Maria Pride (born 1970) is a Welsh television actress who plays the
recurring character of Debbie Jones in the Welsh Language soap opera
Pobol y Cwm.She is a former pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, near
Pontypridd.In February 1999, she played the character of Cindy, the
only female role in the premiere of playwright Patrick Jones' play
Everything Must Go, in association with The Manic Street Preachers, at
the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. She also played Triste in Jones' second
play, Unprotected Sex, also at the Sherman Theatre.In 2001, Maria won
the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for her role as Pauline in Care,
the multi award-winning drama written by former Tomorrow's World
presenter Kieran Prendiville about child abuse in a Welsh children's
home. Care was directed by Antonia Bird and starred Steven Mackintosh.
In 2002, Maria starred in the Welsh Language drama, Gwyfyn.
recurring character of Debbie Jones in the Welsh Language soap opera
Pobol y Cwm.She is a former pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, near
Pontypridd.In February 1999, she played the character of Cindy, the
only female role in the premiere of playwright Patrick Jones' play
Everything Must Go, in association with The Manic Street Preachers, at
the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. She also played Triste in Jones' second
play, Unprotected Sex, also at the Sherman Theatre.In 2001, Maria won
the BAFTA Cymru Best Actress Award for her role as Pauline in Care,
the multi award-winning drama written by former Tomorrow's World
presenter Kieran Prendiville about child abuse in a Welsh children's
home. Care was directed by Antonia Bird and starred Steven Mackintosh.
In 2002, Maria starred in the Welsh Language drama, Gwyfyn.
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