List of Welsh women

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This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• W
• Z

A

• Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer
• Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler
• Helen Adams (born 1978), television personality
• Sian Adey-Jones (born 1957), model, actress
• Wendy Albiston (born 1969), actress
• Jessica Allen (born 1989), racing cyclist
• Jan Anderson (born 1974), actress
• Elizabeth Andrews (1882–1960), suffragist, writer
• Josie d'Arby (born 1972), actress, writer, television presenter
• Jane Arden (1927–1982), film director, actress, screenwriter, playwright, poet
• Kim Ashfield (born 1959), model
• Laura Ashley (1925–1985), fashion designer
• Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972), poet, educator
• Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961), widely translated novelist, short story writer, author of The Hiding Place
• Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler

B

• Emilia Baeyertz (1842–1926), Christian missionary
• Mary Balogh (born 1944), Welsh-Canadian historical novelist
• Iona Banks (1920–2008), actress
• Elinor Barker (born 1994), racing cyclist
• Lorraine Barrett (born 1950), politician
• Rachel Barrett (1874–1953), suffragette, newspaper editor
• Shirley Bassey (born 1937), singer
• Anne Beale (1816–1900), popular novelist, poet, children's writer
• Remy Beasley (active since 2015), actress
• Eirlys Bellin (active since 2000s), actress
• Anna Maria Bennett (c.1750–1808), novelist
• Jane Brereton (1685–1740), English-language poet
• Tara Bethan (born 1984), actress, singer
• Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), educationalist and public benefactor
• Ruth Bidgood (born 1922), poet
• Joyce Bland (1906–1963), film actress
• Cate Le Bon (born 1983), singer-songwriter
• Di Botcher (active since 1986), actress
• Ffion Bowen (born 1991), rugby union player
• Cara Braia (born 1992), singer, songwriter, pianist, actress
• Nan Braunton (1895–1978), actress
• Jane Brereton (1685–1740), poet, contributor to The Gentleman's Magazine
• Becky Brewerton (born 1982), golfer
• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist, short story writer
• Mia Arnesby Brown (1867–1931), painter
• Eleanor Bufton (1842–1893), actress
• Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927), historian, writer
• Frances Bunsen (1791–1876), painter, writer
• Eleanor Bufton (active since 2004), actress

C

• Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), nurse in the Crimean War
• Julia Callan-Thompson (1944–1979), model, designer, socialite
• Saint Callwen (6th century), Christian saint
• Saint Canna (6th century), nun
• Nia Caron (active since 1980s), Welsh-language actress
• Emma Catherwood (born 1981), actress, model
• Emma Catherwood (1968), actress
• Jane Cave (c.1754–1812), English-language poet
• Christine Chapman (born 1956), politician
• Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), artist, poet
• Kara Chesworth (born 1972), racing cyclist
• Shefali Chowdhury (born 1988), actress
• Sybil Christopher (1929–2013), actress, theatre director
• Charlotte Church (born 1986), singer
• Gillian Clarke (born 1937), poet, playwright, translator, broadcaster
• Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011), educator, writer
• Grace Coddington (born 1941), fashion writer, director of Vogue, memoirist
• Lu Corfield (active since 2012), actress
• Nicole Cooke (born 1983), racing cyclist
• Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter, stained glass artist
• Shân Cothi (born 1965), singer, actress
• Margaret Courtenay (1923–1996), actress, singer, entertainer
• Elinor Crawley (born 1991), actress
• Leila Crerar (active since 1980s), actress
• Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941), best selling novelist
• Katie Curtis (born 1988), road and track cyclist

