Manon Eames is an experienced freelance writer, actress and presenter based in Swansea, South Wales. She has worked for almost three decades as an actress and writer throughout Wales and beyond, initially specialising in performing (and often co-writing) theatre for young people and community audiences in both Welsh and English, but also appearing in, and scripting, many main stage productions as well as television plays, series and several films, in both languages.

Her translations into Welsh from English and French for the stage have won critical acclaim, and her film “Eldra” won many prestigious national and international awards including five BAFTA Cymru Awards, one of which was Best Drama. She has worked extensively in radio drama as a performer, and more recently, as a writer.
Manon has also presented several series of children’s television for the BBC, including live broadcasts, and for many years was a presenter/gardener on S4C’s award winning series “Clwb Garddio” (Garden Club).

Manon is a regular contributor to news and magazine programmes, is frequently invited to adjudicate at the National Eisteddfod, and to give talks and lectures to a wide variety of audiences, from university students to schools and various clubs and associations.

Her extensive contribution to the cultural life of Wales was recognised when she was finalist for the Welsh Woman of the Year Award in 2002.

More recently, Manon wrote the plays “Drowned Out” and “Porth y Byddar” for Clwyd Theatr Cymru and produced the film “Omlet” for TV, and from 2007-2010 was Writer in Residence with the National Youth Theatre of Wales, for whom she has written three productions, including 2010’s “No Other Day Like Today” which she co-wrote with young writers from the company. She plays DI Williams in the long-running BBC soap Pobol y Cwm, and appeared in S4C’s 2010 Christmas film “Ar y Tracs 2”, the series “Pen Talar”, and played Rachel Roberts in the BBC series “Welsh Greats”. She also mentored and developed Ceri Elen’s film “Pianissimo”, and was a regular guest on the rugby chat show “Yn Y Ryc” on BBC Cymru. She also presents the website for the Campaign for Sustainable Development.

Manon is a full member of Equity and The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, and an Associate Member of Clwyd Theatr Cymru.


2011
Manon continues to appear in "Pobol y Cwm" as DI Williams, and has a new screenplay as in development. She also joins the production team on Pobol y Cwm for six months, working on script editing, storylining and for two months as acting Script Producer. She writes the play “Tridiau yn Chwefror” for BBC Radio Cymru, which stars Sian Phillips, and her TV series/adaptation of “Y Stafell Ddirgel/The Secret Room” is repeated on S4C. She has been commissioned to write another play for BBC Radio Cymru, about the Falklands war.