Hannah Daniel

Hannah Daniel
Born	(1986-01-20) 20 January 1986 (age 39) Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Children	1

Hannah Daniel (born 20 January 1986)[1] is a Welsh actress from Cardiff, Wales, best known for her roles on TV series Hinterland, Keeping Faith and Holby City.[2]

Early life

Hannah Daniel was born in Heath Hospital and raised in Whitchurch, Cardiff. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and later read English literature at University College London,[3] By age 24, she was a S4C presenter.[4][5]

Georgia Lee and Daniel wrote and directed (You Have Reached Your) DESTINATION, about a 29 year old Uber driver's pregnancy.[6][7][8]

Personal life

Daniel lives in Crystal Palace, London, with her partner, the actor Richard Harrington. Daniel and Harrington worked together for all three series of the dual-language crime drama Hinterland / Y Gwyll (aired 2013-2016), where every scene was shot first in Welsh and then in English. Each of the two productions was then compiled and aired as a separate three-series programme. Harrington appeared as the lead actor, DCI Tom Mathias, and Daniel played one of his subordinates, DS Siân Owens. They have a son together, who was born in 2019.[9]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Two Dragons		Short
2005	Dad	Millie James
	Casualty	Dee Naseby	Episode: Baby Love
2007	Olas de Verano	Cerys Jones
2008	Y Garej	Co-presenter	S4C programme
2010	Pen Talar	Gail
2011–2015	Gwaith Cartref	Beca Matthews	Series 1–5
2013	Beat	Drunk woman	Short
2013–2016	Y Gwyll / Hinterland	DS Siân Owen	Main role [10]
2015	Doctors	Christina Evenden	Episode: Trust Me I’m a Doctor
2017–2020	Keeping Faith	Cerys Jones	Main role; also starred in the Welsh version Un Bore Mercher.
2017	Canaries	Agnes D	Short
	Destination	Beca	Short
	50! Pen-blwydd Hapus Merched y Wawr	Presenter	1 episode
2018	Holby City	Leah Faulkner	Recurring role
	Tourist Tap	Andi
	Morfydd	Beti Bwt	S4C drama
2019–2020	EastEnders	DCI Morgan	Recurring role
2020	The Crash Detectives	Narrator	Documentary
	Cyswllt (Mewn COVID)	Ffion	S4C drama
	Beacons: Short Films from Wales	Ani / Greta / Siân Llywelyn	1 episode; also writer, director and executive producer
2021	Bregus	Ellie Bateman	Main role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Benny & Jolene	Strictly Sherry
2015	Black Mountain Poets	Alys Wilding

References

1. "Interview with Hannah Daniel, star of Y Gwyll". Pobl Caerdydd. 22 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
2. "Shot in Wales - Wales Screen". businesswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
3. https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/hannah-daniel/35/851/1b7 ^[self-published source]
4. WalesOnline (4 July 2010). "The Hot 50: Wales' sexiest women revealed (Wales on Sunday)". walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
5. "Hannah Daniel - Creative Artists Management". www.cam.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
6. "NOVEMBER 2017 Official Selection - DESTINATION". moonfazefilms.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
7. "Drama school for actors in Cardiff Bay". www.the-work-shop.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
8. "FILM". Georgia + Hannah. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
9. "Hannah Daniel: Gwaith, gyrfa a bod yn fam". BBC Cymru Fyw. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
10. Morgan, Sion (20 May 2014). "Hinterland: What We Know So Far About the Second Season". Wales Online. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

External links

• official
• Hannah Daniel at IMDb