Alexandra Roach is a Welsh actress. She appeared in long-running television soap Pobol Y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm

Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, Pobol y Cwm was originally transmitted on BBC Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it...

 in her early teens, winning Best Juvenile Actor in a Soap at the Children in Entertainment Awards. After leaving the show in 2005, Roach spent time with the National Youth Theatre of Wales before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Rada

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, graduating with a B.A. in acting in 2010. A number of high profile roles followed, including Sasha in Being Human

Being Human (TV series)

Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse and is currently broadcast on BBC Three. The show blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror drama...

, Beth Partridge in Candy Cabs

Candy Cabs

Candy Cabs is a comedy drama series shown on BBC One in April 2011. The plot revolves around a group of friends who set up a female-only taxi company in a seaside town in Northern England...

, and The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, where she played notorious child murderer Constance Kent. She is due to star as a young Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

 in The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady (film)

The Iron Lady is an upcoming biographical film about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, portrayed by Meryl Streep. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher, will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, will be...

, alongside Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...

. Roach has also been cast as Molly in the upcoming adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo, OBE FKC AKC is an English author, poet, playwright and librettist, best known for his work in children's literature. He was the third Children's Laureate.-Early life:...

 2003 novel Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by Michael Morpurgo, first published in 2003. It is about a soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War I. Structurally, each chapter of the book brings the reader closer to the present until...

.

Roach was included on the Screen International

Screen International

Screen International is a multimedia film magazine covering the international film business. It is published by EMAP, a British b2b media company.The magazine is primarily aimed at those involved in the global movie business...

 Stars of Tomorrow list 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Pobol Y Cwm Pobol y Cwm Pobol y Cwm is a Welsh-language television soap opera which has been produced by the BBC since October 1974. The longest-running television soap opera produced by the BBC, Pobol y Cwm was originally transmitted on BBC Wales television and later transferred to the Welsh-language station S4C when it...	Elin	TV series (2003–2005)
2010	The IT Crowd The IT Crowd The IT Crowd is a British sitcom by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry...	Stenographer	TV series (1 episode: "Reynholm vs Reynholm")
2011	Being Human Being Human (TV series) Being Human is a British supernatural drama television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse and is currently broadcast on BBC Three. The show blends elements of flatshare comedy and horror drama...	Sasha	TV series (1 episode: "Type 4")
	Candy Cabs Candy Cabs Candy Cabs is a comedy drama series shown on BBC One in April 2011. The plot revolves around a group of friends who set up a female-only taxi company in a seaside town in Northern England...	Beth Partridge	TV series (3 episodes
	The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher	Constance Kent	TV movie
	New Tricks	Nina Ward	TV series (1 episode: "Moving Target")
	The Iron Lady The Iron Lady (film) The Iron Lady is an upcoming biographical film about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, portrayed by Meryl Streep. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher, will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, will be...	Young Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...	post-production
2012	Trap for Cinderella		post-production
	Private Peaceful	Molly Monks	filming
	Anna Karenina	Countess Nordston	filming

External links

• Alexandra Roach at the Internet Movie Database