List of Welsh women

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This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.

A[]

  • Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer
  • Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler
  • Helen Adams (born 1978), television personality
  • Sian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actress
  • Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress
  • Jessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclist
  • Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress
  • Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writer
  • Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter
  • Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet
  • Kim Ashfield (born 1959), model
  • Laura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designer
  • Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator
  • Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of The Hiding Place
  • Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler

B[]

  • Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary
  • Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
  • Iona Banks (1920–2008), actress
  • Elinor Barker (born 1994), racing cyclist
  • Lorraine Barrett (born 1950), politician
  • Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor
  • Shirley Bassey (born 1937), singer
  • Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer
  • Remy Beasley (active since 2015), actress
  • Eirlys Bellin (active since 2000s), actress
  • Anna Maria Bennett (c.1750–1808), novelist
  • Jane Brereton (1685–1740), English-language poet
  • Tara Bethan (born 1984), actress, singer
  • Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactor
  • Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), poet
  • Joyce Bland (1906–1963), film actress
  • Cate Le Bon (born 1983), singer-songwriter
  • Di Botcher (active since 1986), actress
  • Ffion Bowen (born 1991), rugby union player
  • Cara Braia (born 1992), singer, songwriter, pianist, actress
  • Nan Braunton (1895–1978), actress
  • Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
  • Becky Brewerton (born 1982), golfer
  • Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writer
  • Mia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painter
  • Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893), actress
  • Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writer
  • Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writer
  • Eleanor Bufton (active since 2004), actress

C[]

  • Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean War
  • Julia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialite
  • Saint Callwen (6th century), Christian saint
  • Saint Canna (6th century), nun
  • Nia Caron (active since 1980s), Welsh-language actress
  • Emma Catherwood (born 1981), actress, model
  • Emma Catherwood (1968), actress
  • Jane Cave (c.1754–1812), English-language poet
  • Christine Chapman (born 1956), politician
  • Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet
  • Kara Chesworth (born 1972), racing cyclist
  • Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actress
  • Sybil Christopher (1929–2013), actress, theatre director
  • Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer
  • Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster
  • Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writer
  • Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
  • Lu Corfield (active since 2012), actress
  • Nicole Cooke (born 1983), racing cyclist
  • Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artist
  • Shân Cothi (born 1965), singer, actress
  • Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainer
  • Elinor Crawley (born 1991), actress
  • Leila Crerar (active since 1980s), actress
  • Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist
  • Katie Curtis (born 1988), road and track cyclist

D[]

  • Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English
  • Hannah Daniel (born 1986), actress
  • Lisa Lee Dark (born 1981), opera singer, voice actress
  • Jennifer Daniel (born 1936), film actress
  • Alexa Davies (born 1995), actress
  • Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator
  • Clara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductor
  • Deddie Davies (born 1938), actress
  • Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educator
  • Edna Davies (1905–1969), actress
  • Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951), philanthropist, arts patron
  • Jocelyn Davies (born 1959), politician
  • Karen Davies (born 1965), golfer
  • Llewela Davies (1871–1952), pianist and composer
  • Lynette Davies (1948–1993), actress
  • Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet, scribe
  • Margaret Davies (1884–1963), arts patron
  • Mary Davies (1855–1930), mezzo-soprano
  • Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
  • Nina Davies (born 1974), racing cyclist
  • Phoebe Davies (1864–1912), Welsh-born American actress
  • Rachel Davies (1846–1915), lecturer and evangelist preacher
  • Rose Davies (1882–1958), teacher, activist, politician
  • Valerie Davies (1912–2001), swimmer
  • Rebecca De Filippo (born 1994), rugby union player
  • Cherry Dee (born 1987), model
  • Sophie Dee (born 1984), pornographic actress
  • Jen Delyth (born 1962), specializing in Celtic symbolism
  • Myrtle Devenish (1913–2007), actress
  • Marina Diamandis (born 1985), singer-songwriter
  • Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist, industrialist
  • Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, photographer, astronomer
  • Leila Crerar (born 1984), actress
  • Aimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter
  • Ruth Dunning (1911–1983), actress

