Morfydd Clark (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈmɔrvɪð]; born 17 March 1989) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for playing Galadriel in the Amazon Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–present). She received a number of accolades for her performance in the film Saint Maud (2019), including a BAFTA Cymru as well as BIFA and BAFTA Rising Star Award nominations.
Clark's other films include a leading role in folk-horror film, Starve Acre (2023), and supporting credits in Love & Friendship (2016), Interlude in Prague (2017), The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) and Ophelia in Hamlet (2025). Also on television, she played Mina Harker in Dracula (2020), Sister Clara in His Dark Materials (2019) and Bridget Conway in Murder is Easy (2023).
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Early life
Clark was born in Sweden on 17 March 1989 then moved with her family to Penarth, Wales, when she was 2 years old. Her mother is a paediatrician whose lineage comes from North Wales while she described her father as a "Northern Irish Glaswegian" who works in software and security. She also has a younger sister, Siwan. Her parents speak English together but her maternal grandparents are Welsh speakers which led to her attending a Welsh language school, Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg. She is bilingual in English and Welsh.
