List of Welsh women

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This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.

Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* W
* Z

## A

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* 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

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* 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
* 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

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* 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
* Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (fl. 1555), poet
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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
* Jocelyn Freeman (born 1986), pianist
* Kathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicist
* Liz Fuller (born 1975), television presenter, actress, model

## G

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* 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

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* 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

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

## J

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* 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 (1923–2024), 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

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* Katheryn of Berain (1534–1591), noblewoman
* Gwyneth Keyworth (active since 2009), actress
* Nyree Kindred (born 1980), swimmer
* Christine Kinsey (born 1942), painter

## L

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* 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

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* 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
* Becky Morgan (born 1974), golfer
* Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), model
* Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter
* Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer
* Elaine Morgan (born 1960), singer
* Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), actress, writer
* Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, antiquarian
* Helen Morgan (born 1952), model
* Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actress
* Sally Moore (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
* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* Mary Quant (born 1934), fashion designer

## R

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* 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

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* 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
* Jaci Stephen (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

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* 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

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

## V

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* Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985), novelist, short story writer, playwright, author of The Invader
* Leona Vaughan (born 1995), actress
* Lisa Victoria (born 1973), actress

## W

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* 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

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

## Z

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* Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), actress

*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)