Welsh-born Elen is best known for her starring role as glamorous workaholic detective Miranda Blake in ‘The Mallorca Files’. Initially broadcast in 2019 and 2021 on BBC One & BBC iPlayer, a third series of the sun-drenched crime drama was released on Amazon Prime in 2024.
2024 also saw her star as the co-lead, opposite Richard Harrington, in brand new Welsh language crime drama series 'Cleddau' ('The One That Got Away') for S4C. The show is shot in Welsh and English and she played DI Ffion Lloyd who is investigating the shocking murder of a nurse in a small Welsh coastal town. The BBC will release the English version in 2025.
In 2023, she played Fiona, mum of privileged schoolboy Archie who is accused of raping a working class black girl who also attends his elite private school in 'Consent' on Channel 4. The one-off drama was described as a "searing commentary...miss it at your peril" by the Evening Standard.
She has appeared in many high profile TV shows including roles in Sky Atlantic's 2022 dramatisation of the Covid-19 pandemic 'This England', guest starring in Series 19 of ‘Silent Witness’ in 2016 and series 3 of ‘Broadchurch’. Also feature films including the thriller ‘Crow’ and Netflix’s ‘Apostle’.
In 2021 she had a major role in series 3 of the BBC Cymru/S4C crime drama ‘Craith’, which was also filmed in English as 'Hidden' and shown on BBC Four and BBC One Wales in early 2022.
Elen's native accent is soft, Southern Welsh, her first language was Welsh. You can hear her doing a stronger Welsh accent in her Tesco ad.
Age Range
Styles
Warm, Characterful, Natural Reads, Regional, Mums, Promos, Home Studio
Languages
Credits
Cleddau/The One That Got Away (TV, 2024-2025) – 'DI Ffion Lloyd', S4C/BBC iPlayer/BBC
The Mallorca Files (TV, 2019-2024) – 'Detective Miranda Blake' (lead), BBC One, Series 1-3
Consent (TV, 2023) – 'Fiona', Channel 4
This England (TV, 2022) – 'Janet', Sky Atlantic/NOW
Hidden ('Craith' in Welsh) (TV, 2021-2022) – 'Hannah', BBC Cymru/S4C/BBC Four/BBC One Wales, Series 3
Keeping Faith ('Un Bore Mercher' in Welsh - 'One Wednesday Morning') (TV, 2021) – 'Sian Hughes', S4C/BBC Cymru/BBC One, Series 3
Apostle (Film, 2018) – 'Jennifer', Netflix
Broadchurch (TV, 2017) – 'Zoe', ITV, Series 3
Silent Witness (TV, 2016) – 'Amy Coulter', BBC One, Series 19
Ordinary Lies (TV, 2016) – 'Caz', BBC One, Series Two
Crow (Film, 2016) – 'Alicia', Spinning Head Films
The Bastard Executioner (TV, 2015) – 'Petra' (all 10 episodes), FX
Contact the voiceover agent for Elen Rhys
Add Elen Rhys to your voiceover shortlist, or contact our London voiceover agency directly by email.
