Nia Caron is a Welsh television actress who is known for playing Anita Pierce in the long running soap ''

Pobol y Cwm ''Pobol y Cwm'' (''People of the Valley''; ) is a Welsh-language soap opera produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, ''Pobol y Cwm'' was originally transmitted on BBC Cymru (now B ...

'' since 1999.

Early and personal life

Caron grew up in Llwyn y Groes near

Tregaron Tregaron ( "town of St Caron") is an ancient market town in Ceredigion, Wales. It is sited astride the River Brenig, a tributary of the River Teifi, and is north-east of Lampeter. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, the po ...

Ceredigion Ceredigion (), historically Cardiganshire (, ), is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the West Wales, west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the River Dyfi, Dyfi estuary to the north, Powys to the east, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire t ...

. She is the daughter of the artist Ogwyn Davies. Caron was married to the late musician

Geraint Jarman Geraint Jarman (17 August 1950 – 2 March 2025) was a Welsh musician, poet and television producer whose career dates back to the early years of Welsh popular music. He recorded many albums as a solo artist and with his band Geraint Jarman a'r ...

. The two met while acting on the Welsh series ''Glas y Dorlan''. They have two daughters, Hanna and Mared Jarman, and live in

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. Their youngest daughter, Mared, is also an actress, and lives with

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Filmography

Television

References

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* * Actresses from Ceredigion Alumni of Aberystwyth University Welsh-speaking actors Welsh television actresses Living people 20th-century births Year of birth missing (living people) {{wales-actress-stub