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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 ''
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'', and Christina Moxam in the BBC miniseries ''
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Early life

Little was born in
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on 2 October 1969. Her mother is a teacher and her father an
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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
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. She attended Loughton County High School for Girls, and joined a Saturday drama group called the Epping Youth Theatre.Natasha Little Biography
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''. She attended the
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and graduated in 1994 with a BA in drama.


Career

Little's first acting role after graduating was a part in the play '' The Tenth Man'' at the
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. She was talent-spotted whilst performing a play at the Latchmere pub theatre and subsequently won the role of Jenny in the successful
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drama '' London's Burning'' in 1995. She had roles in the
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televised series ''Supply & Demand'' in 1997 and that same year she won the role of Rachel in the critically acclaimed
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'', 8 June 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2019. Other television credits include ''
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'' (1998); ''Big Women'' (1998); Becky Sharp in '' Vanity Fair'' (1998); ''
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'' (1998); ''The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything'' (1999); '' Man and Boy''; '' Far from the Madding Crowd''; '' Murder in Mind'' (2003); playing Vicki Westbrook in the spy drama, '' Spooks'' (2003); ''The Crooked Man'' (2003); ''Angell's Hell'' (2005) and playing Lady Hamilton in the
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comedy '' Extras'' (2005). Film credits include ''
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'' (1999); ''The Criminal'' (1999); '' Kevin & Perry Go Large'' (2000); ''
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'' (2000); '' Another Life'' (2001); ''Byron'' (2003); '' Vanity Fair'' (2004), where she played Lady Jane Sheepshanks Crawley; ''
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'' (2004) and ''A Congregation of Ghosts'' 2009) among others. Theatre roles include ''Voyage Round My Father''; ''
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''; ''Les Mains''; ''
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play '' The Novice''. Little took her role in ''The Novice'' at the last minute. She was originally contracted to star in the film ''
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'' (2001), but the role was subsequently given to the actress Kate Winslet, who had previously turned the part down due to her pregnancy, but changed her mind. Little was paid her full fee of £300,000 and appeared in ''The Novice'' at the Almeida Theatre instead. Little won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series at the 1999 Biarritz International Television Festival for her role as Becky Sharp in '' Vanity Fair'' and she also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the same role. In 2001, Little won the award for Best Actress at the Cherbourg Film Festival for her role in '' Another Life''. She also played Ann Shapland in ''
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''. In 2011 she portrayed the wife of hostage negotiator Dominic King (played by
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'', a role which she reprised in the 2012 second series, and played Elspeth Munro in the BBC drama '' Young James Herriot''. In 2013 she appeared in the premiere production of the play ''
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''. In 2015 she played Liz Cromwell in the BBC production of ''
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''. In 2016, she appeared in " Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series ''
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''. In 2018, she appeared in "Birches" UK based feature,. based on the novel 'Silver Birches' (published in 2009 by
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. Little appeared in Seasons 2 and 3 (during 2018 and 2019) of the Amazon Original " Absentia (TV series)".


Personal life

Little lives in the
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area of
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with her husband, Polish actor
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, whom she married in May 2003. They have two sons. Little is a trained singer with a
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voice and is trained in basic jazz, ballroom and period dance. Her other hobbies include dancing and playing the flute.


Filmography


Film


Television


Video games


Theatre


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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