Background
She was born in Rhyl (then in Flintshire, now in Denbighshire).
She was born in Rhyl (then in Flintshire, now in Denbighshire).
She studied drama at Rose Bruford College.
Her first language is Welsh. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful British Broadcasting Corporation television series The Liver Birds which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a brief revival in 1996. Her main co-stars were Mollie Sugden and Polly James.
The series was released on Digital Video Disc in 2006.
She made brief appearances in the films A Severed Head and Take A Girl Like You, both in 1970. In the theatre she has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, and the Theatre of.
Hughes was one of the explorers who voyaged to the planet Arg in the (now lost from the British Broadcasting Corporation) fourth episode of the second series of the "science-fiction" quiz The Adventure Game in 1981, where she was evaporated in the Vortex game. She also appeared in the Torchwood episode "Something Borrowed" as Brenda Williams.
She is also known for her role as Glenda in The Queen"s Nose (1998–2000).
Half Manitoba Half Biscuit released a song "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)" on the album Back in the Doctorate.H.S.S. Drama Appearances.
