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Siân
Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; , ) is a Welsh feminine given name, equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán. List of people with the name * Sian Barbara Allen (1946–2025), American film and television actress * Sian Beilock (born 1976), American scientist *Siân Berry (born 1974), British Green Party politician * Sian Blake (1972–2015), British actress * Sian Brooke (born 1980), British actress * Siân Busby (1960–2012), British writer * Sian Clifford (born 1982), English actress * Shân Cothi (born 1965), Welsh singer * Sian Eleri, Welsh radio presenter * Sian Elias (born 1949), Chief Justice of New Zealand * Sian Evans (born 1971), Welsh singer with Kosheen * Sian Gibson (born 1976), Welsh comedian * Sian Harries, Welsh writer and actor *Sian Heder (born 1977), American filmmaker * Sian James (other) * Sian Kingi (1974–1987), New Zealand Australian murder victim * Siân Lloyd (born 1958), British weather presenter * Sian Massey-El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Berry
Siân Rebecca Berry (; born 9 July 1974) is a British politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion since July 2024, succeeding Caroline Lucas. She was a co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and was its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's principal speakers.Siân Berry's biography '''' Berry was a member of the (AM) from 2016 until she resigned in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Phillips
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's '' Hedda Gabler'' and George Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan.'' In the 1960s, she started taking on more roles in television and film. She is particularly known for her performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series '' I, Claudius,'' for which she was awarded a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award. She was nominated for a Tony Award and Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Marlene Dietrich in '' Marlene''. Early life Phillips was born on 14 May 1933 in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, South Wales, the daughter of Sally (''née'' Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker who became a policeman. She is a Welsh-speaker: in the first volume of her autobiography ''Private Faces'' (1999) she notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Lloyd
Siân Mary Lloyd (born 3 July 1958) is a Welsh television presenter and meteorologist from Maesteg. She was the United Kingdom's longest-serving female weather forecaster, having appeared on ITV Weather for 24 years, from 1990 until 2014. Biography Lloyd was born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, the daughter of two teachers. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, and in 1975 performed at the Urdd National Eisteddfod where she won the Crown. She graduated with first-class honours from University College, Cardiff (now Cardiff University), before going on to Jesus College, Oxford where she began work for a post-graduate B.Litt. degree in Celtic Studies, but she left after a year without graduating. She has meteorology qualifications from the Met Office College and frequently appears in TV documentaries about the weather. Lloyd started her media career as a researcher for the '' BBC Wales Today'' nightly news programme, having responded to an advert in the media pages of ''The Guardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Busby
Siân Elizabeth Busby (19 November 1960 – 4 September 2012) was a British writer. Early life and career The daughter of the Canadian actor Tom Busby and Wendy Russell, Siân Busby was educated at Creighton School in Muswell Hill, north London, and read English at Sussex University.Obituary: Siân Busby telegraph.co.uk, 6 September 2012 After embarking in a career in arts television, she later switched to writing. Her first two books were non-fiction. ''A Wonderful Little Girl'' (2003) concerned a Welsh child whose apparent ability to survive without nourishment led doctors to term the condition , while ''The Cruel Mother'' (2004) was a semi-autobiograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian James (other)
Sian James may refer to: *Siân James (novelist) (born 1930), Welsh author *Siân James (politician) (born 1959), Welsh Labour Member of Parliament *Siân James (musician) (born 1961), Welsh traditional folk singer and harpist See also *Sean James (born 1969), American football player *James (surname) {{hndis, James, Sian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Evans
Sian Evans (born 9 October 1971) is a Welsh singer. She is front woman and singer-songwriter of the band Kosheen, a trip-hop/ drum & bass group that had their first two albums rise into the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ... between 2001 and 2003. She has also joined a list of Welsh artists to have topped the UK Singles Chart with collaboration on the track " Louder" with DJ Fresh. Kosheen went on hiatus in 2016 and started touring again in 2019. Discography Studio albums with Kosheen As featured artist References External links Official website 1971 births Living people British dance musicians 21st-century Welsh women singers Welsh women singer-songwriters Welsh singer-songwriters Welsh electronic musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane (given Name)