D

• Fflur Dafydd (born 1978), novelist, playwright, poet, singer, writes in Welsh and English
• Hannah Daniel (born 1986), actress
• Lisa Lee Dark (born 1981), opera singer, voice actress
• Jennifer Daniel (born 1936), film actress
• Alexa Davies (born 1995), actress
• Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), historian, translator
• Clara Novello Davies (1861–1943), singer and conductor
• Deddie Davies (born 1938), actress
• Deborah Kay Davies, contemporary poet, novelist, educator
• Edna Davies (1905–1969), actress
• Gwendoline Davies (1882–1951), philanthropist, arts patron
• Jocelyn Davies (born 1959), politician
• Karen Davies (born 1965), golfer
• Llewela Davies (1871-1952), pianist and composer
• Lynette Davies (1948–1993), actress
• Margaret Davies (fl. 1700s), poet, scribe
• Margaret Davies (1884–1963), arts patron
• Mary Davies (1855–1930), mezzo-soprano
• Mary Davies (1846–1882), poet
• Nina Davies (born 1974), racing cyclist
• Phoebe Davies (1864–1912), Welsh-born American actress
• Rachel Davies (1846–1915), lecturer and evangelist preacher
• Rose Davies (1882–1958), teacher, activist, politician
• Valerie Davies (1912–2001), swimmer
• Rebecca De Filippo (born 1994), rugby union player
• Cherry Dee (born 1987), model
• Sophie Dee (born 1984), pornographic actress
• Jen Delyth (born 1962), specializing in Celtic symbolism
• Myrtle Devenish (1913–2007), actress
• Marina Diamandis (born 1985), singer-songwriter
• Amy Dillwyn (1845–1935), novelist, industrialist
• Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, photographer, astronomer
• Leila Crerar (born 1984), actress
• Aimée Ann Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter
• Ruth Dunning (1911–1983), actress

E

• Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), actress
• Mary Anne Edmunds (1813 – 1858), educator
• Donna Edwards (born 1963), actress
• Dorothy Edwards (1903–1934), novelist, short story writer
• Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959), schoolteacher, children's writer, dramatist
• Maudie Edwards (1906–1991), actress, singer, comedian
• Rhian Edwards (active from 2000s), poet
• Sarah Edwards (1881–1965), Welsh born American actress
• Sara Edwards (born 1961), broadcast journalist, television presenter
• Elen Egryn (1807–1897), Welsh-language poet
• Menna Elfyn (born 1952), Welsh-language poet, playwright, columnist, editor, poetry widely translated
• Gillian Elisa (born 1953), actress, singer, comedian
• Amy Evans (1884–1983), soprano, actress
• Peg Entwistle (1908–1932), actress
• Claire Evans (born 1983), model
• Christine Evans (born 1943), poet
• Elen Evans (born 1985), rugby union player
• Jennifer Evans (active since 2004), actress
• Kate Williams Evans (1866-1961), suffragette and activist for women's rights
• Laura Evans (active since 1990s), actress, singer, songwriter
• Margiad Evans (1909–1958), poet, novelist
• Mary Evans (1735–1789), sect leader
• Maxine Evans (born 1966), actress
• Sophie Evans (born 1993), singer, actress
• Laura Evans-Williams (1883–1944), soprano

F

• Pam Ferris (born 1948), actress
• Catrin Finch (born 1980), harpist
• Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (born 1949), physician, politician
• Catherine Fisher (born 1957), novelist, poet, broadcaster
• Connie Fisher (born 1983), actress, singer
• Laura Ford (born 1961), sculptor
• Rosemarie Frankland (1943–2000), actress, model
• Jane Freeman (born 1921), actress
• Kathleen Freeman (1897–1959), classicist
• Liz Fuller (born 1975), television presenter, actress, model

