{{Short description|Welsh writer and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Sian Harries | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Carmarthen, Wales | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = {{plainlist| *''Man Down'' (TV series) *''Tourist Trap'' (TV series) }} | notable_works = | spouse = Rhod Gilbert (m. 2013) }}
'''Sian Harries''' is a Welsh writer and actress. Her writing includes TV comedies ''Man Down'' and ''Tourist Trap''. Harries is married to comedian Rhod Gilbert.
== Career == Harries worked on season one of ''Man Down'' and was promoted to co-writer during the show's second season.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bevan|first=Nathan|date=2015-06-24|title=One year on, the comic genius of Rik Mayall remembered|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/comedy-news/one-year-after-rik-mayalls-9520876|access-date=2021-10-23|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}</ref> She wrote and starred in ''Tourist Trap'' on BBC Wales'', O'r Diwedd'' on S4C<ref>{{Cite web |title=S4C - O'r Diwedd - Canllaw penodau |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07y4v51/episodes/guide |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=BBC |language=cy}}</ref> and the BBC Radio Wales sketch comedy show, ''Here Be Dragons''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Steve|date=2021-07-22|title=Comedy writer Sian Harries pegged as 'one to watch' : Other news 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/other-news/2021/07/22/48865/comedy_writer_sian_harries_pegged_as_one_to_watch|access-date=2021-10-23|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, Harries co-produced, wrote, and starred in the film, ''NeckFace.'' She was nominated for Best Short Film (with Barry Castagnola and Jacqueline Wright) for ''NeckFace'' at the BAFTA Cymru Awards that year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-12|title=Sian Harries' Neckface prepares to take a bite out of Welsh comedy|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/sian-harris-neckface-prepares-to-take-a-bite-out-of-welsh-comedy/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Nation.Cymru|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In June 2020, Harries and her partner Rhod Gilbert launched a podcast titled, ''The Froth''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dessau|first=Bruce|date=2020-05-27|title=News: New Podcast From Rhod Gilbert And Sian Harries|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/8844/podcast-rhod-gilbert|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Beyond The Joke|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Verdier|first1=Hannah|last2=Davies|first2=Hannah J|last3=Waters|first3=David|date=2020-06-05|title=Sh**ged Married Annoyed is a riotous hit – podcasts of the week|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jun/05/shged-married-annoyed-is-a-riotous-megahit-podcasts-of-the-week|access-date=2021-10-23|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> She was named "one to watch" by the Edinburgh TV festival in 2021.<ref name=":1" /> Harries and Gilbert co-own the production company, Llanbobl Vision.<ref name=":1" />
== Personal life == Harries was born in Carmarthen, Wales.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mathias|first=Cerith|date=2013-11-28|title=In Conversation with Sian Harries|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/in-conversation-with-sian-harries/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Wales Arts Review|language=en-US}}</ref> She married her long-time partner, comic Rhod Gilbert, in 2013.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, following Gilbert's diagnosis with cancer, the couple moved three times to live closer to the hospital where he was undergoing treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davison |first=Tamara |date=2022-08-26 |title=Rhod Gilbert moves home to be closer to hospital amid cancer battle |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/rhod-gilbert-moves-home-to-be-closer-to-hospital-amid-cancer-battle-b1020904.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
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