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She starred as a young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady alongside Meryl Streep. She appears in the role of Helene in Sky Comedy's Hunderby in autumn 2012. A number of high profile roles followed including Sasha in Being Human Beth Partridge in Candy Cabs and The Suspicions of Mr.

After leaving the show in 2005 Roach spent time with the National Youth Theatre of Wales before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating with a B. Roach was included on the Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list 2011. She is a fluent Welsh-speaker and appeared in long-running television soap Pobol Y Cwm in her early teens winning Best Juvenile Actor in a Soap at the Children in Entertainment Awards.