Natalie Gavin

{{Infobox person

| name = Natalie Gavin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bradford, West Yorkshire, England

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 2006–present

| known_for = Prisoners' Wives
The Syndicate
Jericho
Shameless

}}

Natalie Gavin (born 27 July 1988) is an English actress.{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Paul|date=9 February 2016|title=Pygmalion - West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds|url=https://northwestend.co.uk/index.php/professional-reviews/yorkshire/1752-pygmalion-west-yorkshire-playhouse-leeds|access-date=1 August 2020|website=northwestend.co.uk}}{{Cite web|date=19 April 2017|title=Pygmalion - Oxford Playhouse|url=https://www.thereviewshub.com/pygmalion-oxford-playhouse-2/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=The Reviews Hub|language=en-US}}{{Cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Beth|date=April 2016|title=Art Cinema and The Arbor: Tape-recorded Testimony, Film Art and Feminism.|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/208367073.pdf|journal=Journal of British Cinema and Television|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|pages=14|issn=1743-4521|via=Symplectic Publications}} On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC dramas Prisoners' Wives (2012) and The Syndicate (2013), and the ITV drama Jericho (2016).{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/syndicate2/nataliegavin|title=Interview with Natalie Gavin - Media centre|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 April 2015}}{{Cite web|date=3 December 2013|title=TV actress Natalie Gavin backs charity's festive appeal with sponsored Zumbathon|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10850188.tv-actress-natalie-gavin-backs-charitys-festive-appeal-with-sponsored-zumbathon/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=January 2020|title=Natalie Gavin on the play 'There Are No Beginnings' and the BBC series 'Gentleman Jack'|url=https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2020/january/natalie-gavin-hudds-drama-graduate-gentleman-jack/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=University of Huddersfield}}

Early life and education

Gavin was born in Bradford.{{Cite web|date=22 October 2010|title=Andrea Dunbar's sad journey through Bradford|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/video-andrea-dunbars-sad-journey-through-bradford-1953546|access-date=1 August 2020|website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk|language=en}} She grew up in the Bradford neighbourhoods of West Bowling and Buttershaw,{{Cite web|last=Clayton|first=Emma|date=8 October 2019|title=Stories of Ripper era brought to stage|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17952135.powerful-play-based-womens-lives-peter-sutcliffes-reign-terror/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=19 February 2017|title=My Yorkshire: Actress Natalie Gavin on her favourite people and places|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/my-yorkshire-actress-natalie-gavin-her-favourite-people-and-places-1782399|access-date=1 August 2020|website=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Shaw|first=Karen|date=16 October 2017|title=Exclusive interview with actress Natalie Gavin » Northern Life|url=https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/natalie-gavin/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Northern Life Magazine|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Liam|date=22 October 2010|title=In the footsteps of Rita, Sue and Bob|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11581747|access-date=1 August 2020}} before moving to the Bradford neighbourhood and town of Denholme as a teenager.{{Cite web|last=Barnett|first=David|date=3 January 2013|title=Thirteen from Bradford hoping 2013 proves lucky for them|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10136752.thirteen-from-bradford-hoping-2013-proves-lucky-for-them/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|language=en}} Gavin has a mum named Susan, a dad named John and brother named Shaun. John knew Andrea Dunbar as he worked and associated with her father. Gavin and her family lived on the same street that Andrea and her family did, which is named Brafferton Arbor, in Buttershaw. Gavin would later go on to play Andrea in the 2010 film The Arbor, which was filmed on the same street.

Gavin was educated at Buttershaw High School. She has a degree in drama from the University of Huddersfield in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. She had to put her degree on hold for a few years, after being cast in Shameless during her second year of the course.{{Cite web|last=YorkshireLive|date=26 November 2010|title=Natalie Gavin back at Huddersfield Uni after film role|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/natalie-gavin-back-huddersfield-after-4991410|access-date=1 August 2020|website=YorkshireLive - Huddersfield Examiner}}

Career

Gavin made her professional acting debut in two episodes of the Channel 4 comedy series Shameless, as Anna Sampson.{{Cite web|date=12 July 2016|title=Actress Natalie Gavin named as young patron of Square Chapel & Orangebox|url=https://www.squarechapel.co.uk/2016/07/4356/|access-date=1 August 2020|website=Square Chapel}}

