1910–1989), actress, ballet teacherKate Lambert (active since 2000s), model, fashion designerSarah Lark (born 1983), singer, actressLisa Lazarus (born 1987), model, actressNancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in CanadaRuby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptorDonna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musicianEiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalistEmmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827–1913), mountaineerGwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in EnglishPrincess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), fashion model, Swedish princessDanielle Lineker (born 1979), actress, modelBetsan Llwyd, actress, since 2012, Arts Director of Bara CawsMargaret Lloyd (1709–1762), Moravian missionaryMary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptorMary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painterSian Lloyd (born 1972), news presenterSiân Lloyd (born 1958), weather presenterAngharad Llwyd (1780–1866), antiquaryEirian Llwyd (1951–2014), artistMartha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet, hymnistJemma Lowe (born 1990), swimmerMGeorgia Mackenzie (born 1973), actressMargaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), businesswoman and suffragetteRuth Madoc (born 1943), actress, singerSharon Maguire (born 1960), film directorRuth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet, children's writerEdith Mansell Moullin (1859–1941), suffragistDeborah Manship (born 1953), actressUrsula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writerCerys Matthews (born 1969), singer, songwriter, broadcaster, writerGwerful Mechain (c.1460–1502), early Welsh-language poetNia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actressLeila Megàne (1891–1960), opera singerSandy Mewies (born 1950), politicianDorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign languageRuby Miller (born 1992), cyclistTracey Moberly (born 1964), multidisciplinary artistAnn Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singerDiana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriterElaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writerGwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, antiquarianHelen Morgan (born 1952), modelKate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actressSally Moore (born 1962), painterBeth Morris (born 1949), actressSiwan Morris (born 1976), actressMoelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translatorBecky Morgan (born 1974), golferChloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), modelElaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright, columnistElaine Morgan (born 1960), singerElena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writerEluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writerHelen Morgan (born 1952), modelKate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), modelSharon Morgan (born 1949), actressKay Morley-Brown (born 1963), athleteKelly Morgan (born 1975), badminton playerPenelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelistSophie Moulds (born 1992), modelWendy Mulford (born 1941), poet, feministCatherine Murphy (born 1975), athleteEve Myles (born 1978), actressNLynne Neagle (born 1968), politicianLiz Neal (born 1973), artist based in LondonMary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), writerMavis Nicholson (born 1930), writer, broadcasterKimberley Nixon (1985), actressOPixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustratorTessie O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedianAngharad ferch Owain (1065–1162), queen of GwyneddBethan Ellis Owen (active since 1990s), actressLucy Owen (born 1970), television news readerMary Owen (1796-1875), hymnwriterMeg Wynn Owen (born 1939), actressMorfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918), composer, pianist and singerPSuzanne Packer (born 1958), actressJoanna Page (born 1978), actressLisa Palfrey (active since 1990s), actressDavinia Palmer (born 1980), television presenter, voice-over artist, now in the United StatesStephanie Parker (1987–2009), actressMolly Parkin (born 1932), painter, novelist, journalistBlanche Parry (1507–1590), personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth ISarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953), writerCaryl Parry Jones (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, composerAmy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer, writerKaren Paullada (active since 2000s), actressSarah Payne, probation executiveAllison Pearson (born 1960), journalist, writerJessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisherAnne Penny (1729–1784), poetMary Penry (1735-1804), Moravian sister in PennsylvaniaKelly-Louise Pesticcio (born 1974), beauty pageant winnerPauline Peters (born 1896), actressPascale Petit (born 1953), poetKaren Paullada (active since 2009), actressCarys Phillips (born 1992), rugby union playerLauren Phillips (born 1981), actressMary Elizabeth Phillips (1875–1956), medical doctorSiân Phillips (born 1933), actressJayne Pierson (active since 2009), fashion designerEleanor Pilgrim (born 1977), golferKatherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translatorVictoria Plucknett (born 1953), actressAnnie Powell (1906–1986), politicianShona Powell Hughes (born 1991), rugby union playerAngharad Price, novelist since 1999, academicMaria Pride (born 1970), actressMyfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelistQMary Quant (born 1934), fashion designerRAllen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and WelshElizabeth Randles (c.1801–1829), harpist and pianistSusannah Jane Rankin (1897–1989), minister, educator, translatorHelen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwrightCara