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Nathan Bevan

Who is Killing Eve's new villain Rhian? Everything about Welsh actress Alexandra Roach

Amidst all the blood and mayhem, you might have noticed a familiar face popping up in the latest episode of Killing Eve.

Those watching the dark BBC comedy drama's third series on iPlayer  - and therefore a week ahead of everyone else opting to stick to the terrestrial transmission  - will have seen a new female assassin introduced as a potential rival to Jodie Comer 's Villanelle.

She's the silent but deadly Rhian - who manages to intimidate despite not uttering a word the entire time she's on screen - and the part is being played by none other than Ammanford's very own Alexandra Roach, who'll be instantly recognisable to fans of Channel Four's hit police series No Offence.

Villanelle and Rhian face off in the series' upcoming finale (BBC)

Also a killer-for-hire employed by The Twelve - the shadowy high-powered organisation at the heart of the series - Rhian looks like she's been brought in to take over from Villanelle, who seems to have lost her mojo for murder of late.

So, is Rhian destined to be the new anti-heroine of the award-winning programme?

Will she be the one to finally make good on the show's title and actually end up killing Eve? 

Will she turn out to have a Welsh accent?

We'll just have to wait and see. 

Who is Alexandra Roach?

The 32-year-old started out playing troublesome teen Elin Owen in S4C’s Pobol y Cwm between the ages of 11 and 18, winning a Children in Entertainment award in 2003 for her performances.

Having studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) she cemented her place as one of the most promising actresses of her generation after leading film roles playing two of the nation’s most iconic women – Margaret Thatcher and the Queen - in The Iron Lady movie and the wartime drama Girls' Night Out respectively.

Alexandra as the young Maggie Thatcher in The Iron Lady (Publicity pic)

More recently she's cropped up in Channel Four's cult conspiracy theory thriller Utopia and the all-star Hollywood fairytale sequel The Huntsman: Winter's War, alongside fellow Welshie  Rob Brydon.

More recently she's appeared in ITV's workplace bullying drama Sticks and Stones and BBC's John Cleese sitcom Hold The Sunset. 

In real life she's married to club promoter Jack Scales, who she met via Facebook.

The penultimate episode of Killing Eve is on BBC One on Sunday May 31 at 9.15pm, while the finale will drop on BBC iPlayer from Monday June 1 before screening on BBC One on Sunday June 7 at 9.15pm.

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