Natalie Walter Biography

Natalie Walter (born 1979) is a British actress who is best known for her film, theatre and television roles. She was born in Woking, Surrey in 1979. Her father was David Walter, the former BBC and ITN journalist.

Education

Walter studied at London's prestigious Drama Centre, where one of her classmates was the comedian and actor Russell Brand.

Film

Walter's film credits include Woody Allen's 2010 romantic comedy You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Her other cinematic roles include The Wedding Video, I Want Candy, Lady Godiva and Remember Me.

Year	Film	Director
2012	The Wedding Video	Nigel Cole
2012	Cockneys_Vs_Zombies	Mattias Hoene
2011	Huge	Ben Miller
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Woody Allen
2008	Lady Godiva	Vicky Jewson
2007	I Want Candy	Stephen Surjik
2002	Eddie Loves Mary	Hannah Rothschild
2002	The Honeytrap	Michael Gunther
1998	If Only	Maria Rippol
1997	Remember Me?	Nick Hurran

Theatre

Walter has enjoyed an extensive career in the theatre. She worked with the director Sam Mendes at the Donmar Warehouse in a production of Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus, was a member of the Peter Hall Company's production of As You Like It and featured in the National Theatre's revival of Noises Off. In 2008 to early 2009 she spent a year as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), with leading roles as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Maria in Love's Labour's Lost. She recently appeared in the West End production of 39 Steps. Her most recent role was playing Heidi Schumann in Peter Nichols's play Lingua Franca which premiered in London in July 2010 before transferring to New York later in the year.

Year	Play	Theatre	Role	Director
2013	A Little House on the Side	Theatre Royal Bath	Marcelle	Lindsay Posner / Cal McCrystal
2011	Smash!	Menier Chocolate Factory	Liz	Tamara Harvey
2010	Lingua Franca	Finborough / 59E59 Theatre, NYC	Heidi Schumann	Michael Gielata
2010	50 Ways to Leave Your Love	Bush Theatre	Various characters	Josie Rourke
2010	The 39 Steps	Criterion Theatre	Various characters	Maria Aitken
2009	Hayfever	Chichester Festival Theatre	Tallulah	Nikolai Foster
2009	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Royal Shakespeare Company	Helena	Gregory Doran
2009	Love's Labour's Lost	Royal Shakespeare Company	Maria	Gregory Doran
2008	Whipping It Up	No1 Tour	Chloe	Terry Johnson
2008	Twelfth Night	Theatre Royal, Northampton	Olivia	Laurie Samson
2007	Soap	Theatre Royal	Noeleen	Laurie Samson
2007	Piano / Forte	Royal Court	Dawn	Terry Johnson
2007	Dead Funny	West Yorkshire Playhouse	Karen	Matthew Lloyd
2006	Flanders Mare	Sound Theatre	Lisa	Alan Cox
2006	As You Like It	Theatre Royal, Bath / US Tour	Phoebe	Peter Hall
2004	The Constant Wife	Lyric, West End	Marie-Louise	Chris Luscombe
2001	Noises Off	National Theatre	Brooke	Jeremy Sams
2001	The Recruiting Officer	Chichester Festival Theatre	Rose	James Kerr
1996	Habeas Corpus	Donmar Warehouse	Felicity	Sam Mendes
1999	Genghis Among the Pygmies	Royal Court	Various	Simon Usher
1999	Ten Minutes of Human Rights	Royal Court	Various	Ramin Grey
1998	The Brazen Age	Shakespeare's Globe	Various	James Wallace
1998	The Bronze Age	Shakespeare's Globe	Various	James Wallace

Television

In the late 1990s, Walter had a leading role playing Caralyn in the popular ITV sitcom Babes in the Wood. Other television appearances include in The Thin Blue Line, which also starred Rowan Atkinson, and the BBC comedy sketch series Harry Enfield and Chums. Her recent television work includes Doctor Who, in which she played Alice Coltrane in the episode entitled "Turn Left", and a guest starring role as Emily in the 2010 Easter special of Jonathan Creek (The Judas Tree) and a 2010 episode of Lynda La Plante's ITV drama serial Above Suspicion. Walter appeared in the first episode of HBO's 2013 mockumentary-style comedy Family Tree.

Year	Programme	Channel	Role
2013	Family Tree	HBO	Ellie
2011	Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent	ITV	Connie Short
2010	Jonathan Creek	BBC	Emily
2008	Doctor Who	BBC	Alice Coltrane
2005	Hampstead Heath: the Musical	BBC	Tree Woman
2004	Hollywood Goddesses	Sky One	Tallulah Bankhead
2003	Doctors	BBC	Esther Peters
2001	Harry Enfield and Chums	BBC	Various characters
2000	The Peter Principle	BBC	Chloe
1998/9	Babes in the Wood	ITV	Caralyn Monroe
1998	Ruth Rendell Mysteries	ITV	Tanya Paine
1998	The Stalker's Apprentice	STV	Karen Scott
1997	Get Well Soon	BBC	Beryl
1996	The Thin Blue Line	BBC	Elf

Radio

Walter has appeared on a number of programmes on BBC Radio 4, including House of the Spirit Levels, Smelling of Roses, No Commitments and All My Life. In 2010 she played multiple comic characters in The Lucy Montgomery Show which was written by and starred Lucy Montgomery.

Year	Programme	Station	Director
2012	Kind Hearts and Coronets - Like Father, Like Daughter	BBC Radio 4	Frank Stirling
2010/11	The Lucy Montgomery Variety Pack	BBC Radio 4	Katie Tyrell
2009	Smelling of Roses	BBC Radio 4	Maria Esposito
2008	Chambers	BBC Radio 4	Paul Schlesinger
2007	No Commitments	BBC Radio 4	Maria Esposito
2003	All My Life	BBC Radio 4	Steve McCrum
2002	The House of the Spirit Levels	BBC Radio 4	Paul Schlesinger

Personal life

Walter had a relationship with the actor David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who. Walter has also acted in the programme. She lives in London.