E[]

  • Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), actress
  • Mary Anne Edmunds (1813–1858), educator
  • Donna Edwards (born 1963), actress
  • Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writer
  • Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, dramatist
  • Maudie Edwards (1906–1991), actress, singer, comedian
  • Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
  • Sarah Edwards (1881–1965), Welsh born American actress
  • Sara Edwards (born 1961), broadcast journalist, television presenter
  • Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
  • Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist, editor, poetry widely translated
  • Gillian Elisa (born 1953), actress, singer, comedian
  • Amy Evans (1884–1983), soprano, actress
  • Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), actress
  • Claire Evans (born 1983), model
  • Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
  • Elen Evans (born 1985), rugby union player
  • Jennifer Evans (active since 2004), actress
  • Kate Williams Evans (1866–1961), suffragette and activist for women's rights
  • Laura Evans (active since 1990s), actress, singer, songwriter
  • Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelist
  • Mary Evans (1735–1789), sect leader
  • Maxine Evans (born 1966), actress
  • Sophie Evans (born 1993), singer, actress
  • Laura Evans-Williams (1883–1944), soprano

F[]

  • Pam Ferris (born 1948), actress
  • Catrin Finch (born 1980), harpist
  • Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), physician, politician
  • Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcaster
  • Connie Fisher (born 1983), actress, singer
  • Laura Ford (born 1961), sculptor
  • Rosemarie Frankland (1943–2000), actress, model
  • Jane Freeman (born 1921), actress
  • (born 1986), pianist
  • Kathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicist
  • Liz Fuller (born 1975), television presenter, actress, model

G[]

  • Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist, translator
  • Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter
  • Jacqui Gasson (active since 1988), lord mayor of Cardiff
  • Beti George (born 1939), journalist and broadcaster
  • Seren Gibson (born 1988), model
  • Sian Gibson (born 1976), actress, writer
  • Olive Gilbert (1898–1981), singer, actress
  • Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actress
  • Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian prime minister
  • Mary Dilys Glynne (1895–1991), plant pathologist, mountaineer
  • Julie Gould (born 1989), swimmer
  • Helen Grace (active since 2004), film director
  • Janice Gregory (born 1955), politician
  • Sara Gregory (born 1986), actress
  • Clare Greenwood (born 1958), cyclist
  • Elizabeth Griffith (1727–1793), writer
  • Helen Griffin (active since the 1980s), actress, writer
  • Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), religious poet, hymn writer
  • Lesley Griffiths (born 1960), politician
  • Amy Guy (born 1983), model
  • Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), aristocrat and translator
  • Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
  • Saint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saint
  • Lowri Gwilym (1954––2010), television and radio producer
  • Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist
  • Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of Deheubarth
  • Gwenllian of Wales (1282–1337), daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
  • Gwerful Fychan (fl. 1420–1490), Welsh-language poet
  • Denise Gyngell (born 1961), singer, actress, model

H[]

  • Cerys Hale (born 1993), rugby union player
  • Holly Hale (born 1990), model
  • Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (1802–1896), arts patron
  • Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter
  • Doris Hare (1905–2000), actress, singer
  • Mali Harries (born c.1976), actress
  • Edwina Hart (born 1957), politician
  • Ann Hatton (1764–1838), novelist
  • Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcaster
  • Angela Hazeldine (born 1981), actress, musician
  • Venissa Head (born 1956), track and field athlete
  • Anneliese Heard (born 1981), cyclist
  • Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), actress
  • Deirdre Hine (born 1937), physician
  • Sally Hodge (born 1966), cyclist
  • Frances Hoggan (1843–1927), physician, first female doctor registered in Wales
  • Sophie Holland (active since 2000s), actress
  • Karen Holford (active since 1990), engineer and professor
  • Nichola Hope (born 1975), painter, writer, silhouettist
  • Sarah Hope (born 1975), twin sister of Nichola, painter, writer, actress
  • Mary Hopkin (born 1950), singer
  • Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), film director, writer
  • Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Berkshire-born artist who lived in Penarth from an early age
  • Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poet
  • Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, suffragist, temperance reformer
  • Megan Hughes (born 1977), cyclist
  • Nerys Hughes (born 1941), actress
  • Judith Humphreys (born 1988), actress
  • Ellen Hunter (born 1968), cyclist
  • Ruth Hussey, from 2012 to 2014: Chief Medical Officer for Wales
  • Jane Hutt (born 1949), politician
  • Joan Hutt (1913–1985), Hertfordshire-born painter who moved to live in North Wales in 1949
  • Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer

