Natalie Dormer
{{short description|British actress (born 1982)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Natalie Dormer
| image = Natalie Dormer by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
| caption = Dormer at San Diego Comic-Con in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|2|11}}
| birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England
| alma_mater = Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
| occupation = Actress
| years active = 2005–present
| partner = {{ubl
| Anthony Byrne (2007–2018)
| David Oakes (2018–present)
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| children = 2
| nationality =
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Natalie Dormer (born 11 February 1982) is an English actress. Best known for her versatility, 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.
Dormer had her breakthrough playing the role of Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors (2007–08), which earned her widespread acclaim. She made her stage debut in Sweet Nothings (2010) and portrayed the Duchess of York in Madonna's film W.E. (2011) and Private Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Dormer then gained international attention for playing Margaery Tyrell on the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012–2016) and Cressida in the last two parts of The Hunger Games franchise (2014–2015), which rank as her highest-grossing films. She has also portrayed Irene Adler/Moriarty on the CBS series Elementary (2013–15) and Sara Price/Jess Price in The Forest (2016), and voiced Onica in the series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019). She earned praise for her leading role in the miniseries Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020).
Early life and education
Natalie Dormer was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 11 February 1982,[https://books.google.com/books?id=L8fkCQAAQBAJ&q=Natalie+Dormer+1982 6AEIUDAH Chase's Calendar of Events 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209113333/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L8fkCQAAQBAJ&q=Natalie+Dormer+1982&dq=Natalie+Dormer+1982&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOyZ7PuZTZAhVFa8AKHSDQDFMQe |date=9 February 2020 }} (McGraw Hill Professional, 2014), p. 119 the daughter of Gary Dormer and Claire Richards, and the sister of Mark and Samantha.{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Natalie-Dormer |title=Natalie Dormer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date= 25 May 2020 |archive-date= 4 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200804040753/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Natalie-Dormer |url-status= live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/natalie-dormer-on-game-of-thrones-maxmara-and-struggling-for-work/ |title=Natalie Dormer on Game of Thrones, MaxMara and struggling for work: 'I was properly unemployed for 10 months. You're never home and dry' |work=The Daily Telegraph |author=Emily Cronin |date=20 August 2016|access-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420205252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/natalie-dormer-on-game-of-thrones-maxmara-and-struggling-for-wor/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://beechwoodprimaryschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Bulmershe-Alumni-Issue-9.pdf |title=Famous Daughter of Bulmershe Alumni |work=Bulmershe Alumni Community |issue=9 |page=3 |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424103415/http://beechwoodprimaryschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Bulmershe-Alumni-Issue-9.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2016 |url-status=live}} She is of English, Norwegian,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/fashion/want-that-game-of-thrones-glow-beauty-tips-from-natalie-dormer.html|title=Want That 'Game of Thrones' Glow? Beauty Tips From Natalie Dormer|date=9 April 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420205641/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/fashion/want-that-game-of-thrones-glow-beauty-tips-from-natalie-dormer.html|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}} Welsh,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070nmrm |title=Wynne Evans is joined by Game of Thrones actor Natalie Dormer |date=16 February 2015|access-date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502235822/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070nmrm|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}} and distant Irish descent.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/natalie-dormer-i-m-the-one-carrying-king-s-crisps-and-lyons-leaving-dublin-1.2546918 |title=Natalie Dormer: "I'm the one carrying King's Crisps and Lyons leaving Dublin" |first1=Donald |last1=Clarke |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=17 September 2023 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202091316/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/natalie-dormer-i-m-the-one-carrying-king-s-crisps-and-lyons-leaving-dublin-1.2546918 |url-status=live}} She attended Chiltern Edge Secondary School before going to Reading Blue Coat School for sixth form. She says she was bullied at school, but "still, to this day, can't place why".Gilbert, Gerard. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/golden-girl-how-natalie-dormer-became-the-new-queen-of-the-screen-6132185.html Golden girl: How Natalie Dormer became the new queen of the screen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420212224/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/golden-girl-how-natalie-dormer-became-the-new-queen-of-the-screen-6132185.html |date=20 April 2019 }}, The Independent, 17 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
While at school, Dormer trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing.{{cite web |url=http://allenova.co.uk/index.php?page=successes |title=Past Pupils |publisher=Allenova School of Dance|access-date=4 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718190839/http://www.allenova.co.uk/index.php?page=successes|archive-date=18 July 2006}} and spent two years with Starmaker Theatre Company, performing in a number of shows and as choreographer for a Starmaker review. She says she was the "academic hopeful" of the family and was provisionally offered a place to study history at the University of Cambridge, but on her A-level history examination, she did not achieve the A grade she needed, having misread a question. Dormer chose to audition for drama schools and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.{{cite news |last=Mottram |first=James |date=4 July 2018 |title=Natalie Dormer on co-writing her new thriller In Darkness, and why she doesn't want to just play 'strong women' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-interview-picnic-at-hanging-rock-game-of-thrones-strong-women-a8430771.html |work=The Independent |access-date=4 July 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704143100/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-interview-picnic-at-hanging-rock-game-of-thrones-strong-women-a8430771.html |archive-date=4 July 2018}}