G

• Menna Gallie (1919–1990), novelist, translator
• Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter
• Jacqui Gasson (active since 1988), lord mayor of Cardiff
• Beti George (born 1939), journalist and broadcaster
• Seren Gibson (born 1988), model
• Sian Gibson (born 1976), actress, writer
• Olive Gilbert (1898–1981), singer, actress
• Annabel Giles (born 1950), broadcaster, best selling novelist, actress
• Julia Gillard (born 1961), Australian prime minister
• Mary Dilys Glynne (1895–1991), plant pathologist, mountaineer
• Julie Gould (born 1989), swimmer
• Helen Grace (active since 2004), film director
• Janice Gregory (born 1955), politician
• Sara Gregory (born 1986), actress
• Clare Greenwood (born 1958), cyclist
• Elizabeth Griffith (1727–1793), writer
• Helen Griffin (active since the 1980s), actress, writer
• Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), religious poet, hymn writer
• Lesley Griffiths (born 1960), politician
• Amy Guy (born 1983), model
• Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895), aristocrat and translator
• Bethan Gwanas, pen name of Bethan Evans (born 1962), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
• Saint Gwenfyl (fl. 6th century), Christian saint
• Lowri Gwilym (1954––2010), television and radio producer
• Eirwen Gwynn (1916–2007), nationalist, writer, teacher and scientist
• Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd (1097–1137), Princess Consort of Deheubarth
• Gwenllian of Wales (1282–1337), daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
• Gwerful Fychan (fl. 1420–1490), Welsh-language poet
• Denise Gyngell (born 1961), singer, actress, model

H

• Cerys Hale (born 1993), rugby union player
• Holly Hale (born 1990), model
• Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover (1802–1896), arts patron
• Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), painter
• Doris Hare (1905–2000), actress, singer
• Mali Harries (born c.1976), actress
• Edwina Hart (born 1957), politician
• Ann Hatton (1764–1838), novelist
• Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963), poet, artist, broadcaster
• Angela Hazeldine (born 1981), actress, musician
• Venissa Head (born 1956), track and field athlete
• Anneliese Heard (born 1981), cyclist
• Georgia Henshaw (born 1993), actress
• Deirdre Hine (born 1937), physician
• Sally Hodge (born 1966), cyclist
• Frances Hoggan (1843–1927), physician, first female doctor registered in Wales
• Sophie Holland (active since 2000s), actress
• Karen Holford (active since 1990), engineer and professor
• Nichola Hope (born 1975), painter, writer, silhouettist
• Sarah Hope (born 1975), twin sister of Nichola, painter, writer, actress
• Mary Hopkin (born 1950), singer
• Sally El Hosaini (born 1976), film director, writer
• Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Berkshire-born artist who lived in Penarth from an early age
• Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910), Welsh-language novelist, poet
• Ellen Hughes (1867–1927), Welsh-language writer, suffragist, temperance reformer
• Megan Hughes (born 1977), cyclist
• Nerys Hughes (born 1941), actress
• Judith Humphreys (born 1988), actress
• Ellen Hunter (born 1968), cyclist
• Ruth Hussey, from 2012 to 2014: Chief Medical Officer for Wales
• Jane Hutt (born 1949), politician
• Joan Hutt (1913–1985), Hertfordshire-born painter who moved to live in North Wales in 1949
• Emily Huws (born 1942), Welsh-language children's writer

I

• Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994), novelist
• Norah Isaac (1915–2003), Welsh-language short story writer, playwright, travel writer

J

• Katrina Jacks (born 1986), rower
• Angharad James (1677–1749), poet and harpist
• Becky James (born 1991), cyclist
• Irene James (born 1952), politician
• Jynine James (born 1972), actress, singer
• Maria James (1793–1868), Welsh-born American poet
• Stephanie James (born 1985), actress
• Kate Jarman (born 1980), actress
• Ruth Jên (born 1964), painter, illustrator
• Katherine Jenkins (born 1980), singer
• Joan, Lady of Wales (c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great
• Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
• Margaret John (1926–2011), actress
• Glynis Johns (born 1923), actress, pianist, singer
• Alex Jones (born 1977), television presenter
• Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943), writer, editor
• Ann Jones (born 1953), politician
• Della Jones (born 1946), singer
• Elin Jones (born 1966), politician
• Elizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholar
• Gwyneth Jones (born 1936), singer
• Iona Jones (active since 1986), broadcaster, television executive
• Louise Jones (born 1963), cyclist
• Mai Jones (1899–1960) songwriter, entertainer and radio producer
• Mary Jones (1896–1990), actress
• Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter, printmaker
• Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983), children's writer, teacher
• Ruth Jones (born 1966), actress, writer
• Ruth Jones, Labour Party politician
• Sue Jones-Davies (born 1949), actress, singer