Gavin's first main film role was as The Girl in the 2010 film The Arbor, which dramatised the early life of Andrea Dunbar.{{Cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=21 October 2010|title=The Arbor - review|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/21/the-arbor-film-review|access-date=1 August 2020|issn=0261-3077}} Her first main TV role was as Lou in the BBC drama Prisoners' Wives, which she portrayed for six episodes. Later that year, she began appearing in the BBC medical drama Casualty, in the recurring role of Faith Portman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/rbphg/casualty--s26-e40-do-the-right-thing/|title=Casualty - S26 - Episode 40: Do the Right Thing|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=11 June 2019}}

In 2013, Gavin appeared in the second series of The Syndicate, a BBC drama, as Becky.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-03-14/meet-the-cast-of-the-syndicate/|title=Meet the cast of The Syndicate|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=11 June 2019}} In 2014, she starred in the British drama film The Knife That Killed Me.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17623282.natalie-gavin-is-line-of-dutys-pc-martina-tranter/|title=SPOILER ALERT: Bradford actor at the centre of Line of Duty finale's plot twist|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|language=en|access-date=11 June 2019}} In 2016, Gavin appeared as Alma Capstick in the ITV drama Jericho.

In 2019, Gavin appeared in two BBC dramas; Gentleman Jack and Line of Duty,{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-05-05/line-of-duty-cast-series-5-bbc1-adrian-dunbar-vicky-mcclure-martin-compston/|title=Meet the cast of Line of Duty series five|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=11 June 2019}} and portrayed the role of Nadine Murgatroyd in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-06-11/ackley-bridge-tv-time-date/|title=When is Ackley Bridge back on TV? Who's in it and what's going to happen?|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=11 June 2019}}

Personal life

Gavin lives in the Bradford neighbourhood and town of Denholme, and previously lived in the Bradford neighbourhood of Clayton. Her favourite place is the Bradford village of Haworth.

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable unsortable"
Year ! Title ! Role
2010 \| The Arbor \| The Girl
2011 \|Jasmine \|Hayley
rowspan="2" \|2014 \|The Knife That Killed Me \|Marlene
The crucible \|Mary Warren
rowspan="2" \|2015 \|Hector \|Hazel
Radical Hardcore \|Woman
2021 \|Ali & Ava \|Dawn
2023 \|Sky Peals \|Tara

class="wikitable unsortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

2010

| The Arbor

| The Girl

2011

|Jasmine

|Hayley

rowspan="2" |2014

|The Knife That Killed Me

|Marlene

The crucible

|Mary Warren

rowspan="2" |2015

|Hector

|Hazel

Radical Hardcore

|Woman

2021

|Ali & Ava

|Dawn

2023

|Sky Peals

|Tara

class="wikitable unsortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2006–2007 \| Shameless \| Anna Sampson \| 2 episodes
2007 \| The Chase \| Chelsie \| 1 episode
2012 \| Prisoners' Wives \| Lou \| Main role; 6 episodes
2012–2013 \| Casualty \| Faith Portman \| Recurring role; 4 episodes
2013 \| The Syndicate \| Becky \| Main role; 6 episodes
2016 \| Jericho \| Alma Capstick \| Main role; 8 episodes
rowspan="3" \| 2019 \| Gentleman Jack \| Alice Hardcastle \| 2 episodes
Line of Duty \| PS Tina Tranter \| 2 episodes
Ackley Bridge \| Nadine Murgatroyd \| Recurring role
2020 \| The English Game \| Anne Stokes \| 1 episode
2020 \| Yorkshire Firefighters \| Narrator \|
rowspan="2" \| 2021 \| Time \| Officer Jardine \| 3 Episodes
You Don't Know Me \|Angel (Trap Mother) \|1 episode
2022 \| Red Rose \| Rachel Davies \| Main role; 8 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 2023 \| Bodies \| Sarah Mannix \| Recurring role
The Long Shadow \|Georgie Showalter \|1 episode
2024 \| Passenger \| Joanne Wells \| Recurring role

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2006–2007

| Shameless

| Anna Sampson

| 2 episodes

2007

| The Chase

| Chelsie