Career
= 2005–2011: Early work and breakthrough =
Six months after graduating from Webber Douglas, Dormer won the role of Victoria in Casanova. Her film debut, it was released in 2005. The director, Lasse Hallström, was so impressed with Dormer's comedic timing, that he had the scriptwriter expand her part. In 2005, Dormer had a small part in Distant Shores. After the filming of Casanova, Dormer was out of work for 10 months, which she ascribes to "bad representation". She was attached to an independent film, although financing caused delays. Removed from the audition circuit, Dormer worked as a waitress and in data entry.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/21/natalie-dormer-talks-hunger-games-feminism-and-why-game-of-thrones-needs-more-dick.html |title=Natalie Dormer Talks 'Hunger Games', Feminism, and Why 'Game of Thrones' Needs More Dick |publisher=The Daily Beast |author=Marlow Stern |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507132928/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/21/natalie-dormer-talks-hunger-games-feminism-and-why-game-of-thrones-needs-more-dick.html |archive-date=7 May 2017 |url-status=live}} She says her out-of-work phase "was the best lesson".Gilbert, Sophie. [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23896950-drama-queen-natalie-dormer.do Natalie Dormer on playing England's naughtiest queens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115202327/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23896950-drama-queen-natalie-dormer.do |date=15 November 2010 }}, London Evening Standard, 12 November 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2012.{{quote box
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In 2007 and 2008, Dormer played Anne Boleyn in the first two seasons of The Tudors, for which she received highly positive reviews. Robert Abele of LA Weekly wrote: "Natalie Dormer presents a painterly exquisiteness and complexity in her portrayal of Anne Boleyn... her enigmatic, time-halting loveliness is a boon for The Tudors, and damn near worth losing your head over".{{cite web |last=Abele |first=Robert |title=The Tudors: Heads Will Roll |work=LA Weekly |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2007-03-29/film-tv/the-tudors-heads-will-roll/ |access-date=26 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205221831/http://www.laweekly.com/2007-03-29/film-tv/the-tudors-heads-will-roll/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}} After her character's death at the end of the second season, The Boston Herald noted: "Dormer gave Anne Boleyn life, making her not just a beautiful schemer, but a rebellious, defiantly independent tragic hero in the tradition of Rebel Without a Cause and Cool Hand Luke... her departure from The Tudors leaves a tremendous void."{{cite web |last=Perigard |first=Mark |title='Tudors' rules: Showtimes on a roll with killer season finale |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/reviews/view/2008_05_29_%E2%80%98Tudors__rules:_Showtime_on_a_roll_with_killer_season_finale/srvc=home&position=recent |publisher=Boston Herald|access-date=29 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602000425/http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/reviews/view/2008_05_29_%E2%80%98Tudors__rules%3A_Showtime_on_a_roll_with_killer_season_finale/srvc%3Dhome%26position%3Drecent|archive-date=2 June 2008}}
In 2008, Dormer played Moira Nicholson in Agatha Christie's Marple: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" and appeared in the film City of Life. Dormer's Marple appearance aired in the US in the summer of 2009 as part of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery anthology series. Also in that year, she appeared in Incendiary, but her scenes were cut from the final film. Following Marple, Dormer went on to film some new roles, including the Duchess of York in Madonna's film W.E., Pvt. Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger, and Niamh Cranitch in the BBC court drama Silk. She returned to The Tudors as Anne Boleyn in a dream sequence for the fourth and final season in mid-2010.{{cite web |url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/37907/bill-nighy-and-natalie-dormer-set-star-peter-straubs-shadowland-3d |title=Bill Nighy and Natalie Dormer Set to Star in Peter Straub's Shadowland 3D – Dread Central |work=Dread Central |date=28 September 2012 |access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015015346/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37907/bill-nighy-and-natalie-dormer-set-star-peter-straubs-shadowland-3d|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=live}}
In March 2010, Dormer debuted at the Young Vic theatre in London as Mizi in the play Sweet Nothings. In The Observer, theatre critic Susannah Clapp praised the performances of the cast and wrote: "Natalie Dormer is lissome as a dirty, delightful gadabout, pushing aside an entire chess game to put down her hat".{{cite news |last=Clapp |first=Susannah |author-link=Susannah Clapp |date=14 March 2010 |title=Sweet Nothings – Young Vic, London |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/14/sweet-nothings-young-vic-review|url-status=live|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206110719/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/mar/14/sweet-nothings-young-vic-review|archive-date=6 February 2017}} She received a commendation for her performance at the Ian Charleson Awards 2010. Her next stage role was Pat in .45 at Hampstead Theatre in November 2010.{{cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Sophie |date=12 November 2010 |title=Natalie Dormer on playing England's naughtiest queens |work=standard.co.uk |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/natalie-dormer-on-playing-englands-naughtiest-queens-6535378.html|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121021826/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/natalie-dormer-on-playing-englands-naughtiest-queens-6535378.html|archive-date=21 November 2018}}