K

• Katheryn of Berain (1534–1591), noblewoman
• Gwyneth Keyworth (active since 2009), actress
• Nyree Kindred (born 1980), swimmer
• Christine Kinsey (born 1942), painter

L

• Margaret Lacey (1910–1989), actress, ballet teacher
• Kate Lambert (active since 2000s), model, fashion designer
• Sarah Lark (born 1983), singer, actress
• Lisa Lazarus (born 1987), model, actress
• Nancy Lee (born 1970), Welsh-born short story writer, novelist, now in Canada
• Ruby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptor
• Donna Lewis (born 1973), singer, musician
• Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979), novelist, poet, journalist
• Emmeline Lewis Lloyd (1827–1913), mountaineer
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959), Welsh-language poet, national poet of Wales, also writes in English
• Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915–2013), fashion model, Swedish princess
• Danielle Lineker (born 1979), actress, model
• Betsan Llwyd, actress, since 2012, Arts Director of Bara Caws
• Margaret Lloyd (1709–1762), Moravian missionary
• Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor
• Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter
• Sian Lloyd (born 1972), news presenter
• Siân Lloyd (born 1958), weather presenter
• Angharad Llwyd (1780–1866), antiquary
• Eirian Llwyd (1951–2014), artist
• Martha Llwyd (1766–1845), poet, hymnist
• Jemma Lowe (born 1990), swimmer

M

• Georgia Mackenzie (born 1973), actress
• Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (1883–1958), businesswoman and suffragette
• Ruth Madoc (born 1943), actress, singer
• Sharon Maguire (born 1960), film director
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet, children's writer
• Edith Mansell Moullin (1859–1941), suffragist
• Deborah Manship (born 1953), actress
• Ursula Masson (1945–2008), educator, literature researcher, non-fiction writer
• Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer, songwriter, broadcaster, writer
• Gwerful Mechain (c.1460–1502), early Welsh-language poet
• Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist, actress
• Leila Megàne (1891–1960), opera singer
• Sandy Mewies (born 1950), politician
• Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, wrote in English and sign language
• Ruby Miller (born 1992), cyclist
• Tracey Moberly (born 1964), multidisciplinary artist
• Ann Moray (1909–1981), novelist, short story writer, singer
• Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter
• Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer
• Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan (1852–1939), mayor, antiquarian
• Helen Morgan (born 1952), model
• Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model, actress
• Sally Moore (born 1962), painter
• Beth Morris (born 1949), actress
• Siwan Morris (born 1976), actress
• Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer, translator
• Becky Morgan (born 1974), golfer
• Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), model
• Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), non-fiction writer on anthropology, playwright, columnist
• Elaine Morgan (born 1960), singer
• Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer
• Eluned Morgan (1870–1938), Welsh-language author from Patagonia, travel writer, non-fiction writer
• Helen Morgan (born 1952), model
• Kate Alicia Morgan (born 1983), model
• Sharon Morgan (born 1949), actress
• Kay Morley-Brown (born 1963), athlete
• Kelly Morgan (born 1975), badminton player
• Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), journalist, biographer, novelist
• Sophie Moulds (born 1992), model
• Wendy Mulford (born 1941), poet, feminist
• Catherine Murphy (born 1975), athlete
• Eve Myles (born 1978), actress

N

• Lynne Neagle (born 1968), politician
• Liz Neal (born 1973), artist based in London
• Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960), writer
• Mavis Nicholson (born 1930), writer, broadcaster
• Kimberley Nixon (1985), actress

O

• Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born Australian artist, poet, autobiographer, illustrator
• Tessie O'Shea (1913–1997), stand-up comedian
• Angharad ferch Owain (1065–1162), queen of Gwynedd
• Bethan Ellis Owen (active since 1990s), actress
• Lucy Owen (born 1970), television news reader
• Mary Owen (1796-1875), hymnwriter
• Meg Wynn Owen (born 1939), actress
• Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918), composer, pianist and singer

