Natalie Press (born August 15, 1980) is an English actress.
Born in North London, she studied Fine Art at university and worked as an office temp then as a video store clerk on Fulham Road until her breakout and acclaimed performance in Paweł Pawlikowski's 2004's lesbian romantic drama My Summer of Love alongside Emily Blunt.
Her performance in 2008's Fifty Dead Men Walking earned her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and in 2010 she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in the BBC miniseries Five Daughters.
Selected Filmography:
- Holby City (2001) as Claire Bradley
- The Gathering (2003) as Female Van Pusher
- Wasp (2003) as Zoe
- Silent Witness (2004) as Nicola Butler
- My Summer of Love (2004) as Mona
- Bleak House (2005) as Caddy Turveydrop
- Inseparable (2007) as Jean
- The Jury II (2011) as Lucy Cartwright
- Suffragette (2015) as Emily Davison
Tropes & Trivia in her works:
- Actor-Inspired Element: She has a habit of doing a lot of drawing while she's thinking. Director Paweł Pawlikowski noticed it and made it part of Mona's character in My Summer of Love.
- Fake Irish: She's English and played an Irishwoman in Fifty Dead Men Walking.
