Portrait of Ania Marson

Ania Marson

Acting

Biography

Ania Marson is an Anglo-Polish actress. Her roles include playing the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), and the demon Voleth Meir, 'the Deathless Mother' in The Witcher Ania Marson was born May 22, 1949, in Gdynia, Pomorskie Voivodeship, Poland. She studied acting at the Corona Stage Academy In 1963, Marson appeared on television in the series Dixon of Dock Green, then in other series such as The Troubleshooters in 1968 and Detective in 1969. In the 1970s, she appeared in Puppet on a Chain, and Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971, in which she played the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. She subsequently appeared in Emma in 1972, The Abdication (1974), Blake's 7 (1978). and Bad Timing in 1980. In 2011 she appeared as Diana in Home Death, directed by Fiona Morrell, at the Finborough Theatre. In 2015, after a twenty-five year absence from film and television, she appeared as Olga Kowalski in an episode of Foyle's War. In 2021, she played the demon Voleth Meir, 'the Deathless Mother' which feeds on misery, pain, and hate, in season two, for five episodes of The Witcher, alongside Anya Chalotra

Born: May 22, 1949

Place of Birth: Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland

Filmography

2023
Unwelcome

as Mother Redcap

2022
2021
The Wheel of Time

as Older Latra

2021
Ruth

as Ruth

2019
The Witcher

as Voleth Meir

2019
Mrs Lowry & Son

as Bearded Woman

2019
Ghosts

as Heather Button

2018
Sunburn

as Matron

2018
The Convent

as Sister Elizabeth

2018
Killing Eve

as Ethel Rubynovitch

2018
The Alienist

as Miss Effie

2017
2036: Nexus Dawn

as Lawmaker No. 4

2017
Don't Knock Twice

as Mary Aminov

2015
Howl

as Jenny

2002
Foyle's War

as Olga Kowalski

1990
Small Zones

as Lazareva

1988
Eskimos Do It

as Dr. Wilson

1980
Bad Timing

as Dr. Schneider

1978
Blake's 7

as Geela

1977
Target

as Ros

1976
1974
1972
Emma

as Jane Fairfax

1970
Puppet on a Chain

as Astrid Lemay

1965