I[]

  • Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelist
  • Norah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright, travel writer

J[]

  • Katrina Jacks (born 1986), rower
  • Angharad James (1677–1749), poet and harpist
  • Becky James (born 1991), cyclist
  • Irene James (born 1952), politician
  • Jynine James (born 1972), actress, singer
  • Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
  • Stephanie James (born 1985), actress
  • Kate Jarman (born 1980), actress
  • Ruth Jên (born 1964), painter, illustrator
  • Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), singer
  • Kathryn Jenkins (1961–2009), scholar and writer of Welsh hymns
  • Joan, Lady of Wales (c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great
  • Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
  • Margaret John (1926–2011), actress
  • Glynis Johns (born 1923), actress, pianist, singer
  • Alex Jones (born 1977), television presenter
  • Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), writer, editor
  • Ann Jones (born 1953), politician
  • Della Jones (born 1946), singer
  • Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), administrator and singer
  • Elin Jones (born 1966), politician
  • Elizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholar
  • Frances Môn Jones (1919–2000), harpist and teacher
  • Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), singer
  • Iona Jones (active since 1986), broadcaster, television executive
  • Louise Jones (born 1963), cyclist
  • Mai Jones (1899–1960) songwriter, entertainer and radio producer
  • Mary Jones (1896–1990), actress
  • Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter, printmaker
  • Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer, teacher
  • Ruth Jones (born 1966), actress, writer
  • Ruth Jones, Labour Party politician
  • Sue Jones-Davies (born 1949), actress, singer

K[]

L[]

  • Margaret Lacey (1910–1989), actress, ballet teacher
  • Kate Lambert (active since 2000s), model, fashion designer
  • Sarah Lark (born 1983), singer, actress
  • Lisa Lazarus (born 1987), model, actress
  • Nancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in Canada
  • Ruby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptor
  • Donna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musician
  • Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist
  • Emmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827–1913), mountaineer
  • Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in English
  • Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), fashion model, Swedish princess
  • Danielle Lineker (born 1979), actress, model
  • Betsan Llwyd, actress, since 2012, Arts Director of Bara Caws
  • Margaret Lloyd (1709–1762), Moravian missionary
  • Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor
  • Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter
  • Sian Lloyd (born 1972), news presenter
  • Siân Lloyd (born 1958), weather presenter
  • Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866), antiquary
  • Eirian Llwyd (1951–2014), artist
  • Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet, hymnist
  • Jemma Lowe (born 1990), swimmer

M[]

  • Georgia Mackenzie (born 1973), actress
  • Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), businesswoman and suffragette
  • Ruth Madoc (born 1943), actress, singer
  • Sharon Maguire (born 1960), film director
  • Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet, children's writer
  • Edith Mansell Moullin (1859–1941), suffragist
  • Deborah Manship (born 1953), actress
  • Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writer
  • Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer, songwriter, broadcaster, writer
  • Gwerful Mechain (c.1460–1502), early Welsh-language poet
  • Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actress
  • Leila Megàne (1891–1960), opera singer
  • Sandy Mewies (born 1950), politician
  • Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign language
  • Ruby Miller (born 1992), cyclist
  • Tracey Moberly (born 1964), multidisciplinary artist
  • Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singer
  • Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter
  • Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer
  • Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, antiquarian
  • Helen Morgan (born 1952), model
  • Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actress
  • (born 1962), painter
  • Beth Morris (born 1949), actress
  • Siwan Morris (born 1976), actress
  • Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translator
  • Becky Morgan (born 1974), golfer
  • Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), model
  • Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright, columnist
  • Elaine Morgan (born 1960), singer
  • Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
  • Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writer
  • Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model
  • Sharon Morgan (born 1949), actress
  • Kay Morley-Brown (born 1963), athlete
  • Kelly Morgan (born 1975), badminton player
  • Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelist
  • Sophie Moulds (born 1992), model
  • Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet, feminist
  • Catherine Murphy (born 1975), athlete
  • Eve Myles (born 1978), actress

