“If the lead characters do not have a clear connection, then it doesn’t work,”
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Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer is an English actress. She is known for her roles in period films, blockbusters, independent films, as well as her work on prominent television series. Her accolades include winning an Empire Award, and receiving nominations for a Critics' Choice Award, two Gemini Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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entertainment · English actress (born 1982) · actor · stage actor · film actor · screenwriter · also Natalie Dormer, Dormer
Born 11 February 1982 · Q236839
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2026· 4 entries
“of acknowledging our shortcomings and vocalising the wrongs of the past.”
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“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”
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Dormer played The Duchess of York in the television drama The Lady
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2024· 2 entries
Was made an honorary member of the NSPCC's council
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Dormer starred in The Wasp alongside Naomie Harris and Dominic Allburn
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2021· 1 entry
Appeared on the podcast of the founder of Childline, Dame Esther Rantzen, to support the charity, saying: "I genuinely believe, other than climate change, that children are the most important thing and it's an absolu
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2020· 2 entries
Starred in Showtime'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 Critics' Choice Super Awards
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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
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2019· 2 entries
Was the voice of Onica in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
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Dormer was made the NSPCC ambassador for Childline and began her role by spending the night at the London Childline call centre
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2017· 1 entry
Returning to her feminist roots, Dormer went on holiday to Tanzania with the development and humanitarian organisation Plan International to ban child marriage
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Max Mara Face of the Future Award (2016).
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Dormer gave a speech at the United Nations headquarters to "highlight the plight of refugees"
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2014· 1 entry
In support of Barnardo's, and in 2016, this time alongside 900 other runners all in support of the NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) and Childline
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2013· 1 entry
Dormer played Irene Adler in the final three episodes of the first season of the CBS series Elementary; she reprised the role in the second season
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2012· 1 entry
2014, 2015, and 2016, and the cast was awarded the Empire Hero Award in 2015 by British film magazine Empire
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2008· 1 entry
Dormer played Moira Nicholson in Agatha Christie's Marple: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans
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2007· 1 entry
And 2008, Dormer played Anne Boleyn in the first two seasons of The Tudors, for which she received highly positive reviews
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2005· 1 entry
Dormer had a small part in Distant Shores
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-02-11.
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