Readle (born 1991), actressAngharad Rees (1944–2012), actressDeryn Rees-Jones, since 1994, poet, essayistDorothy Rees (1898–1987), Labour Party politicianSarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaignerShelley Rees (active since 1990s), actressYvette Rees (active in the 1960s and 1970s), actressSian Reese-Williams (born 1981), actressNicola Reynolds (born 1972), actressElen Rhys (active since 2011), actressNest ferch Rhys (1085–1136), princess of DeheubarthShani Rhys James (born 1953), Australia-born painter, moved to Wales after graduationMandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), model, showgirl, writerCeri Richards (1903–1971), painterNansi Richards (1888–1979), harpistRosalind Richards (active since 2000s), actressMandy Rice-Davies (born 1986), actressAlexandra Roach (born 1987), actressBeth Robert (active since 1987), actressKate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writerNia Roberts (born 1972), actressRachel Roberts (1927–1980), actressSally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet, biographerNia Roberts (born 1979), actressBeth Robert (born 1979), actressPhilippa Roles (born 1978), discuss throwerCeinwen Rowlands (1905–1983), sopranoJane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), scholar, missionaryBernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist, author of The Elected MemberJoan Ruddock (born 1943), politicianSSaint Non (c. 5th–6th century), saint, mother of Saint DavidRhian Samuel (born 1944), composerMolly Scott Cato (born 1963), politician, economistLisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), singerHelen Sear (born 1955), photographic artistCarole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writerCaroline Sheen (born 1976), actressSarah Siddons (1755–1831), actressDorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writerKaren Sinclair (born 1952), politicianCaroline Skeel (1872–1951), historianSylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-born American painterDorothy Squires (1915–1998), singerFlorence Smithson (1884–1936), actress, singerEmma Stansfield (born 1978), actressAlison Statton (born 1959), singerIrene Steer (1889–1947), swimmerJaci Stephen (born 1958), journalist, broadcaster, actress, writerCatrin Stewart (born 1988), actressSara Sugarman (born 1962), actress, film directorJessica Sula (born 1994), actressJennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, criticRosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writerAlia Syed (born 1964), Swansea-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in LondonTMyfanwy Talog (1944–1995), actressHelen Thomas (1966–1989), peace activistImogen Thomas (born 1982), modelLouie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelistLucy Thomas (1781–1847), businesswomanLynda Thomas (born 1981), musician, singer-songwriterMadoline Thomas (1890–1989), actressMargaret Thomas (1779–?), hymnwriterQueenie Thomas (1898–1977), film actressRachel Thomas (1905–1995), actressSarah Thomas (born 1981), field hockey playerSian Thomas (born 1953), actressHester Thrale (1741–1821), diaristLily Tobias (1887–1984), novelist, short story writer, activistAngela Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runnerSusan Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runnerCatherine Tregenna (active since 2000s), playwright, scriptwriter, actressBarbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelistHayley Tullett (born 1975), athlete, runnerBonnie Tyler (born 1951), singerIrene Steer (1889–1947), swimmerUMeena Upadhyaya (active since 2000s), medical geneticistVHilda Vaughan (1892–1985), novelist, short story writer, playwright, author of The InvaderLeona Vaughan (born 1995), actressLisa Victoria (born 1973), actressWKirsty Wade (born 1962), athlete, runnerHelen Wadsworth (born 1964), golferLucy Walter (c.1630–1658), mistress of Charles IMelanie Walters (born 1963), actressJo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of Tooth and ClawAnna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet, hymnistMyfanwy Waring (born 1974), actressMary Wynne Warner (1932-1998), mathematicianElizabeth Andrew Warren (1786–1864), botanist and marine algolologistSarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of FingersmithElizabeth Watkin-Jones (1877–1966), children's authorMegan Watts Hughes (1842–1907), singer, songwriter, scientistAlis Wen (born 1520), Welsh-language poetOlive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturerSusie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with WalesAlis Wen (fl. 16th century), poetAnna Williams (1706–1783), poetBetty Williams, (born 1944), politicianBuddug Williams (active since the 1990s), actressGrace Williams (1906–1977), composerJane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about WalesMargaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painterMaria Jane Williams (c.1794–1873), musician, folkloristAnnie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in WalesSian Williams (born 1990), rugby union playerSue Williams (born 1956), visual artistSaint Winifred (fl. 7th century), saintBethan Witcomb (active since 2010), actressKaty Wix (born 1980), actress, comedianLeanne Wood (born 1971), politicianMary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), missionaryFrances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907), painter, sketcherSarah Edith Wynne (1849–1897), sopranoYPaula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writerMegan York (born 1987), rugby union playerZCatherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), actressMore Alchetron TopicsReferencesList of Welsh women Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SASimilar Topics
