Kate Jarman is a bilingual Welsh

Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...

 actress. She is most well known for playing lead characters in Hearts of Gold, Nice Girl and Pobol Y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been 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 Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it...

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Early life

Born in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Jarman attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari

Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari

Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari is a Welsh medium comprehensive school for 11-18 year olds situated in the village of Llanharry, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.-Welsh medium education:...

 between 1991 and 1998. She graduated from the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

 in 2001. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting.

Career

In 1999, whilst still in her first year at college, Jarman was cast in BBC2's Nice Girl, directed by Dominic Savage. She played character Mel opposite Steve Meo. Whilst continuing her studies at the Welsh College Jarman continued to work on numerous television productions, including appearing in HTV

HTV

HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales & West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England, which operated from studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The company provided commercial television for the dual-region 'Wales and West' franchise, which it won from TWW in 1968...

 series Nuts and Bolts, Series 3 and 4, and television film Mindblowing directed by Euros Lyn. Jarman was cast as leading role Bethan Powell in BBC1 network two part drama Hearts of Gold alongside Jeremy Sheffield, Geraldine James

Geraldine James

Geraldine James, OBE is an English actress.-Early life and family:James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to a cardiologist father...

, David Troughton

David Troughton

David Troughton is an English actor, best known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage.- Biography :David Troughton was born in Hampstead, North London. He comes from a theatrical family: he is the son of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton, elder brother of Michael Troughton, and father...

, Judy Parfitt

Judy Parfitt

Judy Parfitt is a BAFTA-nominated English theatre, film and television actress who began her career on stage in 1954.-Life and work:...

 and David Warner

David Warner (actor)

David Warner is an English actor who is known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, both in film and animation...

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In addition to her roles in television and film, Jarman has done a number of BBC audio books, including a number of works by Catrin Collier, Iris Gower

Iris Gower

Iris Davies was a novelist, noted for her many historical romances, most of which are set in the British seaport of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula, from which she took her nom-de-plume.-Biography:...

, Gwen Maddoc, and Kathryn Jenkins.

Kate Jarman also appeared in the episode The Convent of the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law (TV series)

Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four...

and Dose, a short film written by Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...

. She then went on to play Erin Medi in long standing Welsh soap opera Pobol Y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been 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 Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it...

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She has most recently appeared in the Welsh television drama series Alys

Alys (TV series)

Alys is a Welsh language television series created by BAFTA award-winning scriptwriter Siwan Jones. The series follows single mum, Alys, who moves from Cardiff to a dingy flat in a small West Wales town along with her 10-year-old son, Daniel, while trying to escape her past. Alys is played by...

alongside Sara Lloyd-Gregory and William Thomas

William Thomas (actor)

William Thomas is a Welsh actor, who has appeared in many TV episodes and films. He made his first appearance on TV in 1974, and his work, as an actor, is still ongoing...

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Filmography

• 2000: Nice Girl - 'Kate' (television film)
• 2000: Diwrnod Hollol Mindblowing Heddiw - 'Alis'
• 2001: Score - 'Sandra' (television film)
• 2002: A Mind to Kill
  A Mind to Kill
  A Mind to Kill is a police detective series developed from a 1991 pilot. The programme ran from 1994 to 2004 and aired first on S4C .-Synopsis:...
  
  - 'Tessa Kemp' (1 episode: "Blood and Water")
• 2003: Dose - 'Rhiannon' (television film)
• 2003: Hearts of Gold - 'Nurse Bethan Powell' (television film)
• 2004: Murphy's Law
  Murphy's Law (TV series)
  Murphy's Law is a BBC television drama, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Northern Ireland, starring James Nesbitt as an undercover police officer, Tommy Murphy. There were five series of the drama, shown on BBC One. The first two were composed of individual stories. Series three, four...
  
  - 'Sr. Josephine' (1 episode: Convent)
• 2004: Bang Bang I Love You - 'Kate' (short)
• 2011−: Alys
  Alys (TV series)
  Alys is a Welsh language television series created by BAFTA award-winning scriptwriter Siwan Jones. The series follows single mum, Alys, who moves from Cardiff to a dingy flat in a small West Wales town along with her 10-year-old son, Daniel, while trying to escape her past. Alys is played by...
  
  - 'Angie' (season one, 8 episodes)

Pobol Y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been 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 Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it...

- 'Erin Medi' (unknown year)

External links

• Kate Jarman's official website