Nia Medi
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Nia Medi is a Welsh actress and author.
She comes originally from Llanfair, near Harlech in north Wales. She now lives in the Dolgellau area.
She attended the Normal College in Bangor.
As an actress her most famous screen work is the movie Wild Justice (1994), directed by Paul Turner, also screened under the titles "Covert Assassin" and "Dial" (Welsh for "Revenge"). The film also stars Nicholas McGaughey, David Griffith, Dafydd Emyr, Patricia Millardet, Christine Pritchard and Trevor Selway. It was previously a TV mini-series, but Nia was not involved with this.
Nia has written scripts for radio and stage shows, and has also worked in house design, such as on the Real Rooms TV programme.
She is most well known to Welsh audiences where she works on television, radio and stage, and on the literary circuit.
Her debut novel, written in Welsh, is titled Omlet (Omlette), published by Gwasg Gwynedd in 2005 (ISBN 0-86074-218-0). The novel is about Angharad Austin, a single teacher in her thirties, who faces a range of problems associated with men, alcohol and friends. The novel uses a modern style of Welsh, very similar to that of Bethan Gwanas.