Jane is a feminine given name. It is the English form of Jehanne, the Old French feminine form of Iohannes, a Latin form of the Greek name (Iōannēs), which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew language">Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a short form of the name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yehochanan), meaning "Yahweh is merciful". The name was first used in large numbers in the mid-16th century for the daughters of aristocrats as an alternative to the more commonplace Joan. The two names have alternated in popularity. In the early 19th century, Jane rose in popular use in association with its perceived glamour. Joan became more popular in the early to mid-20th century, when it was ranked in the top 500 most popular names given to girls in the United States, but it has again been displaced by Jane on the popularity charts in the 21st century. Name variants Alternate forms include: *Asia ( Polish, Italian) *Dyeinne ( Portuguese) *Gianna ( Italian) *Gianetta ( Italian) *G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). It is spoken by smaller numbers of people in Canada and the United States descended from Welsh immigrants, within their households (especially in Nova Scotia). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are ''de jure'' official languages of the Senedd (the Welsh parliament), with Welsh being the only ''de jure'' official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely ''de facto'' official. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 538,300 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian Williams
Sian Mary Williams (; born 28 November 1964) is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter, and counselling psychologist. From 2001 until 2012, Williams regularly presented weekday editions of ''BBC Breakfast'' as well as all main news bulletins on BBC One. She presented two series of BBC One's discussion programme '' Sunday Morning Live'' from 2014 until 2015. From January 2016 until March 2022, she was the main presenter of '' 5 News at 5''. In March 2022 ITN announced Williams was to leave her daily presenting role. Williams said in the announcement she planned to continue with some broadcasting projects, but also devote more time to "delivering psychological support". Early life Williams was born in Paddington, London, to Welsh parents and was brought up in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Her mother, Katherine Rees, was from Llanelli and had moved to London training to be a nurse at St Mary's Hospital, where Williams was born. Williams' father was from Swansea, and his fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siobhán
Siobhán is a female name of Irish origin. The most common anglicisations are Siobhan (identical to the Irish spelling but omitting the acute accent over the 'a'), Shavawn, Shebahn, Shevaun and Shivaun. A now uncommon spelling variant is Siubhán. It is derived from the Anglo-Norman and (Modern French ), which were introduced into Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in the Middle Ages. The name first appears in the surviving Irish annals in the early fourteenth century. The name is thus a cognate of the Welsh ''Siân'' and the English '' Joan'', derived from the Latin and (modern English ''Joanna'', ''Joanne''), which are in turn from the Greek (). This Greek name is a feminine form of the Greek (), which is in turn a shortened form of the Hebrew ( , a shortened form of ), meaning 'God is gracious', and origin of the masculine name ''John'' and its cognates. The popularity of the actress Siobhán McKenna (1923–1986) helped the resurgence of the name in the 20th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sian (other)
Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (other), various places in Iran, Iraq and Balochistan *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an, China, formerly romanized as ''Sian'' *Sen (river), Yakutia, Russian Federation Other uses *Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, an Italian sports car * Sian (band), Scottish traditional music band * Sian (crater), a crater on Mars * Sian language, a Kajang language of Brunei and Sarawak * SIANspheric, Canadian band formerly named ''Sian'' * Stop the Islamisation of Norway (, SIAN), a Norwegian anti-Islam group which was established in 2008 * Siyan, a Kurdish tribe See also * * Sain (other) *Sihan language Sihan is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siân Reeves
Siân Reeves is an English actress, known for her roles as Sydney Henshall in the BBC drama '' Cutting It'', Sally Spode in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Charlie Wood in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Life and career Reeves was born in West Bromwich, and was raised in Brewood, South Staffordshire. After being educated at Wolgarston High School in nearby Penkridge, she worked in a shoe shop until pursuing acting professionally. In 1985, Reeves was cast as an original cast member of ''Les Misérables''. Reeves appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 2006 as Elaine Jarvis for five episodes. In March 2006, Reeves appeared in the BBC singing competition '' Just the Two of Us''. Her singing partner was originally Rick Astley, but after he failed to turn up for the second rehearsal, he was replaced by Russell Watson, and the pair went on to win the series. In 2007, Reeves suffered a backstage accident whilst rehearsing the play ''Vernon God Little'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
