List of Welsh women

This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women.

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
 * 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
 * Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel, poet
 * 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
 * Jocelyn Freeman (born 1986), pianist
 * 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
 * Kathryn Jenkins (1961–2009), scholar and writer of Welsh hymns
 * Joan, Lady of Wales (c.1191–1237), wife of Llywelyn the Great
 * Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
 * Margaret John (1926–2011), actress
 * Glynis Johns (1923–2024), 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
 * Dora Herbert Jones (1890–1974), administrator and singer
 * Elin Jones (born 1966), politician
 * Elizabeth Jane Louis Jones (1889–1952), scholar
 * Frances Môn Jones (1919–2000), harpist and teacher
 * 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
 * Becky Morgan (born 1974), golfer
 * Chloe-Beth Morgan (born 1986), model
 * Diana Morgan (1908–1996), playwright, screenwriter
 * Elaine Morgan (1920–2013), playwright, non-fiction writer
 * Elaine Morgan (born 1960), singer
 * Elizabeth Morgan (born 1930), actress, 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Dilys Price (1932–2020), educator and parachutist
 * 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