=2012–2016: Worldwide recognition and praise=
From 2012 to 2016, Dormer played Margaery Tyrell in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.{{cite news |last=Hibberd |first=James |title='Tudors' star joins 'Game of Thrones' cast |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/23/game-of-thrones-casting/|access-date=23 June 2011 |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=23 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422200807/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/23/game-of-thrones-casting/|archive-date=22 April 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/WatchersOTWall/status/527885335053991936 |title=HBO Signs Game of Thrones Cast Members for Seventh Season |work=Watchers on the Wall |date=30 October 2014| access-date=29 November 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509211914/https://twitter.com/WatchersOTWall/status/527885335053991936| archive-date=9 May 2019| url-status=live}} She received international recognition for the role, and she received critical acclaim for her performance. Dormer, along with the rest of the ensemble cast, was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016, and the cast was awarded the Empire Hero Award in 2015 by British film magazine Empire. For her performance in the third season of the show, Dormer won the Ewwy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Drama.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/gallery/ewwy-awards-2013-meet-your-10-winners/656006_best-supporting-actress-drama |title=EWwy Awards 2013: Meet Your 10 Winners! |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=13 September 2013|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106214511/http://www.ew.com/gallery/ewwy-awards-2013-meet-your-10-winners/656006_best-supporting-actress-drama|archive-date=6 November 2016|url-status=live}}
In March 2012, Dormer worked at the Young Vic to play the title role in After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber.{{cite web |last=Bosanquet |first=Theo |title=Natalie Dormer returns to Young Vic in After Miss Julie |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831328199314/Natalie+Dormer+returns+to+Young+Vic+in+After+Miss+Julie.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308162458/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/london/E8831328199314/Natalie+Dormer+returns+to+Young+Vic+in+After+Miss+Julie.html|archive-date=8 March 2012|access-date=2 April 2013 |publisher=whatsonstage.com}} Her performance earned acclaim, with reviews describing her as "little short of sensational",{{cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=22 March 2012 |title=After Miss Julie, Young Vic, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9160273/After-Miss-Julie-Young-Vic-review.html|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224714/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9160273/After-Miss-Julie-Young-Vic-review.html|archive-date=3 December 2017}} "outstanding",{{cite web |title=After Miss Julie |url=https://timeout.com/london/sport-and-fitness/after-miss-julie|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212231213/https://www.timeout.com/london/sport-and-fitness/after-miss-julie|archive-date=12 February 2019|access-date=12 December 2019 |work=Time Out London |date=26 March 2012}} and "the perfect Miss Julie".{{cite web |last=Stanbury |first=Kate |title=After Miss Julie |url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/first-nights/article/item138010/after-miss-julie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217202510/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/first-nights/article/item138010/after-miss-julie/|archive-date=17 December 2013|access-date=2 April 2013 |publisher=Official London Theatre}} The online theatre magazine Exeunt says her portrayal of Miss Julie contained "all the anger, desire, wit, loneliness, merriment, melancholy, and desperation of the casts of several plays together... Dormer has more presence and eerie beauty than is apparent from her appearances on-screen, and she shape-shifts almost supernaturally between seductress, child, and tormentor."{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Sarah |title=After Miss Julie at Young Vic |url=http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/after-miss-julie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214003008/http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/after-miss-julie/|archive-date=14 December 2013|access-date=2 April 2013 |work=Exeunt Magazine}}File:Natalie Dormer (March 2013) (headshot).jpgIn March 2013, she played the Lady Door in the radio play of Neverwhere, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. Later that year, she appeared in the car racing drama Rush and the thriller The Counselor. She appeared in A Long Way From Home. In 2013, 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.{{cite web |url=https://tvguide.com/News/Elementary-Natalie-Dormer-Irene-Adler-1063809.aspx |author=Natalie Abrams |title=Elementary Exclusive: Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer to Play Irene Adler |work=TV Guide |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516044449/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Elementary-Natalie-Dormer-Irene-Adler-1063809.aspx |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=live}} A November 2014 press-release said Dormer was to star as the scandalous 18th-century noblewoman Lady Worsley in a BBC drama called The Scandalous Lady W, based on the book Lady Worsley's Whim by the historian Hallie Rubenhold; it aired in August 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a611559/natalie-dormer-to-star-in-bbc-twos-the-woman-in-red.html#~oWF0qhlFyFcrSz |title=Natalie Dormer to star in BBC Two's The Woman in Red |work=Digital Spy |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202162813/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a611559/natalie-dormer-to-star-in-bbc-twos-the-woman-in-red.html#~oWF0qhlFyFcrSz |archive-date=2 December 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11243799/Natalie-Dormer-Woman-in-Red-Hunger-Games-Game-of-Thrones.html |title=Natalie Dormer to star as scandalous Woman in Red for new BBC drama |work=The Telegraph |date=20 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141124084237/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11243799/Natalie-Dormer-Woman-in-Red-Hunger-Games-Game-of-Thrones.html |archive-date=24 November 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/natalie-dormer-to-star-in-bbc-two-factual-drama-the-woman-in-red |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141125193431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/natalie-dormer-to-star-in-bbc-two-factual-drama-the-woman-in-red |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 November 2014 |title=Natalie Dormer to star in BBC Two factual drama The Woman In Red |work=BBC |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014}} Dormer also played Cressida in the final two films in The Hunger Games franchise, which were released in 2014 and 2015.