N[]

  • Lynne Neagle (born 1968), politician
  • Liz Neal (born 1973), artist based in London
  • Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), writer
  • Mavis Nicholson (born 1930), writer, broadcaster
  • Kimberley Nixon (1985), actress

O[]

  • Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustrator
  • Tessie O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedian
  • Angharad ferch Owain (1065–1162), queen of Gwynedd
  • Bethan Ellis Owen (active since 1990s), actress
  • Lucy Owen (born 1970), television news reader
  • Mary Owen (1796–1875), hymnwriter
  • Meg Wynn Owen (born 1939), actress
  • Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918), composer, pianist and singer

P[]

  • Suzanne Packer (born 1958), actress
  • Joanna Page (born 1978), actress
  • Lisa Palfrey (active since 1990s), actress
  • Davinia Palmer (born 1980), television presenter, voice-over artist, now in the United States
  • Stephanie Parker (1987–2009), actress
  • Molly Parkin (born 1932), painter, novelist, journalist
  • Blanche Parry (1507–1590), personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I
  • Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953), writer
  • Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, composer
  • Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer, writer
  • Karen Paullada (active since 2000s), actress
  • Sarah Payne, probation executive
  • Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist, writer
  • Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisher
  • Anne Penny (1729–1784), poet
  • Mary Penry (1735–1804), Moravian sister in Pennsylvania
  • Kelly-Louise Pesticcio (born 1974), beauty pageant winner
  • Pauline Peters (born 1896), actress
  • Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet
  • Karen Paullada (active since 2009), actress
  • Carys Phillips (born 1992), rugby union player
  • Lauren Phillips (born 1981), actress
  • Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1875–1956), medical doctor
  • Siân Phillips (born 1933), actress
  • Jayne Pierson (active since 2009), fashion designer
  • Eleanor Pilgrim (born 1977), golfer
  • Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translator
  • Victoria Plucknett (born 1953), actress
  • Annie Powell (1906–1986), politician
  • Shona Powell Hughes (born 1991), rugby union player
  • Angharad Price, novelist since 1999, academic
  • Dilys Price (1932–2020), educator and parachutist
  • Maria Pride (born 1970), actress
  • Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelist

Q[]

  • Mary Quant (born 1934), fashion designer

R[]

  • Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and Welsh
  • Elizabeth Randles (c.1801–1829), harpist and pianist
  • Susannah Jane Rankin (1897–1989), minister, educator, translator
  • Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwright
  • Cara Readle (born 1991), actress
  • Angharad Rees (1944–2012), actress
  • Deryn Rees-Jones, since 1994, poet, essayist
  • Dorothy Rees (1898–1987), Labour Party politician
  • Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaigner
  • Shelley Rees (active since 1990s), actress
  • Yvette Rees (active in the 1960s and 1970s), actress
  • Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), actress
  • Nicola Reynolds (born 1972), actress
  • Beti Rhys (1907–2003), bookseller and author
  • Elen Rhys (active since 2011), actress
  • Nest ferch Rhys (1085–1136), princess of Deheubarth
  • Shani Rhys James (born 1953), Australia-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation
  • Mandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), model, showgirl, writer
  • Ceri Richards (1903–1971), painter
  • Nansi Richards (1888–1979), harpist
  • Rosalind Richards (active since 2000s), actress
  • Mandy Rice-Davies (born 1986), actress
  • Alexandra Roach (born 1987), actress
  • Beth Robert (active since 1987), actress
  • Kate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writer
  • Nia Roberts (born 1972), actress
  • Rachel Roberts (1927���1980), actress
  • Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet, biographer
  • Nia Roberts (born 1979), actress
  • Beth Robert (born 1979), actress
  • Philippa Roles (born 1978), discus thrower
  • Ceinwen Rowlands (1905–1983), soprano
  • Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), scholar, missionary
  • Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist, author of The Elected Member
  • Joan Ruddock (born 1943), politician

