Natalie Valentine
Once told she has a "face for Chekhov" (and really took that to heart), Natalie Valentine is an LA-based actor whose training includes The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and the Impulse Meisner Company in London. She is drawn to complex and deeply human characters, spanning across theatre, TV, and film. Inspirations include (but are not limited to): William Shakespeare, Fiona Shaw, Patti Smith, Ethan Hawke, hotel lobbies after midnight, Isabelle Huppert, Ingmar Bergman, Lana Del Rey, Antony Sher, Clarice Lispector, the moment of breath before speech, Simon Russell Beale, Nicole Dollanganger, notes-app poetry, Jerzy Grotowski, Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Kane, Fiona Apple, Lars Eidinger, Anaïs Nin, Blind Lizard Balkan, Juliet Binoche, Leo Tolstoy, Ethel Cain, Declan Donnellan, Harriet Walter, Leonard Cohen, Thomas Ostermeier, Gabi Abrao (Sigh Swoon), Virginia Woolf, Stella Adler, Cate Blanchett, Heiner Müller, Amy Winehouse, Ivo van Hove, Franz Kafka, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Brook, Jeremy Stevens, Anton Chekhov, Simone de Beauvoir, Isabella Adjani, Tennessee Williams, the Eagles Nest Foundation, and her mother, Patricia Egly.
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TV / Film
You're Not Safe • Short • Leah • Rainfall Films • Sam Balcomb
Radiance by Moira Buffini • Short Film • Bex • Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama • Eryll Phillips
Theater
Stupid F*cking Bird by Aaron Posner • Nina • Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival • Jeremy Thompson • Los Angeles, United States
The Nina Variations by Steven Dietz • Nina • The Broadwater Studio • Richard Kenyon • Los Angeles, United States
Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp • Christina • Catharsis Theatre Collective • Billy Ray Brewton • Los Angeles, United States
Wife by Samuel Adamson • Daisy/Clare • Richard Burton Company • Hannah Noone • Cardiff, United Kingdom
The Moors by Jen Silverman • Moorhen • Richard Burton Company • Patricia Logue • Cardiff , United Kingdom
Everybody by Brandon Jacobs Jenkins • Usher/God/Understanding • Richard Burton Company • Phillip Breen • Cardiff, United Kingdom
Education
John Coppola • Acting Coach • Los Angeles, United States
Impulse Meisner Company • Year Long Foundations • London, United Kingdom
The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama • BA Honors Acting • Cardiff, United Kingdom
UNCSA • High School Drama Program • Winston-Salem, United States
Award
Best Performer in a Play • Nominee • Stupid F*cking Bird • Broadway World Los Angeles