{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |date=22 August 2013 |title=Natalie Dormer Cast In 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay' As Cressida |work=The Huffington Post |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/natalie-dormer-hunger-games-mockingjay_n_3799163.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926165138/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/natalie-dormer-hunger-games-mockingjay_n_3799163.html|archive-date=26 September 2013}} For the role, she shaved the left side of her head.{{cite web |last=Farrar |first=Leah |date=13 May 2014 |title=Game of Thrones Natalie Dormer opens up about her shaved head in Hunger Games Mockinjay |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/beauty/2014/05/13/natalie-dormer-opens-up-about-her-shaved-head-to-us-glamour|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818124412/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/beauty/2014/05/13/natalie-dormer-opens-up-about-her-shaved-head-to-us-glamour|archive-date=18 August 2016|access-date=16 July 2014 |work=Glamour Magazine}} Both films were financial successes, with the former grossing $755.4 million and the latter grossing $658.3 million,{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=2015-03-13 |title=No. 4 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1' – 2014 Most Valuable Blockbuster Movie Tournament |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-profit-box-office-2014-1201391223/|access-date=2020-12-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US|archive-date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314182624/https://deadline.com/2015/03/hunger-games-mockingjay-part-1-profit-box-office-2014-1201391223/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=2015-12-15 |title=Katniss Retakes No. 1 From China 'Surprise'; 'Good Dinosaur' In 3rd; 'Sea' & 007 Round Out Top 5 – Intl Box Office Final |url=https://deadline.com/2015/12/mockingjay-part-2-good-dinosaur-spectre-heart-of-the-sea-point-break-star-wars-international-box-office-results-1201666009/|access-date=2020-12-06 |website=Deadline |language=en-US|archive-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214030316/https://deadline.com/2015/12/mockingjay-part-2-good-dinosaur-spectre-heart-of-the-sea-point-break-star-wars-international-box-office-results-1201666009/|url-status=live}} ranking as Dormer's highest grossing releases to date.
In August 2016, Dormer worked in The Professor and the Madman alongside Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.{{cite web |url=https://vulture.com/2016/08/natalie-dormer-joins-professor-and-the-madman.html |title=Natalie Dormer to Portray Neither a Professor or a Madman in The Professor and the Madman |first=Devon |last=Ivie |date=31 August 2016 |website=vulture.com|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174348/http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/natalie-dormer-joins-professor-and-the-madman.html|archive-date=10 October 2018|url-status=live}} Dormer starred in the Lava Bear Films/David S. Goyer-produced horror film The Forest,{{cite news |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title='Game of Thrones' Actress Natalie Dormer Joins Supernatural Thriller 'The Forest' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/natalie-dormer-the-forest-1201335421/|access-date=30 October 2014 |work=Variety |date=21 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224143438/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/natalie-dormer-the-forest-1201335421/|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=live}} directed by music video and short-film director Jason Zada as his feature film debut.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Lava Bear Sets Jason Zada To Helm David Goyer-Hatched 'The Forest': Video |url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/lava-bear-sets-jason-zada-to-helm-david-goyer-hatched-the-forest-627497/|access-date=30 October 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016175812/http://deadline.com/2013/11/lava-bear-sets-jason-zada-to-helm-david-goyer-hatched-the-forest-627497/|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=live}} Focus Features has the North American distribution rights to the film released in January 2016.{{cite news |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Focus Picks Up David Goyer Supernatural Thriller 'The Forest' |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/focus-picks-up-david-goyer-706538|access-date=30 October 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=22 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122130717/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/focus-picks-up-david-goyer-706538|archive-date=22 January 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=McNary |first1=Dave |title=David Goyer's 'The Forest' Gets North American Distribution |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/david-goyers-the-forest-gets-north-american-distribution-1201189241/|access-date=30 October 2014 |journal=Variety |date=23 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028035507/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/david-goyers-the-forest-gets-north-american-distribution-1201189241/|archive-date=28 October 2014|url-status=live}}
=2017–present: Other ventures and current work=