P

• Suzanne Packer (born 1958), actress
• Joanna Page (born 1978), actress
• Lisa Palfrey (active since 1990s), actress
• Davinia Palmer (born 1980), television presenter, voice-over artist, now in the United States
• Stephanie Parker (1987–2009), actress
• Molly Parkin (born 1932), painter, novelist, journalist
• Blanche Parry (1507–1590), personal attendant of Queen Elizabeth I
• Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953), writer
• Caryl Parry Jones (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, composer
• Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988), singer, writer
• Karen Paullada (active since 2000s), actress
• Sarah Payne, probation executive
• Allison Pearson (born 1960), journalist, writer
• Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927), evangelist, religious writer, magazine publisher
• Anne Penny (1729–1784), poet
• Mary Penry (1735-1804), Moravian sister in Pennsylvania
• Kelly-Louise Pesticcio (born 1974), beauty pageant winner
• Pauline Peters (born 1896), actress
• Pascale Petit (born 1953), poet
• Karen Paullada (active since 2009), actress
• Carys Phillips (born 1992), rugby union player
• Lauren Phillips (born 1981), actress
• Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1875–1956), medical doctor
• Siân Phillips (born 1933), actress
• Jayne Pierson (active since 2009), fashion designer
• Eleanor Pilgrim (born 1977), golfer
• Katherine Philips (1632–1664), poet, translator
• Victoria Plucknett (born 1953), actress
• Annie Powell (1906–1986), politician
• Shona Powell Hughes (born 1991), rugby union player
• Angharad Price, novelist since 1999, academic
• Maria Pride (born 1970), actress
• Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976), novelist

Q

• Mary Quant (born 1934), fashion designer

R

• Allen Raine, pen name of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe (1836–1908), novelist, wrote in English and Welsh
• Elizabeth Randles (c.1801–1829), harpist and pianist
• Susannah Jane Rankin (1897–1989), minister, educator, translator
• Helen Raynor (born 1972), television screenwriter, script editor, playwright
• Cara Readle (born 1991), actress
• Angharad Rees (1944–2012), actress
• Deryn Rees-Jones, since 1994, poet, essayist
• Dorothy Rees (1898–1987), Labour Party politician
• Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916), teacher, poet, temperance campaigner
• Shelley Rees (active since 1990s), actress
• Yvette Rees (active in the 1960s and 1970s), actress
• Sian Reese-Williams (born 1981), actress
• Nicola Reynolds (born 1972), actress
• Beti Rhys (1907–2003), bookseller and author
• Elen Rhys (active since 2011), actress
• Nest ferch Rhys (1085–1136), princess of Deheubarth
• Shani Rhys James (born 1953), Australia-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation
• Mandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), model, showgirl, writer
• Ceri Richards (1903–1971), painter
• Nansi Richards (1888–1979), harpist
• Rosalind Richards (active since 2000s), actress
• Mandy Rice-Davies (born 1986), actress
• Alexandra Roach (born 1987), actress
• Beth Robert (active since 1987), actress
• Kate Roberts (1891–1985), leading Welsh-language novelist, short story writer
• Nia Roberts (born 1972), actress
• Rachel Roberts (1927–1980), actress
• Sally Roberts Jones (born 1935), poet, biographer
• Nia Roberts (born 1979), actress
• Beth Robert (born 1979), actress
• Philippa Roles (born 1978), discus thrower
• Ceinwen Rowlands (1905–1983), soprano
• Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955), scholar, missionary
• Bernice Rubens (1923–2004), novelist, author of The Elected Member
• Joan Ruddock (born 1943), politician

