Mali Rhys Harries (born 6 July 1976) is a Welsh television actress and presenter who has been in the television industry since 1989. She has appeared in several well-established TV series in Welsh and English, including '' Hinterland'', '' The Indian Doctor'' and '' Pobol y Cwm''.

Career

Born in Cardiff, Harries attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is married to actor

Matthew Gravelle Matthew Ian Gravelle (born 24 September 1976) is a Welsh screen actor. Career Gravelle was born in Porthcawl. In 2003, Gravelle appeared in the BBC One drama series '' Holby City'' and was a regular in the acclaimed BBC Wales show '' Belongin ...

. She appeared alongside Gravelle in '' Baker Boys''; each is married to another character in the series. They appear as husband and wife in the S4C drama ''Un Bore Mercher'' in 2017, which aired on BBC One in 2018 in an English-language version as '' Keeping Faith''. In 2010, she was nominated for a

BAFTA Cymru BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA in Wales or WAFTA) is the Welsh branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and was founded in 1987.

award for Best Actress in the Welsh language TV drama, ''

Caerdydd Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

''. Between 2013 and 2016, Harries won critical acclaim as a star in the detective series ''

Y Gwyll ''Hinterland'' () in the original Welsh language version is a Welsh noir police procedural series broadcast on S4C in Welsh. The main character, DCI Tom Mathias, is played by Richard Harrington. On 27 November 2013, a second series was an ...

'' (titled ''Hinterland'' in English), the first bilingual Welsh-English series to air on the BBC. In 2014, Harries was voted into the top 10 of the Wales Online "Sexiest Woman in Wales" poll. Recently Harries has become known for her work with

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking ...

, including the first series of '' Keeping Faith'', her own crime documentary series ''Y Ditectif'' and long-running soap '' Pobol y Cwm''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harries, Mali 1976 births Living people Welsh television actresses Welsh soap opera actresses Welsh film actresses Welsh-speaking actors Actresses from Cardiff