In September 2014, Deadline Hollywood announced Dormer was cast in Screen Gems' action thriller Patient Zero, alongside Matt Smith and Game of Thrones co-star John Bradley. The film was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky based on a script by Mike Le.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-patient-zero-screen-gems-840738/ |title='Game Of Thrones' Natalie Dormer To Star In 'Patient Zero' For Screen Gems |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=24 September 2014 |access-date=25 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214050659/http://deadline.com/2014/09/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-patient-zero-screen-gems-840738/ |archive-date=14 December 2014 |url-status=live}} Patient Zero was released through video on demand on 14 August 2018, before receiving a limited theatrical release on 14 September 2018, by Vertical Entertainment.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/matt-smith-patient-zero-release-1202871304/ |title=Matt Smith's 'Patient Zero' Set August Release (EXCLUSIVE) |website=Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=12 July 2018|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423224726/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/matt-smith-patient-zero-release-1202871304/|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}} A February 2017 press-release announced Dormer was cast as schoolteacher Mrs Hester Appleyard in Picnic at Hanging Rock, an adaptation of the 1967 Australian novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay. The six-episode feature aired on Amazon Prime{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/amazon-australian-series-picnic-at-hanging-rock-natalie-dormer-star-1202131351/ |title=Amazon Picks Up Australian Series 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' Starring Natalie Dormer |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=20 July 2017 |website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408125920/http://deadline.com/2017/07/amazon-australian-series-picnic-at-hanging-rock-natalie-dormer-star-1202131351/|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}} and on BBC2 in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-08/when-is-picnic-at-hanging-rock-on-tv-bbc-two-natalie-dormer-cast-what-channel/ |title=When is Picnic at Hanging Rock on TV? Who stars, what's it about, and what channel is it on? |first=Flora |last=Carr |date=8 August 2018 |website=radiotimes.com|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420223301/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-08-08/when-is-picnic-at-hanging-rock-on-tv-bbc-two-natalie-dormer-cast-what-channel/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}} Dormer's performance was described as "commanding"{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/10/picnic-at-hanging-rock-review-tale-of-missing-schoolgirls-haunted-by-its-own-retelling |title=Picnic at Hanging Rock review – tale of missing schoolgirls haunted by its own retelling |first=Lauren |last=Carroll Harris |date=10 May 2018 |website=theguardian.com|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420223301/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/10/picnic-at-hanging-rock-review-tale-of-missing-schoolgirls-haunted-by-its-own-retelling|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}} and "delicious".{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsdaily.com/2018/06/18/natalie-dormer-revels-in-the-mystery-of-picnic-at-hanging-rock/ |title=Natalie Dormer Revels in the Mystery of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' |first=Joey |last=Moser |date=18 June 2018 |website=awardsdaily.com|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420223302/http://www.awardsdaily.com/2018/06/18/natalie-dormer-revels-in-the-mystery-of-picnic-at-hanging-rock/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{quote box
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Dormer returned to the stage at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in October 2017 for the lead role in David Ives's Venus in Fur. The Telegraph described her performance as "sensational"{{cite web |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |date=17 October 2017 |title=Venus in Fur review: Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer seduces on the London stage |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/game-thrones-natalie-dormer-seduces-london-stage-venus-fur/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010134821/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/game-thrones-natalie-dormer-seduces-london-stage-venus-fur/|archive-date=10 October 2018|access-date=10 October 2018 |website=telegraph.co.uk}} while Lyn Gardner says Dormer was "dominant in every way".{{cite web |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |date=17 October 2017 |title=Venus in Fur review – Natalie Dormer dominates S&M game of cat and mouse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/17/venus-in-fur-review-natalie-dormer-game-of-thrones-theatre-royal-haymarket-david-ivesr/|access-date=10 October 2018 |website=theguardian.com}} She co-wrote the film In Darkness, released in July 2018, with her ex-fiancé Anthony Byrne. Each describe writing together as "challenging".{{Cite news |last=Huff |first=Lauren |date=25 May 2018 |title=Natalie Dormer, Anthony Byrne Talk Challenges of Writing 'In Darkness' as a Couple |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/natalie-dormer-anthony-byrne-talk-new-film-darkness-1114620|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428120249/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/natalie-dormer-anthony-byrne-talk-new-film-darkness-1114620|archive-date=28 April 2019}}{{Cite magazine |last=Russian |first=Ale |date=20 August 2016 |title=In Darkness: Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer, fiance Anthony Byrne movie was tough to write |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/20/natalie-dormer-anthony-byrne-movie-tough-write/|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428162314/https://ew.com/article/2016/08/20/natalie-dormer-anthony-byrne-movie-tough-write/|archive-date=28 April 2019}} The film was criticised for scenes of "gratuitous nudity".{{Cite web |last=Matt Miller |date=9 July 2018 |title=Critics Are Outraged Over the Gratuitous Nudity in Natalie Dormer and Emily Ratajkowski's New Movie |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a22091997/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-nudity/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420225525/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a22091997/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-nudity/|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=22 July 2018 |website=Esquire}}{{Cite web |last=Gary Collinson |date=13 July 2018 |title=Natalie Dormer defends "gratuitous nudity" in new film In Darkness |url=https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/07/natalie-dormer-defends-gratuitous-nudity-in-new-film-in-darkness/|access-date=22 July 2018 |website=Flickering Myth}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} During an interview with The Guardian, she says "There has to be sex in the power play of a thriller. We all got bodies, after all. In this film, the love-making scene is a metaphor for the way my character connects with the part played by Ed Skrein. Nakedness is a good equaliser, and the shower scene also shows the tattoos on my character's body and makes it clear she is not quite who you think."