Tara Bethan | |
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| Born | Tara Bethan Williams (1983-12-08)8 December 1983 (age 41) Llansannan, Wales[1] |
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| Father | Orig Williams |
Tara Bethan Williams[2] (born 8 December 1983)[3] is a Welsh actress, singer and presenter.
Daughter of professional footballer and wrestlerOrig Williams,[4] Bethan was brought up inLlansannan andRhyl.
From a young age, Bethan sang and danced and performed in theEisteddfod. She was educated atAled Primary School in Llansannan andYsgol Glan Clwyd. She later graduated with honours fromIvor Novello - Redroofs Theatre School, where she won "Most Promising Performer of the Year".[5] She won the National Eisteddfod's Gwobr Goffa Wilbert Lloyd Roberts when it was held inLlanbedrgoch in 1999.[6] She became the youngest member ever of the Gorsedd of Bards at Newport Eisteddfod at the age of 20.[5]
Bethan began appearing on stage in north Wales from a young age, appearing in plays such asCinderella,Jack And The Beanstalk andPeter Karrie Unmasked at the Pavilion Theatre inRhyl,Goldilocks and the Three Bears at theEmpire Theatre inSunderland,My Fair Lady at the Royal Ascot Pavilion andSnow White And The Seven Dwarfs at theCity of Varieties Theatre inLeeds.[7] In 2004, she appeared as Laura in the seriesEmyn Roc a Rol and had a role as temptress Kelly inFootballer's Wives in a 90-minute special.[7] Her debut albumDoes Neb yn fy Nabod i features her own, and eight compositions by Gwenno Dafydd and Heulwen Thomas, released on the Sain Records label.[8] In 2006, she was presenter of the S4C children's fun show,Mama Mia.[9] She appeared inI'd Do Anything in 2008 and was voted out byAndrew Lloyd Webber after she performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"[citation needed] She also had a role as a cowgirl inCymru Fach and appeared inRownd a Rownd.[5]
Bethan did a UK tour ofJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.[10] in 2013. Bethan appeared inBugsy Malone at theQueen's Theatre in London with theNational Youth Music Theatre.[5] She then appeared in the Welsh language soap operaPobol Y Cwm from 2011 to 2016 and then again from 2018 to 2019.
From 2018, Bethan has been one of three main Welsh judges (alongsideConnie Fisher and Stifyn Parri (series 1) /Lloyd Macey (series 2) ) on the panel ofJunior Eurovision: Chwilio am Seren (English: Search for a Star), a singing competition organised by Rondo Media and broadcast onS4C, to select an entrant aged 9 to 14 to participate in theJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, representingWales.
