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==Early life== |
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Dormer was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], and attended [[Chiltern Edge Secondary School]], before moving to [[Reading Blue Coat School]], an independent boys' school that admits girls in the [[sixth form]] |
Dormer was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]], and attended [[Chiltern Edge Secondary School]], before moving to [[Reading Blue Coat School]], an independent boys' school that admits girls in the [[sixth form]]. She grew up with her stepfather, mother, sister Samantha, and brother Mark.<ref name="paton">Paton, Maureen. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1081189/Boho-Boleyn-girl-Actress-Natalie-Dormer.html Boho Boleyn girl: Actress Natalie Dormer's drar 2008. Accessed 9 Octobe฿e="MailOnline2">{{cite news|author=Bamigboye, Baz|title=Casanova girl won me over|work=Daily Mail |location=London |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-376798/Casanova-girl-won-over.html|accessdate=17 December 2008 | date=10 February 2006}}</ref> She says that she was the victim of bullying while at school and it is something that "still to this day she can't place why".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/stellamagazine/3358993/The-magnificent-seven.html|title=The magnificent seven|coauthors=Nisha Lilia Diu and Kate Salter |date=9 February 2007|publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=4 April 2009 | location=London}}</ref> At school, Natalie was head-girl, a straight-A student, vice-captain of the school netball team, and she also got to travel the globe with her school's public speaking team.<ref name="thisislondon1">Gilbert, Sophie. [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23896950-drama-queen-natalie-dormer.do Natalie Dormer on playing England's naughtiest queens], ''London Evening Standard'', 12 November 2010. Accessed 23 January 2012.</ref> |
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During her school years, she trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allenova.co.uk/index.php?page=successes|title=Past Pupils|publisher=Allenova School of Dance|accessdate=4 April 2009}} and spent two years with Starmaker Theatre Company, both performing in a number of shows and being choreographer for a Starmaker review.</ref> She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family, and was offered a place to study history at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], but, in her [[A Level]] History exam, did not achieve the A Grade she needed to attend.<ref name="thisislondon1"/> She decided she would audition for drama schools, and decided to train at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London.<ref name=paton/> |
During her school years, she trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allenova.co.uk/index.php?page=successes|title=Past Pupils|publisher=Allenova School of Dance|accessdate=4 April 2009}} and spent two years with Starmaker Theatre Company, both performing in a number of shows and being choreographer for a Starmaker review.</ref> She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family, and was offered a place to study history at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], but, in her [[A Level]] History exam, did not achieve the A Grade she needed to attend.<ref name="thisislondon1"/> She decided she would audition for drama schools, and decided to train at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London.<ref name=paton/> |
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.jpg) Natalie Dormer (2013) | |
| Born | 11 February 1982 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
Natalie Dormer (born 11 February 1982) is an English actress of film, television, and theatre. She is best known for her roles as Anne Boleyn in the Showtime series The Tudors and as Margaery Tyrell in the 2011 HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.
Early life
Dormer was born in Reading, Berkshire, and attended Chiltern Edge Secondary School, before moving to Reading Blue Coat School, an independent boys' school that admits girls in the sixth form. She grew up with her stepfather, mother, sister Samantha, and brother Mark.[1] She says that she was the victim of bullying while at school and it is something that "still to this day she can't place why".[2] At school, Natalie was head-girl, a straight-A student, vice-captain of the school netball team, and she also got to travel the globe with her school's public speaking team.[3]
During her school years, she trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing.[4] She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family, and was offered a place to study history at Cambridge, but, in her A Level History exam, did not achieve the A Grade she needed to attend.[3] She decided she would audition for drama schools, and decided to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[1]
Career
Six months after graduating from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, Dormer auditioned and won the role of Victoria in Casanova with Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller. This was her film debut and it was released in 2005. The director, Lasse Hallström, was so impressed with Dormer's comedic timing that he had the script writer expand her part. On the strength of her audition for the role and her performance, she secured a three-film deal with Disney Touchstone which was never exercised.[1]
In 2005, Dormer also had a bit part in Distant Shores playing that of a Mobile Woman. After the filming of Casanova, Dormer was out of work for nine months and has said that "It was the best lesson I could have had in the first 12 months of my career".[3] In 2006, Dormer guest-starred in an episode of Rebus entitled "The Falls", playing the character Phillippa Balfour.
In 2007 and 2008, she played Anne Boleyn in the first two seasons of The Tudors, for which she received positive reviews. Robert Abele of LA Weekly wrote, "Natalie Dormer presents a painterly exquisiteness and complexity in her portrayal of Anne Boleyn...[her] enigmatic, time-halting loveliness is a boon for The Tudors, and damn near worth losing your head over."[5] After her character's death at the end of the second season, The Boston Herald noted that "Dormer's departure from 'The Tudors' leaves a void."[6] Dormer is related to Jane Dormer, a lady-in-waiting to Mary I. Jane Dormer's memoirs contain some evidence on Boleyn's actual age, which is still a source of much academic dispute.
In 2008, she played Moira Nicholson in Miss Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? and appears in a number of forthcoming films: Fence Walker, Flying Lessons and City of Life. Dormer's Marple appearance aired in the US in the summer of 2009 as part of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery anthology series.