S

• Saint Non (c. 5th–6th century), saint, mother of Saint David
• Rhian Samuel (born 1944), composer
• Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), politician, economist
• Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975), singer
• Helen Sear (born 1955), photographic artist
• Carole Seymour-Jones (born 1963), biographer, columnist, literary non-fiction writer
• Caroline Sheen (born 1976), actress
• Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), actress
• Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novelist, crime-fiction writer
• Karen Sinclair (born 1952), politician
• Caroline Skeel (1872–1951), historian
• Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), Welsh-born American painter
• Dorothy Squires (1915–1998), singer
• Florence Smithson (1884–1936), actress, singer
• Emma Stansfield (born 1978), actress
• Alison Statton (born 1959), singer
• Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer
• Jaci Stephen (born 1958), journalist, broadcaster, actress, writer
• Catrin Stewart (born 1988), actress
• Sara Sugarman (born 1962), actress, film director
• Jessica Sula (born 1994), actress
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945), children's writer, critic
• Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946), marathon runner, non-fiction writer
• Alia Syed (born 1964), Swansea-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London

T

• Myfanwy Talog (1944–1995), actress
• Helen Thomas (1966–1989), peace activist
• Imogen Thomas (born 1982), model
• Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968), novelist
• Lucy Thomas (1781–1847), businesswoman
• Lynda Thomas (born 1981), musician, singer-songwriter
• Madoline Thomas (1890–1989), actress
• Margaret Thomas (1779–?), hymnwriter
• Queenie Thomas (1898–1977), film actress
• Rachel Thomas (1905–1995), actress
• Sarah Thomas (born 1981), field hockey player
• Sian Thomas (born 1953), actress
• Hester Thrale (1741–1821), diarist
• Lily Tobias (1887–1984), novelist, short story writer, activist
• Angela Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
• Susan Tooby (born 1960), athlete, runner
• Catherine Tregenna (active since 2000s), playwright, scriptwriter, actress
• Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995), novelist
• Hayley Tullett (born 1975), athlete, runner
• Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), singer
• Irene Steer (1889–1947), swimmer

U

• Meena Upadhyaya (active since 2000s), medical geneticist

V

• Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985), novelist, short story writer, playwright, author of The Invader
• Leona Vaughan (born 1995), actress
• Lisa Victoria (born 1973), actress

W

• Kirsty Wade (born 1962), athlete, runner
• Helen Wadsworth (born 1964), golfer
• Lucy Walter (c.1630–1658), mistress of Charles I
• Melanie Walters (born 1963), actress
• Jo Walton (born 1964), Welsh-Canadian romance and science fiction novelist, author of Tooth and Claw
• Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910), poet, hymnist
• Myfanwy Waring (born 1974), actress
• Mary Wynne Warner (1932-1998), mathematician
• Elizabeth Andrew Warren (1786–1864), botanist and marine algolologist
• Sarah Waters (born 1966), novelist, author of Fingersmith
• Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1877–1966), children's author
• Megan Watts Hughes (1842–1907), singer, songwriter, scientist
• Alis Wen (born 1520), Welsh-language poet
• Olive Wheeler (1886–1963), educationist, psychologist and university lecturer
• Susie Wild (born 1979), novelist, journalist, editor, strong connections with Wales
• Alis Wen (fl. 16th century), poet
• Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
• Betty Williams, (born 1944), politician
• Buddug Williams (active since the 1990s), actress
• Grace Williams (1906–1977), composer
• Jane Williams (1806–1885), biographer, non-fiction works, many about Wales
• Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter
• Maria Jane Williams (c.1794–1873), musician, folklorist
• Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales
• Sian Williams (born 1990), rugby union player
• Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist
• Saint Winifred (fl. 7th century), saint
• Bethan Witcomb (active since 2010), actress
• Katy Wix (born 1980), actress, comedian
• Leanne Wood (born 1971), politician
• Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), missionary
• Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907), painter, sketcher
• Sarah Edith Wynne (1849–1897), soprano

Y

• Paula Yates (1959–2000), television presenter, non-fiction writer
• Megan York (born 1987), rugby union player

Z

• Catherine Zeta-Jones (born 1969), actress