{{Cite web |last=Vanessa Thorpe |date=8 July 2018 |title=My film's erotic, not sadistic: Game of Thrones star hits back at critics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/08/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-erotic-not-sadistic-game-of-thrones-feminism|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420225526/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/08/natalie-dormer-in-darkness-erotic-not-sadistic-game-of-thrones-feminism|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=22 July 2018 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |title=Review: 'In Darkness' Finds a Blind Pianist Wrapped Up in a Murder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/movies/in-darkness-review-natalie-dormer.html |website=The New York Times |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530220902/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/movies/in-darkness-review-natalie-dormer.html|archive-date=30 May 2019|url-status=live |last1=Jaworowski |first1=Ken}}
Following her audio work on Neverwhere, an August 2018 press release announced Dormer would narrate the audiobook for Pottermore Publishing's Harry Potter: A History of Magic. Of the role, Dormer says she "always adored the Harry Potter books" and it was "fun to join the wizarding world family".{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a863554/natalie-dormer-harry-potter-history-of-magic-narrator/ |title=Natalie Dormer to narrate the Harry Potter: A History of Magic audiobook |first=Katie |last=Frost |date=19 December 2018 |website=deadline|access-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420125049/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a863554/natalie-dormer-harry-potter-history-of-magic-narrator/|archive-date=20 April 2019|url-status=live}} In October 2018, she was announced as playing Vivien Leigh in miniseries Vivling. The series focuses on Leigh's classic films, including Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. Dormer was to develop and produce the show.{{cite web |last=Howard |first=Kirsten |date=29 May 2018 |title=Natalie Dormer will play Vivien Leigh in new series |url=https://denofgeek.com/uk/tv/natalie-dormer/58037/natalie-dormer-will-play-vivien-leigh-in-new-series|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014306/http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/natalie-dormer/58037/natalie-dormer-will-play-vivien-leigh-in-new-series|archive-date=13 October 2018|access-date=12 October 2018 |website=denofgeek.com}} In 2019, she was the voice of Onica in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.{{cite web |url=https://www.insider.com/dark-crystal-netflix-show-cast-voice-actors-2019-8 |title=Here's what the cast of 'The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance' looks like in real life |last=Renfro |first=Kim |date=3 September 2019 |website=Insider Inc. |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213033000/https://www.insider.com/dark-crystal-netflix-show-cast-voice-actors-2019-8 |url-status=live}}
In December 2019, Dormer's production company, Dog Rose Productions, signed a multiyear, first-look deal with Fremantle.{{cite web |last1=Ramos |first1=Dino-Ray |title=Natalie Dormer Launches Dog Rose Productions, Sets WWII Series 'Spitfire Sisters' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/natalie-dormer-dog-rose-productions-spitfire-sisters-vivling-1202809932 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=4 April 2021 |date=16 December 2019 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421065943/https://deadline.com/2019/12/natalie-dormer-dog-rose-productions-spitfire-sisters-vivling-1202809932/ |url-status=dead}} The Vivling miniseries will be Dormer's first production through the deal. In 2020, she 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.{{Cite web |title=Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards – List of Nominees and Winners – Critics Choice Awards |url=https://www.criticschoice.com/2021/01/10/inaugural-critics-choice-super-awards-list-of-nominees-and-winners/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |language=en-US |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622154755/https://www.criticschoice.com/2021/01/10/inaugural-critics-choice-super-awards-list-of-nominees-and-winners/ |url-status=live}}
In 2024, Dormer starred in The Wasp alongside Naomie Harris and Dominic Allburn. They were each praised for "delivering powerful performances".{{Cite web |title=‘The Wasp’ Review: A Taut Drama Of Revenge And Childhood Scars – Tribeca Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-wasp-review-drama-of-revenge-tribeca-festival-1235961235/ | access-date=2025-05-19 |language=en-US |date=9 June 2024}} Later that year, Dormer played Edie Hansen in the crime drama TV series White Lies, set in Cape Town, South Africa.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/natalie-dormer-white-lies-south-africa-crime-thriller-tv-1235337539/ |title=Natalie Dormer to Lead South African Crime Thriller Series 'White Lies' (Exclusive) |first=Alex |last=Ritman |date=28 February 2023 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Dormer starred as Dr. Audrey Evans in 2025 movie Audrey’s Children. Nell Minow described her performance as "committed" and praised her work with children in the movie.{{Cite web |title=Audrey’s Children |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/audreys-children-movie-review-2025 | access-date=2025-05-19 |language=en-US |date=28 March 2025}}
Personal life
Dormer began a relationship with director Anthony Byrne in 2007 after meeting on the set of The Tudors. They became engaged in 2011.{{cite magazine |last=Guglielmi |first=Jodi |date=21 November 2018 |title='Game of Thrones' Alum Natalie Dormer Splits from Fiancé Anthony Bryne |url=https://people.com/tv/natalie-dormer-fiance-anthony-bryne-split/ |magazine=People|access-date=17 February 2023|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217221445/https://people.com/tv/natalie-dormer-fiance-anthony-bryne-split/|url-status=live}} The couple collaborated on In Darkness. They ended their relationship in 2018.