S[]

  • Saint Non (c. 5th–6th century), saint, mother of Saint David
  • Rhian Samuel (born 1944), composer
  • Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), politician, economist
  • Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), singer
  • Helen Sear (born 1955), photographic artist
  • Carole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writer
  • Caroline Sheen (born 1976), actress
  • Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), actress
  • Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writer
  • Karen Sinclair (born 1952), politician
  • Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), historian
  • Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-born American painter
  • Dorothy Squires (1915–1998), singer
  • Florence Smithson (1884–1936), actress, singer
  • Emma Stansfield (born 1978), actress
  • Alison Statton (born 1959), singer
  • Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer
  • (born 1958), journalist, broadcaster, actress, writer
  • Catrin Stewart (born 1988), actress
  • Sara Sugarman (born 1962), actress, film director
  • Jessica Sula (born 1994), actress
  • Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, critic
  • Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writer
  • Alia Syed (born 1964), Swansea-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London

T[]

  • Myfanwy Talog (1944–1995), actress
  • Helen Thomas (1966–1989), peace activist
  • Imogen Thomas (born 1982), model
  • Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelist
  • Lucy Thomas (1781–1847), businesswoman
  • Lynda Thomas (born 1981), musician, singer-songwriter
  • Madoline Thomas (1890–1989), actress
  • Margaret Thomas (1779–?), hymnwriter
  • Queenie Thomas (1898–1977), film actress
  • Rachel Thomas (1905–1995), actress
  • Sarah Thomas (born 1981), field hockey player
  • Sian Thomas (born 1953), actress
  • Hester Thrale (1741–1821), diarist
  • Lily Tobias (1887–1984), novelist, short story writer, activist
  • Angela Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
  • Susan Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
  • Catherine Tregenna (active since 2000s), playwright, scriptwriter, actress
  • Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist
  • Hayley Tullett (born 1975), athlete, runner
  • Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
  • Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer

U[]

  • Meena Upadhyaya (active since 2000s), medical geneticist

V[]

W[]

  • Kirsty Wade (born 1962), athlete, runner
  • Helen Wadsworth (born 1964), golfer
  • Lucy Walter (c.1630–1658), mistress of Charles I
  • Melanie Walters (born 1963), actress
  • Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of Tooth and Claw
  • Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet, hymnist
  • Myfanwy Waring (born 1974), actress
  • Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998), mathematician
  • Elizabeth Andrew Warren (1786–1864), botanist and marine algolologist
  • Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of Fingersmith
  • Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1877–1966), children's author
  • Megan Watts Hughes (1842–1907), singer, songwriter, scientist
  • Alis Wen (born 1520), Welsh-language poet
  • Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer
  • Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with Wales
  • Alis Wen (fl. 16th century), poet
  • Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
  • Betty Williams, (born 1944), politician
  • Buddug Williams (active since the 1990s), actress
  • Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer
  • Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about Wales
  • Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter
  • Maria Jane Williams (c.1794–1873), musician, folklorist
  • Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales
  • Sian Williams (born 1990), rugby union player
  • Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist
  • Saint Winifred (fl. 7th century), saint
  • Bethan Witcomb (active since 2010), actress
  • Katy Wix (born 1980), actress, comedian
  • Leanne Wood (born 1971), politician
  • Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), missionary
  • Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907), painter, sketcher
  • Sarah Edith Wynne (1849–1897), soprano

Y[]

  • Paula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writer
  • Megan York (born 1987), rugby union player

Z[]

  • Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), actress
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