List of Welsh women

This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.

A Catrin Aaron, actress Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer Alice Abadam (1856–1940), suffragist, feminist, public speaker Jessie Ace (1860 – after 1883), known for her rescue of crewmen from the Mumbles lifeboat Juliet Ace (1938–2025), dramatist, screenwriter Janet Ackland (1938–2019), bowler Anne Adams (born 1960), swimmer Helen Adams (born 1978), television personality Thelma Adams (1938–2024), farmer, activist Sian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actress Adwen (5th century), Christian virgin and saint Afrella (6th century), Welsh saint Behnaz Akhgar (born 1980), weather presenter Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress Jane Alexander (born 1958), swimmer Sue Alfieri (born 1949), badminton player Samira Mohamed Ali (born 1985), model, actress Elena Allen (born 1972), sport shooter Emily Allen (born 1992), footballer Jessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclist Sadie Allen (1930–2017), artist Alys ferch Owain Glyndŵr (), daughter of Margaret Hanmer and Owain Glyndŵr Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress Sophie Anderson, author Edith Lovell Andrews (1886–1980), painter, decorative artist Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writer Angharad ferch Llywelyn (), princess Angharad ferch Meurig (), noblewoman Gwenllian Anthony, musician Manon Antoniazzi (born 1965), senior civil servant Tonia Antoniazzi (born 1971), politician Shash Appan, LGBT+ and anti-racist activist Thelwyn Appleby (born 1944), track and field athlete Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet Lily Argent (1886–1916), petty criminal, prostitute Hollie Arnold (born 1994), parasport athlete Kim Ashfield (born 1959), model Robyn Ashworth (born 1981), badminton player Natasha Asghar, Welsh Conservatives politician Laura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designer Sarah Atherton (born 1967), politician Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator Edith Austin (1867–1953), tennis player Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of The Hiding Place Manon Awst, artist Rakie Ayola (born 1968), actress

B Delyth Badder, folklorist, writer and the world's first Welsh-speaking consultant paediatric and perinatal pathologist Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary Prano Bailey-Bond (born 1982), film director, screenwriter Joan Baker (1922–2017), painter, art teacher Naz Ball, footballer Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist Iona Banks (1920–2008), actress Roanne Bardsley, TV screenwriter Elinor Barker (born 1994), racing cyclist Megan Barker (born 1997), racing cyclist Jacqueline Barnett (born ), track and field athlete Lorraine Barrett (born 1950), politician Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor Kayleigh Barton (born 1988), footballer, football coach Kirsty Barton (born 1992), footballer Ella Barnwell (born 2001), track and road cyclist Betty Bartlett-Ambatielos (1917–2011), communist activist Shirley Bassey (born 1937), singer Audrey Bates (1922–2001), table tennis player, tennis player, squash player, lacrosse player Elaine Batley, member of the Kidwelly sex cult Elynor Bäckstedt (born 2001), racing cyclist Zoe Bäckstedt (born 2004), racing cyclist Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer Chelsea Beard, netball player Eileen Beasley (1921–2012), teacher, campaigner Remy Beasley (active since 2015), actress Pat Beavan (born 1951), swimmer Beverley Lawrence Beech (1944–2023), author, chair of the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services, campaigner against the medicalisation of pregnancy and birth Cheryl Beer, author, folk singer, multi-media artist Eirlys Bellin (active since 2000), actress Amanda Bennett (born 1964), rugby union player Anna Maria Bennett (1746–1808), novelist Tara Bethan (born 1983), actress, singer, presenter Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactor Julie Bevan (born 1952), swimmer Keira Bevan (born 1997), rugby union player Latalia Bevan (born 2001), artistic gymnast Margaret Bevan (–1953), evangelist, singer Teleri Bevan (1931–2020), the founding editor of BBC Radio Wales Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022), poet, local historian Alison Bielski (1925–2014), poet, writer Saint Bilo (), daughter of King Brychan Jenny-Anne Bishop (born 1946), transgender activist Linda Blake, badminton player Joyce Bland (1906–1963), film actress Rachael Bland (1978–2018), journalist, presenter Helen Bleazard (born 1990), footballer Nest Bloet (died 1224 or 1225), noblewoman Hannah Blythyn (born 1979), politician Christina Booth (born 1965), progressive rock vocalist and singer-songwriter Emma Louise Booth (born 1974), singer Di Botcher (born 1959), actress Amy Boulden (born 1993), golfer Dawn Bowden (born 1960), politician Evelyn Bowen (1911–1994), actress, director, writer, editor, educator Ffion Bowen (born 1991), rugby union player Zonia Bowen (1926–2024), writer, linguist, activist Alexandra Boyd, actress, director, screenwriter, producer Ashley Brace (born 1991), bare-knuckle boxer Lesley Brannan (born 1976), hammer thrower Eleanor de Braose ( – 1251), noblewoman Isabella de Braose ( – ), eldest daughter of William de Braose Margaret de Braose (died after 1255), noblewomn Matilda de Braose, wife of Rhys Mechyll Nan Braunton (1895–1978), actress Olivia Breen (born 1996), Paralympian athlete Michaela Breeze (born 1979), weightlifter Johanne Brekke (born 1978), sports shooter Lynwen Brennan (born 1967), corporate executive, co-president of Lucasfilm Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine Becky Brewerton (born 1982), golfer Hannah Brier (born 1998), sprinter Audrey Briggs (born 1945), golfer Sue Brimble (born ), badminton player Leonora Brito (1954–2007), writer Beata Brookes (1930–2015), social worker, company secretary, Conservative Party (UK) politician Charlie Brooks (born 1981), actress Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writer Amy Brown, psychologist Julie Dorne Brown, actress, dancer, TV personality Mia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painter Michelle Brown (born 1969), politician Shelagh Browning (1917–1976), swimmer Tegwen Bruce-Deans (born 2000), writer Jayne Bryant, politician Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893), actress Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writer Chloe Bull (born 1994), footballer Seren Bundy-Davies (born 1994), track and field sprinter Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writer Liza Burgess (born 1964), rugby union player Emily Burnett (born 1997), actress Eleanor Burnham, politician Angela Burns, politician Kezia Burrows, actress Janet Burton, professor of medieval history Henrietta Bussell (1917–1996), railway engineer Rosemary Butler (born 1943), politician Anwen Butten, bowls player Danielle Bux (born 1979), actress, model

C Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean War Hannah Cain (born 1999), footballer Julia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialite Alex Callender (born 2000), rugby union player Saint Callwen (6th century), Christian saint Betty Campbell (1934–2017), community activist, Wales' first black head teacher Eliza Constantia Campbell (1796–1864), author Saint Canna (6th century), nun Bronwen Cardy-Wise (born 1952), long-distance runner Charlotte Carey (born 1996), table tennis player Olwen Carey Evans (1892–1990), humanitarian Jazmin Carlin (born 1990), swimmer Nia Caron (active since 1980s), Welsh-language actress Kathleen E. Carpenter (1891–1970), freshwater ecologist Manon Carpenter (born 1993), racing cyclist Emma Catherwood (born 1978), actress, model Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel (), poet Catrin ferch Owain Glyndŵr (died 1413), princess Jo Caulfield (born 1963), comedian, author Jane Cave ( – 1812), English-language poet Leanda Cave (born 1978) Doreen Chadwick (1918–2014), pianist, theatre organist Maud Chaworth (1282–1322), noblewoman, heiress Christine Chapman (born 1956), politician Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet Nadia Chambers (born 1968), actress Sue Charles, TV and weather presenter Kara Chesworth (born 1972), racing cyclist Rebecca Chin (born 1991), rower, discus and shot put thrower Chloe Chivers (born 1999), footballer Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actress Sybil Christopher (1929–2013), actress, theatre director Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer Maureen Elizabeth Church (born 1930), botanist, illustrator Isabel de Clare ( – 1220), 4th Countess of Pembroke and Striguil Morfydd Clark (born 1989), actress Olivia Clark (born 2001), footballer Petula Clark (born 1932), singer, actress, songwriter Sarah Clark (born 1965), Anglican bishop Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster Rhian Cleverly (born 1995), footballer Ann Clwyd (1937–2023), Welsh Labour politician Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writer Lady Jean Cochrane (1887–1955), aristocrat Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald (1859–1924), philanthropist, heiress, noblewoman Natasha Cockram (born 1992), marathon runner Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist Rachel K Collier, electronic music producer and performer Rosamund Colman (1885–1950), golfer, tennis player Alys Conran, writer Nicole Cooke (born 1983), racing cyclist Audrey Coombs (1928–2016), table tennis player Kate Coppack (born 1994), cricketer Lu Corfield (born 1979 or 1980), actress Ellie Coster (born 1996), track cyclist Shân Cothi (born 1965), singer, actress, presenter Melanie Counsell (born 1964), artist Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artist Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainer Melissa Courtney-Bryant (born 1993), middle- and long-distance runner Nicola Cousins (born 1988), footballer Gwen Crabb (born 1999), rugby union player Julie Crane (born 1976), track and field athlete Kizzy Crawford, singer-songwriter Elinor Crawley (born 1991), actress Gabrielle Creevy (born 1996), actress Creirwy, figure in The Mabinogion and The Hanes Taliesin Leila Crerar, actress Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist Cristin ferch Goronwy (born ), second wife of Owain Gwynedd Jade Croot, actress Katy Cropper, shepherd, dog trainer Virginia Crosbie (born 1966), politician, nuclear industry advocate Maud Cunnington (1869–1951), archaeologist Joan Curran (1916–1999), physicist Ellie Curson (born 1994), footballer Katie Curtis (born 1988), road and track cyclist Claire Curtis-Thomas (born 1958), Labour Party politician, chartered engineer

D Einir Dafydd, singer Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English Siân Melangell Dafydd (born 1977), novelist, poet, translator Ann Dainton (born 1940), lawn and indoor bowls player Bethan Dainton (born 1989), rugby league player Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873–1943), noted society beauty Ceri Dallimore (born 1974), sports shooter Hannah Daniel (born 1986), actress Jennifer Daniel (1936–2017), film actress Eleanor Daniels (1886–1994), actress Laura Daniels (born 1985), lawn and indoor bowls player Josie d'Arby, TV presenter, actress Lisa Lee Dark (born 1981), opera singer, voice actress Jane Davidson (born 1957), politician Agnes Davies (1920–2011), snooker player, billiards player Alexa Davies (born 1995), actress Amber Davies (born 1996), actress, reality television personality Ann Davies (1914–1954), actress, translator Ann Davies, Plaid Cymru politician Bethan Davies (born 1990), racewalker Betty Davies (1917–2018), radio drama producer and director, dramatist Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator Cissy Davies (1932–2005), gymnast Clara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductor Deddie Davies (1938–2016), actress Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educator Diana Davies (born 1940), swimmer Donna E. Davies, biochemist, professor Edna Davies (1905–1969), actress Ffion Davies (born 1995), submission grappler