birth_place article_title name birth_date
stratford-upon-avon sian thomas
 siân thomas 20 september 1953
sian thomas

siân thomas -lrb- born 20 september 1953 -rrb- is a welsh actress who trained at the central school of speech and drama .
she has appeared on stage , on tv and in films such as `` harry potter and the order of the phoenix '' in which she played amelia bones .
she was part of the cast of the musical `` spring awakening '' in london until may 2009 -lrb- when the show closed -rrb- , playing the `` adult women '' .
in 2002 she appeared in london 's west end theatre production up for grabs with madonna .
in 2012 she appeared as atorloppe in `` merlin '' .
she has a particularly effective voice for reading modern poetry , which is often deployed on the bbc radio 3 programme `` words and music '' .
