Natalie Dormer
English actress celebrated for iconic television roles across prestige drama series, with a career spanning film, television, and voice performance.
Natalie Dormer - Personal Information
- Name: Natalie Dormer
- Date of Birth: February 11, 1982
- Place of Birth: Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Writer, Producer, Actor's Assistant, Executive Producer
Biography
Natalie Dormer (born 11 February 1982) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Anne Boleyn in the Showtime series The Tudors and as Margaery Tyrell in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Dormer was born in Reading, Berkshire and attended Chiltern Edge Secondary School before moving to Reading Blue Coat School, an independent boys' school that admits girls in the sixth form. She grew up with her stepfather, mother, sister Samantha, and brother Mark. She has said that she was the victim of bullying while at school. At school, Dormer was head girl, a straight-A student, vice-captain of the school netball team and she also got to travel the world with her school's public speaking team.
During her school years, Dormer trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing. She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family and was offered a place to study history at Cambridge; but, in her A-level History exam, she did not achieve the A grade she needed to attend. Dormer decided she would audition for drama schools and decided to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Natalie Dormer's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- The Lady (TV - 2026) as Sarah Ferguson
- World of Westeros Ambient Video (2025) as Margaery Tyrell
- Audrey's Children (2025) as Dr. Audrey Evans
- Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024) as Self
- The Wasp (2024) as Carla
- White Lies (TV - 2024) as Edie Hansen
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV - 2020) as Magda
- Pets United (2019) as Belle
- The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (TV - 2019) as Onica (voice)
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