Since 2018, Dormer has been in a relationship with English actor David Oakes, whom she met while appearing in Venus in Fur.{{Cite web |last=Leaper |first=Caroline |date=20 June 2020 |title=Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer on life after lockdown and why Hollywood will never be home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/game-thrones-natalie-dormer-life-lockdown-hollywood-will-never |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621114409/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/game-thrones-natalie-dormer-life-lockdown-hollywood-will-never/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=The Telegraph}} She gave birth to their daughter in January 2021.{{Cite news |last=Earp |first=Catherine |date=28 April 2021 |title=Game of Thrones' Natalie Dormer announces she's secretly welcomed a baby girl |work=Digital Spy |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a36274877/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-baby-girl/ |access-date=28 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428121452/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a36274877/game-of-thrones-natalie-dormer-baby-girl/ |url-status=live}} The couple entered into a civil partnership in February 2023 in Bath, Somerset.{{cite web |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/natalie-dormer-david-oakes-civil-200000579.html |title=Natalie Dormer and David Oakes say 'I do' to civil partnership |date=6 March 2023 |website=Yahoo!|access-date=7 March 2023|archive-date=7 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307043202/https://uk.style.yahoo.com/natalie-dormer-david-oakes-civil-200000579.html|url-status=live}}
Dormer has two daughters.{{cite web |url=https://airmail.news/issues/2024-8-31/natalie-dormer |title=The Game of Thrones actress answers 22 of life's most pressing questions |date=31 August 2024|website=airmail.news |url-access =subscription }}
In the media
File:NATALIE DORMER - LONDON MARATHON 24.04.2016 - DSC05626.jpg in 2016]]
Dormer ran the London Marathon in 2014, in support of Barnardo's,{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a564322/game-of-thrones-star-natalie-dormer-runs-london-marathon-pictures/ |title=Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer runs London Marathon – pictures |first=Meg |last=Drewett |date=13 April 2014 |website=digitalspy.com|access-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422114417/https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a564322/game-of-thrones-star-natalie-dormer-runs-london-marathon-pictures/|archive-date=22 April 2019|url-status=live}} and in 2016, this time alongside 900 other runners all in support of the NSPCC and Childline.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/24/game-of-thrones-actress-natalie-dormer-i-dont-give-a-f-what-my-m/ |title=Game of Thrones actress Natalie Dormer: 'I don't give a f*** what my marathon time is' |date=24 April 2016 |website=telegraph.co.uk |access-date= 19 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190420205349/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/24/game-of-thrones-actress-natalie-dormer-i-dont-give-a-f-what-my-m/ |archive-date= 20 April 2019 |url-status= live}} Since running the marathon, she has been heavily involved in supporting the work of the NSPCC in general, and Childline in particular.{{cite news |title='Calls to Childline saved my life after sex abuse' |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17692140.calls-childline-saved-life-sex-abuse/ |newspaper=Daily Gazette |date=9 June 2019 |access-date=9 June 2019 |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828225741/https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17692140.calls-childline-saved-life-sex-abuse/ |url-status=live}}
On World Humanitarian Day in 2016, Dormer gave a speech at the United Nations headquarters to "highlight the plight of refugees". Dormer highlighted the violence suffered by women and girls, then demanded that men and boys be "engaged" in the conversation.{{cite web |date=20 August 2016 |title='Game Of Thrones' Actress Natalie Dormer Joins Celebrity Call To Help Refugees |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/game-of-thrones-actress-natalie-dormer-joins-celebrity-voices-calling-for-refugee-aid_us_57b74d94e4b03d5136884de5|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219182318/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/game-of-thrones-actress-natalie-dormer-joins-celebrity-voices-calling-for-refugee-aid_us_57b74d94e4b03d5136884de5|archive-date=19 December 2018|access-date=19 December 2018 |website=huffingtonpost.co.uk/}} In 2017, returning to her feminist roots, Dormer went on holiday to Tanzania with the development and humanitarian organisation Plan International to ban child marriage.{{cite web |date=1 October 2017 |title=Natalie Dormer: 'The British get very kinky under the collar' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/01/natalie-dormer-venus-in-fur-interview-game-of-thrones|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420233409/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/oct/01/natalie-dormer-venus-in-fur-interview-game-of-thrones|archive-date=20 April 2019|access-date=19 December 2018 |website=theguardian.com}}
In a 2018 interview, Dormer said she does not use social media due to concern about being misquoted. Regarding her appearances in film and television where she performed nude, Dormer said, "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'm terrified of perpetuating that clickbait image of me."{{Cite web |last=Suchandrika Chakrabarti |date=21 November 2018 |title="I've been burnt so many times": actress Natalie Dormer on sex, lies and being misquoted |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/11/i-ve-been-burnt-so-many-times-actress-natalie-dormer-sex-lies-and-being|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428050135/https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2018/11/i-ve-been-burnt-so-many-times-actress-natalie-dormer-sex-lies-and-being|archive-date=28 April 2019|access-date=16 June 2019 |website=New Statesman|url-access=registration}}
In 2019, Dormer was made the NSPCC ambassador for Childline and began her role by spending the night at the London Childline call centre.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C8O3ZAKPIQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/6C8O3ZAKPIQ| archive-date=2021-11-18 |title=Natalie Dormer visits Childline NSPCC |website=YouTube |date=13 November 2019|access-date=27 August 2021|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} She supported the NSPCC Christmas Carol Service in 2020{{cite web |url=https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/events-fundraising/social-special-events/merry-little-christmas-carol-service/Merry-little-christmas-2020/ |title=Childline's Merry Little Christmas 2020|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827165311/https://www.nspcc.org.uk/support-us/events-fundraising/social-special-events/merry-little-christmas-carol-service/Merry-little-christmas-2020/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nspcc-natalie-dormer-matalan-b952373.html |title=NSPCC launches book to help protect children from sexual abuse |date=26 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827165308/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nspcc-natalie-dormer-matalan-b952373.html|url-status=live}}
