# Catrin Aaron

Catrin Aaron is a Welsh actress who trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She is an associate for Theatr Clwyd and has been part of the Globe Ensemble at Shakespeare's Globe since 2018. She lives in London.

## Early life

Aaron was born and raised in Rhyl, Clwyd, where she attended Ysgol Bryn Hedydd and Rhyl High School. As a child, she often visited Theatr Clwyd with her mother.

## Career

In 2002, Aaron made her professional debut in Silas Marner at Theatr Clwyd. Since then, she has returned to Clwyd often, where she rose to fame as LV in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice in 2017. Wales Arts Review wrote of her performance: "Aaron’s beautiful renditions of classic songs were indistinguishable from the originals, the most moving being her performance of Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’."
In 2015, Aaron was nominated for Best Female Performance in the English Language by the Welsh Theatre Awards for her role as The Manager in Contractions at the Chapter Arts Centre. The accolade was ultimately awarded to her Contractions co-star Sara Lloyd-Gregory, who played Emma.
Aaron is also a familiar face at Shakespeare's Globe, where she made her debut in the double-bill Hamlet and As You Like It, as Horatio and Phebe / Corin respectively. Her most recent performance there was in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the Globe's indoor theatre, as the Widow in All's Well That Ends Well.

## Theatre

| Year(s) | Title | Role | Theatre |
| 2002 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama |
| 2002 | Silence | Silence | Sherman Theatre |
| 2002 | ImMortal | Performer | NoFit State Circus Theatre |
| 2002 | Silas Marner | Eppie | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2003 | Full Circle | Mrs E/Sherpa | Hijinx Theatre |
| 2003 | Tartuffe | Marianne | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre |
| 2004 | The Three Musketeers | Constance | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre |
| 2004 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Flinn | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2004 | Living Together | Annie | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre |
| 2004 | Round And Round The Garden | Annie | Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre |
| 2004 | Hobson's Choice | Vickey | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2005 | Flights of Fancy | Various | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2006 | The Way It Was | Beryl | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2006 | The Voyage | Mari | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2006 | The Grapes of Wrath | Rose of Sharon | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2007 | Of Mice And Men | Curley's Wife | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2007 | Tales From Europe | Various | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2007 | The Timeless Myths of the Mabinogi | Branwen | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2007 | A Toy Epic | Mrs Blackwell/Miss Todd/Anne/Iorwerth's Mother | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2008 | Macbeth | Third Witch | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2009 | Twilight Tales | Various | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2009 | Mary Stuart | Margaret Kurl | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2009 | The Norman Conquests | Ruth | Torch Theatre |
| 2009 | Festen | Mette | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2010 | A Small Family Business | Harriet | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2010 | Dancing At Lughnasa | Christina Mundy | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2011 | Gaslight | Bella Manningham | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2011 | Taking Steps | Elizabeth | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2011 | Roots | Pearl Bryant | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2012 | A Doll's House | Kristine Linde | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2012 | What People Do (Let's Get Visceral) | Jane | The Old Vic Tunnels |
| 2012 | God of Carnage | Annette | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2012 | Humbug | Various | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2013 | XX (Festopia) | Barbara | Theatre503 |
| 2013 | Salt, Root and Roe | Menna | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2013 | Aristocrats | Alice | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2014 | Contractions | The Manager | Chapter Arts Centre |
| 2014 | The Fever | The Traveller | The Old Fire Station |
| 2014 | Sex and the Three Day Week | Catherine | Liverpool Playhouse |
| 2015 | The Forsythe Sisters | Diane | Gaggle Babble |
| 2015 | The Light of Heart | Fan | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2015 | All My Sons | Ann Deever | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2016 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Mae | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2016 | Henry V | Fluellen | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 2017 | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice | LV | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2017 | The Wizard of Oz | Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West | Sheffield Crucible |
| 2018 | Hamlet | Horatio | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2018 | As You Like It | Phebe / Corin | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2018/19 | Macbeth | Lennox | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse |
| 2019 | Orpheus Descending | Beulah Binnings | Theatr Clwyd / Menier Chocolate Factory |
| 2019 | The Lovely Bones | Abigail Salmon | Birmingham Repertory Theatre / Tour |
| 2020 | Macbeth: A Conjuring | Lennox | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse |
| 2021 | Missing Julie | Christine | Theatr Clwyd |
| 2021 | Isla | Isla / PC Jones | Theatr Clwyd / Royal Court Theatre |
| 2023 | Romeo and Julie | Barb | National Theatre |
| 2024 | Out of Season | Amy | Hampstead Theatre |
| 2024 | Richard III | Hastings / Tyrell | Shakespeare's Globe |
| 2024 | Our Country's Good | Liz Morden | Lyric Hammersmith |
| 2024/25 | All's Well That Ends Well | Widow | Sam Wanamaker Playhouse |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year(s) | Title | Role |
| 2018 | Apostle | Elaine |
| 2020 | What a Carve Up! | |
| 2022 | Isla | Isla / PC Jones |

### Television

| Year(s) | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Casualty | Kath Barber | Episode: "No Place Like..." |
| 2013 | The Indian Doctor | Mrs. Germin | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | The Bastard Executioner | Lady Trula | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | First Ladies Revealed | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| 2023 | Carnival Row | Molly Dombey | Episode: "An Unkindness of Ravens" |
| 2023 | Coronation Street | Maggie | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Truelove | Nurse Stephens | Episode 1.6 |

### Radio

| Year(s) | Title | Role | Station | Notes | Ref. |
| 2023 | The Medici | Catherine de' Medici | BBC Radio 4 | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | The Specialist | Maggie | BBC Radio 4 | 3 episodes | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Wales Theatre Awards | Best Female Performance in the English Language | Contractions | Nominated | |