In March 2010, she made her stage debut at the Young Vic theatre in London as Mizi in the play Sweet Nothings. In The Observer, theatre critic Susannah Clapp praised the performances of the cast and wrote, "Natalie Dormer is lissome as a dirty, delightful gadabout, pushing aside an entire chess game in order to put down her hat."[7] After six months of playing Mizi, Dormer went on to film some new roles, including Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in Madonna's film W.E., Pvt. Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger and Niamh Cranitch in the BBC court drama Silk, before going on to her next stage role of Pat in .45 at Hampstead Theatre in November 2010.
She returned to The Tudors as Anne Boleyn in a dream sequence for the fourth and final season in mid-2010. This was confirmed when the first promotional picture of the season showed Anne (along with King Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr) on the cover.
In June 2010, Dormer was cast in the lead role for the movie adaptation of the Peter Straub novel Shadowland.[8]
In June 2011, Dormer joined the cast of the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones as Margaery Tyrell of the noble House Tyrell.[9]
In March 2012, Dormer returned to the Young Vic to play the title role in After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber.[10] Her performance received critical acclaim, with reviews describing her as "little short of sensational",[11] "outstanding",[12] and "the perfect Miss Julie".[13] The online theatre magazine Exeunt wrote that her portrayal of Miss Julie contained "all the anger, desire, wit, loneliness, merriment, melancholy and desperation of the casts of several plays together...Dormer has still more presence and eerie beauty than is apparent from her appearances on-screen, and she shape-shifts almost supernaturally between seductress, child and tormentor."[14]
In March 2013, Dormer played the Lady Door in the radio dramatisation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
As of 2013, Dormer has several films in post-production, including The Counselor, Rush, A Long Way From Home, and Rubicon.[15]
On 9 April, 2013 it was announced Dormer would star in three episodes in the CBS TV series Elementary as Irene Adler with Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. [16]
Personal life
A self-proclaimed poker lover, Dormer took part in the 2008 PartyPoker.com Women's World Open in London, where she came in second to Emma Kennedy in the Celebrity Heat.[17] Dormer has stated that Cate Blanchett has been an influence in her career as an actress. On the subject of supernatural beliefs, she was quoted as saying: "I've got an open mind. I say I'm an atheist but I wouldn't mind being visited by a ghost".[18] She is also a member of the London Fencing Academy.[19]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Casanova | Victoria | |
| 2007 | Flawless | Cassie | |
| 2009 | City of Life | Olga | |
| 2011 | W.E | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Private Lorraine | |
| 2013 | Rubicon | Sarah | |
| 2013 | Rush | Gemma | post-production |
| 2013 | A Long Way from Home | Suzanne | post-production |
| 2013 | The Counselor | The Blonde | post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rebus | Cassie | |
| 2007–2008, 2010 | The Tudors | Anne Boleyn | Nominated – Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role 2008 Nominated – Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role 2009 |
| 2009 | Masterwork | Mo Murphy | TV-movie |
| 2009 | Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Moira Nicholson | |
| 2011–present | Silk | Niamh Cranitch | |
| 2011 | The Fades | Sarah Etches | |
| 2011 | Poe | Celeste Chevalier | TV-movie |
| 2012–present | Game of Thrones | Margaery Tyrell | |
| 2013 | Elementary | Irene Adler |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Theatre | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sweet Nothings | Young Vic, London | Mizi | |
| 2010 | .45 | Hampstead Theatre, London | Pat | |
| 2012 | After Miss Julie | Young Vic, London | Miss Julie |
References
- ^ a b c Paton, Maureen. Boho Boleyn girl: Actress Natalie Dormer's drar 2008. Accessed 9 Octobe฿e="MailOnline2">Bamigboye, Baz (10 February 2006). [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-376798/Casanova-girl-won-over.html "Casanova girl won me over". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "The magnificent seven". London: Telegraph. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Gilbert, Sophie. Natalie Dormer on playing England's naughtiest queens, London Evening Standard, 12 November 2010. Accessed 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Past Pupils". Allenova School of Dance. Retrieved 4 April 2009. and spent two years with Starmaker Theatre Company, both performing in a number of shows and being choreographer for a Starmaker review.
- ^ Abele, Robert. "The Tudors: Heads Will Roll". LA Weekly.
- ^ Perigard, Mark. "'Tudors' rules: Showtimes on a roll with killer season finale". Boston Herald. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ Clapp, Susannah. "Sweet Nothings – Young Vic, London". The Observer.
- ^ Bill Nighy and Natalie Dormer Set to Star in Peter Straub's Shadowland 3D
- ^ Hibberd, James (23 June 2011). "'Tudors' star joins 'Game of Thrones' cast". EW.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Bosanquet, Theo. "Natalie Dormer returns to Young Vic in After Miss Julie". whatsonstage.com.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic. "After Miss Julie, Young Vic, review". The Telegraph.
- ^ "After Miss Julie". Time Out London.
- ^ Stanbury, Kate. "After Miss Julie". Official London Theatre.
- ^ Perry, Sarah. "After Miss Julie at Young Vic". Exeunt Magazine.
- ^ "Natalie Dormer". Internet Movie Database.
- ^ http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elementary-Natalie-Dormer-Irene-Adler-1063809.aspx
- ^ Veteran Homam wins Women’s World Open II – Matchroom Sport
- ^ http://thetudorsnews.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/tudors-beauty-nude-scenes-were-harrowing/
- ^ Natalie Dormer, TV.com.
Further reading
- Armstrong, S (30 September 2007). "She won't lose her head". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
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- 21st-century English actresses
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- English atheists
- English television actresses
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