birth_place name article_title birth_name occupation
merthyr tydfil , wales donna edwards donna edwards -lrb- actress -rrb-
 donna edwards actress
donna edwards -lrb- actress -rrb-

donna edwards is a bafta award winning welsh actress , born in merthyr tydfil , wales , and lives in cardiff .
she attended aberystwyth university .
she is most famous for playing britt monk in `` pobol y cwm '' -lrb- bbc cymru for s4c -rrb- .
she has starred in a number of welsh-based tv drama including `` dinas '' , `` tair chwaer '' and `` belonging '' .
she has also appeared in the bbc comedy gavin and stacey .
she has appeared in plays at the royal court , clwyd theatr cymru and the sherman in cardiff .
in 2012 she played mo the bap in the sky1 tv comedy drama series stella .
she reprised this role for the second series and will also be reprising it for the third .
two of her daughters have also acted , lucy borja who played chloe branagh in the first two series of young dracula and sophie borja who appeared in series four and five of the story of tracy beaker as roxy wellard .
in 2015 she played yvette in the national theatre wales production of mother courage at merthyr tydfil labour club .
