Natalie Walter


Natalie Walter is a British actress who is best known for her film, theatre and television roles. She was born in Woking, Surrey in 1979. On stage and screen, Walter has worked with directors including Peter Hall, Gregory Doran, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest and Woody Allen. 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.

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. In 2008, she played Alice Coltrane in the Doctor Who episode "Turn Left". In 2010, she had a guest starring role as Emily in the Easter special of Jonathan Creek and appeared in an episode of Lynda La Plante's ITV drama serial Above Suspicion. Walter appeared in the first episode of Christopher Guest's HBO mockumentary-style comedy Family Tree. Since 2015, she has been a regular performer in the BBC's children's historical sketch comedy Horrible Histories.
YearProgrammeChannelRole
2016Horrible HistoriesCBBCVarious
2015Horrible HistoriesCBBCVarious
2013Family TreeHBOEllie
2011Above Suspicion: Deadly IntentITVConnie Short
2010Jonathan CreekBBCEmily
2008Doctor WhoBBCAlice Coltrane
2005Hampstead Heath: the MusicalBBCTree Woman
2004Hollywood GoddessesSky OneTallulah Bankhead
2003DoctorsBBCEsther Peters
2001Harry Enfield and ChumsBBCVarious characters
2000The Peter PrincipleBBCChloe
1998/9Babes in the WoodITVCaralyn Monroe
1998Ruth Rendell MysteriesITVTanya Paine
1998The Stalker's ApprenticeSTVKaren Scott
1997Get Well SoonBBCBeryl
1996The Thin Blue LineBBCElf

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, with leading roles as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Maria in Love's Labour's Lost. She also appeared in hit comedy 39 Steps, which ran in the West End for nine years. Walter played 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.
YearPlayTheatreRoleDirector
2013A Little House on the SideTheatre Royal BathMarcelleLindsay Posner / Cal McCrystal
2011Smash!Menier Chocolate FactoryLizTamara Harvey
2010Lingua FrancaFinborough / 59E59 Theatre, NYCHeidi SchumannMichael Gielata
201050 Ways to Leave Your LoveBush TheatreVarious charactersJosie Rourke
2010The 39 StepsCriterion TheatreVarious charactersMaria Aitken
2009HayfeverChichester Festival TheatreTallulahNikolai Foster
2009A Midsummer Night's DreamRoyal Shakespeare CompanyHelenaGregory Doran
2009Love's Labour's LostRoyal Shakespeare CompanyMariaGregory Doran
2008Whipping It UpNo1 TourChloeTerry Johnson
2008Twelfth NightTheatre Royal, NorthamptonOliviaLaurie Sansom
2007SoapTheatre Royal, NorthamptonNoeleenLaurie Sansom
2007Piano / ForteRoyal CourtDawnTerry Johnson
2007Dead FunnyWest Yorkshire PlayhouseKarenMatthew Lloyd
2006Flanders MareSound TheatreLisaAlan Cox
2006As You Like ItTheatre Royal, Bath / US TourPhoebePeter Hall
2004The Constant WifeLyric, West EndMarie-LouiseChris Luscombe
2001Noises OffNational TheatreBrookeJeremy Sams
2001The Recruiting OfficerChichester Festival TheatreRoseJames Kerr
1996Habeas CorpusDonmar WarehouseFelicitySam Mendes
1999Genghis Among the PygmiesRoyal CourtVariousSimon Usher
1999Ten Minutes of Human RightsRoyal CourtVariousRamin Grey
1998The Brazen AgeShakespeare's GlobeVariousJames Wallace
1998The Bronze AgeShakespeare's GlobeVariousJames Wallace

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.
YearFilmDirector
2012The Wedding VideoNigel Cole
2012Cockneys Vs ZombiesMattias Hoene
2011HugeBen Miller
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerWoody Allen
2008Lady GodivaVicky Jewson
2007I Want CandyStephen Surjik
2002Eddie Loves MaryHannah Rothschild
2002The HoneytrapMichael Gunther
1998If OnlyMaria Rippol
1997Remember Me?Nick Hurran

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.
YearProgrammeStationDirector
2012Kind Hearts and Coronets - Like Father, Like DaughterBBC Radio 4Frank Stirling
2010/11The Lucy Montgomery Variety PackBBC Radio 4Katie Tyrell
2009Smelling of RosesBBC Radio 4Maria Esposito
2008ChambersBBC Radio 4Paul Schlesinger
2007No CommitmentsBBC Radio 4Maria Esposito
2003All My LifeBBC Radio 4Steve McCrum
2002The House of the Spirit LevelsBBC Radio 4Paul Schlesinger