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Natalie Dormer (born 11 February 1982)6AEIUDAH Chase's Calendar of Events 2015
(McGraw Hill Professional, 2014), p. 119 is a British actress. Her accolades include winning an
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, and receiving nominations for a Critics' Choice Award, two
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and two
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. Born in
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, Dormer had her breakthrough playing the role of
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on the
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series ''
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'' (2007–08), which earned her widespread acclaim. She made her stage debut in the play ''Sweet Nothings'' (2010) and portrayed the
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in
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's film ''
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'' (2011) and Private Lorraine in '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011). Her performance in ''
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'' (2012) at the
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was praised. Dormer earned international attention and acclaim for playing
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on the
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'' (2012–2016) and
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in the last two parts of ''The Hunger Games'' franchise (2014–2015), which rank as her highest-grossing films. She has also portrayed
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/ Moriarty on the
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series ''
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'' (2013–15), Sara Price/Jess Price in '' The Forest'' (2016) and voiced Onica in the series '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' (2019). She earned praise for her leading role in the
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'' Penny Dreadful: City of Angels'' (2020).


Early life

Dormer was born in
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, on 11 February 1982, the daughter of Gary Dormer and Claire Richards, and the sister of Mark and Samantha. Her heritage is
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and
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. Dormer attended Chiltern Edge Secondary School before moving to
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. She says she was bullied at school, but "still, to this day, can't place why".Gilbert, Gerard
Golden girl: How Natalie Dormer became the new queen of the screen
, ''The Independent'', 17 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2013. While at school, Dormer trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing. She says she was the "academic hopeful" of the family and was provisionally offered a place to study history at the
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; but, on her
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History exam, she did not achieve the A grade she needed, having misread a question. Dormer chose to audition for
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s and trained at the
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in London.


Career


2005–2011: Early work and breakthrough

Six months after graduating from Webber Douglas, Dormer won the role of Victoria in ''
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''. Her film debut, it was released in 2005. The director,
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, was so impressed with Dormer's comedic timing, he ordered the scriptwriter to expand her part. In 2005, Dormer had a small part in '' Distant Shores''. After the filming of ''Casanova'', Dormer was out of work for ten months, which she ascribes to "bad representation". She was attached to an independent film although financing caused delays. Removed from the audition circuit, Dormer worked as a waitress and
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. She says her out-of-work phase "was the best lesson".Gilbert, Sophie
Natalie Dormer on playing England's naughtiest queens
, ''London Evening Standard'', 12 November 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2012. In 2007 and 2008, Dormer played
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in the first two seasons of ''
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'', for which she received highly positive reviews. Robert Abele of ''
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'' 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". After her character's death at the end of the second season, ''
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'' noted: "Dormer gave Anne Boleyn life, making her not just a beautiful schemer but a rebellious, defiantly independent tragic hero in the tradition of ''
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'' and ''
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''... her departure from ''The Tudors'' leaves a tremendous void." In 2008, Dormer played Moira Nicholson in ''
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'': "
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" and appeared in the film ''
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''. Dormer's ''Marple'' appearance aired in the US in the summer of 2009 as part of the
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''
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'' anthology series. Also in that year, she appeared in '' Incendiary'', but her scenes were cut from the final film. Following Marple, Dormer went on to film some new roles, including the
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's film ''
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'', Pvt. Lorraine in '' Captain America: The First Avenger'', and Niamh Cranitch in the
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court drama ''
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''. She returned to ''The Tudors'' as Anne Boleyn in a dream sequence for the fourth and final season in mid-2010. In March 2010, Dormer debuted at the
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theatre in London as Mizi in the play ''Sweet Nothings''. In ''
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'', 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 to put down her hat". She received a commendation for her performance at the
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2010. Her next stage role was Pat in ''.45'' at
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in November 2010.


2012–2016: Worldwide recognition and praise

From 2012 to 2016, Dormer played
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in the
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fantasy TV series ''
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''. She received international recognition for the role, and she received critical acclaim for her performance. Dormer, along with the rest of the ensemble cast, was nominated for four
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in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016, and the cast was awarded the
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in 2015 by the Brit film magazine ''
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''. For her performance in the third season of the show, Dormer won the Ewwy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Drama. In March 2012, Dormer worked at the Young Vic to play the title role in ''
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'' by
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. Her performance earned acclaim, with reviews describing her as "little short of sensational", "outstanding", and "the perfect Miss Julie". The online theatre magazine ''Exeunt'' says 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 more presence and eerie beauty than is apparent from her appearances on-screen, and she shape-shifts almost supernaturally between seductress, child, and tormentor."In March 2013, she played the Lady Door in the radio play of ''Neverwhere'', based on the novel by
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. Later that year, she appeared in the car racing drama ''
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'' and the thriller ''
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''. She appeared in ''A Long Way From Home''. In 2013, Dormer played
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in the final three episodes of the first season of the CBS series ''
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''; she reprised the role in the second season. A November 2014 press-release said Dormer was to star as the scandalous 18th-century noblewoman Lady Worsley in a
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drama called ''
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'', based on the book ''Lady Worsley's Whim'' by the historian
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; it aired in August 2015. Dormer also played
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in the final two films in ''The Hunger Games'' franchise, which were released in 2014 and 2015. For the role, she shaved the left side of her head. Both films were financial successes, with the former grossing $755.4 million and the latter grossing $658.3 million, ranking as Dormer's highest grossing releases to date. In August 2016, Dormer worked in ''
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'' alongside Mel Gibson and Sean Penn. Dormer starred in the
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-produced horror film '' The Forest'', directed by music video and short-film director
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as his feature film debut.
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has the
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n distribution rights to the film released in January 2016.


