| Birth Place: | Malaysia |
| Alma Mater: | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Years Active: | 1999–present |
Natalie Dew is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress. She earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance in . On television, she stars in the Gold sitcom Sandylands (2020–).
Dew was born in Malaysia to an Indian-Malaysian mother and an English father from Wiltshire. She grew up in Devon and attended Blundell's School, a private school in Tiverton, from 1998 to 2005.[1] Her father died when she was 14.[2] Dew graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.[3]
At the age of 11, Dew was cast as Karen in the CBBC comedy-drama Monster TV, which aired in 1999.[4] She made her feature film debut in Kiss of Life.
In 2008, Dew made her professional stage debut as Viola in Twelfth Night at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre,[5] for which she earned an Ian Charleson Award nomination. She won third prize the next year's Ian Charleson Awards for As You Like It at the Curve. This was followed by further Shakespeare roles in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.[6]
Dew originated the role of Jess in the stage musical adaptation of the football film Bend It Like Beckham, which premiered at the Phoenix Theatre on the West End in 2015.[7] For her performance, Dew was nominated for the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Also in 2016, she appeared in Human Animals at the Royal Court Theatre[8] and Breaking the Code at the Manchester Exchange, the latter of which won her a Manchester Theatre Award. She went on to play Janelle in the 2018 film Peter Rabbit.
In 2020, Dew began starring as lead character Emily Verma in the Gold sitcom Sandylands.[9] [10] The second series aired in 2021. She also played Alisha Burman in the BBC thriller Roadkill.[11] She joined the cast of The Capture for its second series in 2022 as Aliza Clarke. Recently, Dew has been credited as the voice behind Zara Kahn, the newest recurring character addition to the cast of the long-running FX action/comedy adult animation series, "Archer," during its 14th and final season, as well as the series' 1 hour finale, both of which premiered in 2023.
Dew lives in London.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kiss of Life | Nicky | |
| 2017 | We Can Be Heroes | Ameenah | |
| 2018 | Peter Rabbit | Janelle | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Monster TV | Karen | |
| 2009 | Gavin & Stacey | Doctor Evans | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Inspector Lewis | Sophie Barton | Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question" |
| 2015 | The Last Hours of Laura K | Hannah Zacek | Television film |
| 2018 | Casualty | Aisha Hassan | Episode: "The Return of Zoe" |
| Kiri | Georgie | 1 episode | |
| Bodyguard | Reporter | 1 episode | |
| Bad Move | Yasmin | Episode: "Local Hero" | |
| No Offence | Doctor | Episode: "Loyalty" | |
| 2020–present | Sandylands | Emily Verma | Main role |
| 2020 | The Great | Lizaveta | Episode: "Parachute" |
| Unprecedented | Danielle | 1 episode | |
| Roadkill | Alisha Burman | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Capture | Aliza Clarke | 6 episodes (series 2) |
| 2023 | Archer | Zara Khan | Voice role, 8 episodes 1 Hour special |
| 2023 | Bodies | Aaliyah Tahir | Episode: "You're Dead Already" |
| 2024 | The Marlow Murder Club | DS Tanika Malik | 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London |
| 2009 | As You Like It | Celia | Curve, Leicester |
| 2009–2010, 2012 | Arabian Nights | Various | Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2011 | Hamlet | Ophelia | New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| 2013 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Waterside Theatre, Derry / National Theatre, London |
| Fault Lines | Abi Ahmed | Hampstead Theatre, London[13] | |
| 2014 | Twelfth Night | Olivia | Everyman Theatre, Liverpool |
| Teh Internet Is Serious Business | Various | Royal Court Theatre, London[14] | |
| 2015–2016 | Jess Bhamra | Phoenix Theatre, London | |
| 2016 | Human Animals | Alex | Royal Court Theatre, London |
| Breaking the Code | Pat Green | Royal Exchange, Manchester | |
| 2017 | Deposit | Rachel | Hampstead Theatre, London |
| 2019 | The Provoked Wife | Bellinda / Aqualina | Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ian Charleson Awards | Twelfth Night | |||
| 2009 | As You Like It | [15] | |||
| 2015 | Evening Standard Theatre Awards | Newcomer in a Musical | Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical | ||
| 2016 | Laurence Olivier Awards | Best Actress in a Musical | |||
| Manchester Theatre Awards | Actress in a Supporting Role | Breaking the Code | [16] | ||