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Natalie Gavin (born 1988) is an English actress from Bradford, known for her roles in the
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dramas ''
Prisoners' Wives ''Prisoners' Wives'' is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Emma Rigby, Natalie Gavin, Sally Carman and Karla Crome, with supporting cast including Iain Glen, Adam Gillen, Jonas Arm ...
'' and ''
The Syndicate ''The Syndicate'' is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. It sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a different syndicate. The first series is set ...
,'' and the ITV drama '' Jericho''.


Early life

Gavin was born in Bradford. She grew up in the Bradford neighbourhoods of
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and
Buttershaw Buttershaw is a residential area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is bounded by Horton Bank Top to the north, Wibsey to the east, Woodside to the south and Shelf to the west. Buttershaw consists mostly of 1940s council housing with ...
, before moving to the Bradford neighbourhood and town of
Denholme Denholme is a town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is west of Bradford, from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax. Administratively, it is part of the Bingley Rural ward ...
as a teenager. Gavin has a mum named Susan, a dad named John and brother named Shaun. John knew
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as he worked and associated with her father. Gavin and her family lived on the same street that Andrea and her family did, which is named ''Brafferton Arbor'', in Buttershaw. Gavin would later go on to play Andrea in the 2010 film ''The Arbor'', which was filmed on the same street.


Education

Gavin was educated at Buttershaw High School. She has a degree in drama from the
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in
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, West Yorkshire. She had to put her degree on hold for a few years, after being cast in '' Shameless'' during her second year of the course.


Career

Gavin made her professional acting debut in two episodes of the
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comedy series '' Shameless'', as Anna Sampson. Gavin's first main film role was as ''The Girl'' in the 2010 film '' The Arbor,'' which dramatised the early life of
Andrea Dunbar Andrea Dunbar (22 May 1961 – 20 December 1990) was an English playwright. She wrote ''The Arbor'' (1980) and ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' (1982), an autobiographical drama about the sexual adventures of teenage girls living in a run-down part of ...
. Her first main TV role was as Lou in the
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drama ''
Prisoners' Wives ''Prisoners' Wives'' is a BBC drama series, created and written by Julie Gearey and starring Polly Walker, Pippa Haywood, Emma Rigby, Natalie Gavin, Sally Carman and Karla Crome, with supporting cast including Iain Glen, Adam Gillen, Jonas Arm ...
'', which she portrayed for six episodes. Later that year, she began appearing in the BBC medical drama ''
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'', in the recurring role of Faith Portman. In 2013, Gavin appeared in the second series of ''
The Syndicate ''The Syndicate'' is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. It sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a different syndicate. The first series is set ...
'', a BBC drama, as Becky. In 2014, she starred in the British drama film '' The Knife That Killed Me''. In 2016, Gavin appeared as Alma Capstick in the ITV drama '' Jericho''. In 2019, Gavin appeared in two BBC dramas; '' Gentleman Jack'' and '' Line of Duty'', and portrayed the role of
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in the Channel 4 school drama ''
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''.


Personal life

Gavin lives in the Bradford neighbourhood and town of
Denholme Denholme is a town and civil parish in the Bradford Metropolitan Borough, West Yorkshire, England. It is west of Bradford, from Keighley and roughly the same distance from Halifax. Administratively, it is part of the Bingley Rural ward ...
, and previously lived in the Bradford neighbourhood of Clayton. Her favourite place is the Bradford village of
Haworth Haworth () is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, south-west of Keighley, west of Bradford and east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages inc ...
.


Filmography

In 2020 she also narrated the bbc 2 series yorkshire firefighters.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavin, Natalie 1988 births Actresses from Bradford Living people English television actresses English film actresses Actors from Yorkshire