2017–present: Other ventures and current work

In September 2014, ''
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'' announced Dormer was cast in
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' action thriller ''
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'', alongside
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and ''Game of Thrones'' co-star John Bradley. The film was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker
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based on a script by
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. ''Patient Zero'' was released through
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on 14 August 2018, before receiving a
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on 14 September 2018, by
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. A February 2017 press-release announced Dormer was cast as schoolteacher Mrs Hester Appleyard in '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'', an adaptation of the 1967 Australian novel of the same name by
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. The six episode feature aired on
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and on BBC2 in the United Kingdom. Dormer's performance was described as "commanding" and "delicious". Dormer returned to the stage at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in October 2017 for the lead role in
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' ''
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''. ''The Telegraph'' described her performance as "sensational" while Lyn Gardner says Dormer was "dominant in every way". She co-wrote the film '' In Darkness'', released in July 2018, with her ex-fiancé Anthony Byrne. Each describe writing together as "challenging". The film was criticised for scenes of "gratuitous nudity". During an interview with ''
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'', she says "There has to be sex in the power play of a thriller. We all got bodies, after all. In this film, the love-making scene is a metaphor for the way my character connects with the part played by
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. Nakedness is a good equaliser, and the shower scene also shows the tattoos on my character’s body and makes it clear she is not quite who you think." Following her audio work on ''Neverwhere'', a August 2018 press-release announced Dormer would narrate the audiobook for Pottermore Publishing’s ''Harry Potter: A History of Magic''. Of the role, Dormer says she "always adored the Harry Potter books" and it was "fun to join the wizarding world family". In October 2018, it was announced that she would play
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in miniseries ''Vivling''. The series focuses on Leigh's classic films, including ''
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'' and ''
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''. Dormer will develop and produce the show. In 2019, she was the voice of Onica in '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance''. In December 2019, Dormer's production company, Dog Rose Productions, signed a multi-year first-look deal with
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. The ''Vivling'' miniseries will be Dormer's first production through the deal. In 2020, she starred in
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's series, '' Penny Dreadful: City of Angels'', playing multiple roles; she received praise for her work on the series, and she was nominated for an award at the
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Personal life

Since 2018, Dormer has been in a relationship with
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, whom she met whilst appearing in ''
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''. She gave birth to their daughter in January 2021.


In the media

Dormer ran the
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in 2014, in support of Barnardo’s, and in 2016, this time alongside 900 other runners all in support of the
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and Childline. Since running the marathon, she has been heavily involved in supporting the work of the NSPCC in general, and Childline in particular. On
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in 2016, Dormer gave a speech at the United Nations headquarters to 'highlight the plight of refugees'. Dormer highlighted the violence suffered by women and girls, then demanded that men and boys be 'engaged' in the conversation. In 2017, returning to her 'feminist roots', Dormer went on holiday to Tanzania with the development and humanitarian organisation
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to ban child marriage. In a 2018 interview, Dormer said she does not use social media due to concern of being misquoted. Regarding her appearances in film and television where she performed nude, Dormer said, "To set the record straight, I have never been comfortable doing sex or nude scenes. Are you joking? How many people would be? My job specification is finding motivation in the text. I turned down roles involving sex, solely because of the way I am misrepresented. I'm terrified of perpetuating that clickbait image of me." In 2019, Dormer was made the NSPCC ambassador for Childline and began her role by spending the night at the London Childline call centre. She supported the NSPCC Christmas Carol Service in 2020 and in August 2021 it was announced that she would be recording the audiobook for ''Pantosaurus And The Power Of PANTS'', the NSPCC’s book for children designed to give families an age-appropriate way of discussing consent. In 2021, she appeared on the podcast of the founder of Childline, Dame
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, to support the charity, saying: ‘I genuinely believe, other than climate change, that children are the most important thing and it’s an absolute scandal that we don't put our children first and foremost in everything... The NSPCC tagline that “Every Childhood is Worth Fighting For”; I believe that so strongly.’


Filmography


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Video games


Music videos


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dormer, Natalie 1982 births Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Berkshire Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art English film actresses English people of Norwegian descent English people of Welsh descent English stage actresses English television actresses English video game actresses English voice actresses People educated at Reading Blue Coat School People from Reading, Berkshire