

Cast & creator
Best known for The Witcher, The Wheel of Time, BBC Play of the Month
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
Also known as: Anna Bujniewicz
21
film credits
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television credits
36
1965–2026 · acting roles
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Voleth Meir
2019
Older Latra
2021
Jessica
1965
Ethel Rubynovitch
2018
Olga Kowalski
2002
Miss Effie
2018
Heather Button
2019
Geela
1978
Lady Catherine
2019
Ros
1977
Mother
2022
Bridget
2026
Dorabella
1977
Katie Cook
1976
Mary Aminov
2017
Doreen
2024
Lawmaker No. 4
2017
Jenny
2015
Olga
1971
Mother Redcap
2023
Jane
2021
Astrid Lemay
1970
Sister Elizabeth
2018
Dr. Schneider
1980
Jane Fairfax
1972
Bearded Woman
2019
Ruth
2021
Jessica
1972Phillipa
1975
Katie Cook
1976
Ebba
1974
Lazareva
1990
The Photographer

Matron
2018
Dr. Wilson
1988Granny
2017