In 2021, she 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 absolute scandal that we don't put our children first and foremost in everything... The NSPCC tagline that 'Every Childhood is Worth Fighting For'; I believe that so strongly."{{cite web |url=https://captiveminds.com/podcast/thats-after-life/ |title=That's After Life |date=28 April 2021|access-date= 27 August 2021|archive-date= 27 August 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210827181150/https://captiveminds.com/podcast/thats-after-life/|url-status= live}} In 2024, she was made an honorary member of the NSPCC's council.{{cite web |url=https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/2024/september/podcast-teaching-sex-relationships-education-sre-talk-relationships |title=Podcast: Teaching sex and relationships education (SRE) with Talk Relationships|date=9 September 2024|website=learning.nspcc.org.uk}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Natalie Dormer film credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2005
|Victoria | |
| 2007
|Cassie | |
| 2009
|Olga | |
| rowspan="2" |2011
|W.E. | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger
|Private Lorraine | |
| 2012
|Electric Cinema: How to Behave |Short film |
| rowspan="4" |2013
|{{sortname|A|Long Way from Home|nolink=1}} |Suzanne | |
| Rush
|Nurse Gemma | |
| {{sortname|The|Counselor}}
|The Blonde | |
| {{sortname|The|Brunchers|nolink=1}}
|Her |rowspan="2" |Short films |
| rowspan="3" |2014
|{{sortname|The|Ring Cycle|nolink=1}} |Millie |
| {{sortname|The|Riot Club}}
|Charlie | |
| {{sortname|The|Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1}}
|rowspan="2" |Cressida | |
| 2015
|{{sortname|The|Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2}} | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|{{sortname|The|Forest|dab=2016 American film}} | {{ubl | Sara Price | Jess Price}} | |
| {{sortname|The|Roof|nolink=1}}
|A Fan |Short film |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Sofia |Also writer and producer |
| Patient Zero
|Dr. Gina Rose | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|Eliza Merrett | |
| Pets United
|Belle (voice) | |
| 2024
|Carla | |
| 2024
| |
{{pending films key}}
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Natalie Dormer television credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |2005
|Mobile Woman |Episode: #1.1 |
| Rebus
|Phillippa Balfour |Episode: "The Falls" |
| {{br list | 2007–2008; | 2010}}
|{{sortname|The|Tudors}} |21 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|Masterwork |Mo Murphy |Television film |
| Agatha Christie's Marple
|Moira Nicholson |Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" |
| rowspan="3" |2011
|Silk |Niamh Cranitch |rowspan="2" |6 episodes |
| {{sortname|The|Fades|The Fades (TV series)}}
|Sarah Etches |
| Poe
|Celeste Chevalier |Television film |
| 2012–2016
|26 episodes |
| 2013–2015
|6 episodes |
| 2015
|Television film |
| 2018
|Mrs. Hester Appleyard |6 episodes |
| 2019
|The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance |Onica (voice) |3 episodes |
| 2020
|Penny Dreadful: City of Angels |Magda / Elsa / Alex / Rio |Main cast, 10 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Edie Hansen |
| Inside No. 9
|Lillian |Episode: "The Curse of the Ninth" |
| 2025
|Main cast, 4 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of Natalie Dormer video game credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Voice role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014–2015
|Based on the TV series of the same name |
| 2017
|Dr. Lexi T'Perro | |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable"
|+ List of Natalie Dormer music video credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist |
|---|
| 2015
|"Someone New" |
| 2020
|"No Day Shall Erase You" |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of Natalie Dormer stage credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
|Adriana |The Cliveden Open Air Theatre |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Sweet Nothings |Mizi |
| .45
|Pat |
| 2012
|Miss Julie |
| 2017
|Vanda Jordan |
| 2025
|Anna Karenina |
Accolades
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of awards and nominations received by Natalie Dormer |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE"|Year ! scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE"|Association ! scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE"|Category ! scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE"|Work ! scope="col" style="background:#B0C4DE"|Result |
| rowspan=2|2008
|Monte-Carlo TV Festival |Outstanding Actress – Drama Series |rowspan=3|The Tudors |{{nom}} |
| rowspan=2|Gemini Awards
|Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |{{nom}} |
| 2009
|Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role |{{nom}} |
| 2013
|Best Supporting Actress – Drama |{{Won}} |
| rowspan=2|2014
|NewNowNext Awards |Best New Lead Film Actress |The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 |{{Won}} |
| rowspan=2|Screen Actors Guild Awards
| rowspan="2" |Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with the cast) | rowspan="3" |Game of Thrones |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2015
|{{nom}} |
| Empire Awards
|{{Won}} |
| 2019
|The Equity Ensemble Awards |Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie |{{nom}} |
| 2020
|CinEuphoria Awards |Merit – Honorary Award |Game of Thrones |{{won}} |
| 2021
|Best Actress in a Horror Series |Penny Dreadful: City of Angels |{{nom}} |
References
{{reflist}}
Further reading
- {{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=S |title=She won't lose her head |work=The Sunday Times |location=London |date=30 September 2007 |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2499952.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110517085619/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2499952.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2011| access-date =3 October 2007 |ref=none}}
- {{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=S |title=Game of Thrones' Q&A: Natalie Dormer on Playing 'the Kate Middleton of Westeros |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=New York |date=1 April 2013 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/game-of-thrones-q-a-natalie-dormer-on-playing-the-kate-middleton-of-westeros-20130401| access-date =16 April 2013 |ref=none}}
External links
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- {{IMDb name|1754059|Natalie Dormer}}
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