Natasha Emma Little (born 2 October 1969) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Edith Thompson in the film ''
Another Life'', Lady Caroline Langbourne in the BBC miniseries ''
The Night Manager
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Early life
Little was born in
Liverpool
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on 2 October 1969. Her mother is a teacher and her father an
NHS
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manager. For the first decade of her life, she lived in the Middle East, where her father set up immunisation clinics for the
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and her mother taught at an English speaking school. Her family then moved back to England and settled in
Loughton, Essex
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. She attended Loughton County High School for Girls, and joined a Saturday drama group called the Epping Youth Theatre.
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''. She attended the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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and graduated in 1994 with a
BA in drama.
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Career
Little's first acting role after graduating was a part in the play '' The Tenth Man'' at the New End Theatre
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It was founded in 1974 by Buddy Dalton in the converted mortuary of the now-de ...
. She was talent-spotted whilst performing a play at the Latchmere pub theatre and subsequently won the role of Jenny in the successful ITV
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drama '' London's Burning'' in 1995. She had roles in the Lynda La Plante
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televised series ''Supply & Demand'' in 1997 and that same year she won the role of Rachel in the critically acclaimed BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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'' (series 2).
'' (2003); ''The Crooked Man'' (2003); ''Angell's Hell'' (2005) and playing Lady Hamilton in the
'' (2004) and ''A Congregation of Ghosts'' 2009) among others.
Theatre roles include ''Voyage Round My Father''; ''
''. Little took her role in ''The Novice'' at the last minute. She was originally contracted to star in the film ''
, who had previously turned the part down due to her pregnancy, but changed her mind.