Natalie Palamides

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| birth_name = Natalie Palamides

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|1|6}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater = Indiana University of Pennsylvania

| years_active = 2012–present

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Natalie Palamides (born January 6, 1990) is an American actress, comedian and television writer.{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/its-absolutely-part-of-my-acting-all-the-time-a-look-inside-l-a-s-top-clown-schools-4106994/|title='It's Absolutely Part of My Acting All the Time': A Look Inside L.A.'s Top Clown Schools|author=Hilton, Emily|date=December 21, 2020|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726174824/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/its-absolutely-part-of-my-acting-all-the-time-a-look-inside-l-a-s-top-clown-schools-4106994/|url-status=live}}

Career

Aspiring to work at Saturday Night Live, Palamides moved to Los Angeles and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after college. She began voice-over and commercial work. She also took classes on clown performance at the Idiot Workshop and the Lyric Hyperion. Early sketches featured Palamides' characters: fantasizing about eating salad from a man's pants; complaining to the manager of sandwich shop Eggslut as an anthropomorphic egg; and insisting on being literally objectified. Through her classes, variety shows and open mic shows, she began developing longer-form performance from improvisations in unusual outfits.{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Helen |date=September 3, 2020 |title=Allow Natalie Palamides to Dominate You |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/natalie-palamides-nate-netflix-comedy-special.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903201944/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/natalie-palamides-nate-netflix-comedy-special.html |archive-date=September 3, 2022 |accessdate=September 3, 2022 |work=Vulture}}

Palamides took the egg costume from her sketch and used it to make her first hour-long show, Laid.

Palamides developed the exaggeratedly masculine character Nate, from her work with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, into an hour-long performance, Nate – A One Man Show.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/88a8va/natalie-palamides-nate-netflix-special-interview|title=Natalie Palamides Has the Weirdest Comedy Special on Netflix|work=Vice|last=Rodrigues|first=Ashwin|date=December 4, 2020|accessdate=September 3, 2022|archive-date=September 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903210314/https://www.vice.com/en/article/88a8va/natalie-palamides-nate-netflix-special-interview|url-status=live}} Members of the audience participate, such as by wrestling Nate, with audience consent and sexual consent as themes. After winning the Total Theatre Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was commissioned by Amy Poehler's production company Paper Kite and released on Netflix on December 1, 2020. Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."{{Cite book |last=Symons |first=Alex |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1349461077 |title=Women Comedians in the Digital Age |date=2023 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-003-26868-0 |edition=1st |location=Abingdon, Oxon |pages=147 |oclc=1349461077}}

Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/164902-Powerpuff-Girls-%28Series%29|title=Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for The Powerpuff Girls (Series)|author=The Big Cartoon DataBase|date=31 May 2016|work=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)|access-date=March 5, 2016}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/04/01/Tuned-In-Peters-Township-High-grad-gives-voice-to-new-Powerpuff-Girls/stories/201604010070|title=Tuned In: Peters Township High grad gives voice to new 'Powerpuff Girls'|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|first=Robb|last=Owen|date=April 1, 2016|accessdate=April 7, 2016|archive-date=April 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403064513/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2016/04/01/Tuned-In-Peters-Township-High-grad-gives-voice-to-new-Powerpuff-Girls/stories/201604010070|url-status=live}}

She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.

Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance.[https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/IJn/natalie-palamides "Natalie Palamides TV Commercial Ads"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921104456/https://www.ispot.tv/topic/actor-actress/IJn/natalie-palamides |date=September 21, 2020 }} iSpot.tv

She also co-hosts the Disney-themed podcast Hidden Mickeys alongside Carrie Poppy.

Palamides played a horror movie–style clown, Funzo, in Apocalypse Clown (2023). The low-budget comedy film won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh.{{cite web |last=Tabbara |first=Mona |date=17 July 2023 |title=Apocalypse Clown, Verdigris scoop prizes at Galway Film Fleadh, as marketplace packs a punch |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/apocalypse-clown-verdigris-scoop-prizes-at-galway-film-fleadh-as-marketplace-packs-a-punch/5184074.article |accessdate=5 April 2024 |work=Screen Daily}}{{cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=14 July 2023 |title=Director of Dark Comedy Apocalypse Clown on Making a '$2M Roland Emmerich Film. With Clowns. In Ireland' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/apocalypse-clown-george-kane-director-interview-1235536355 |accessdate=5 April 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} Though reviews had mixed opinions towards the humour and writing, Funzo was acclaimed.{{cite web |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |date=29 August 2023 |title=Apocalypse Clown review – gag-filled comedy in post-apocalyptic Ireland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/29/apocalypse-clown-review-gag-filled-comedy-in-post-apocalyptic-ireland |accessdate=5 April 2024 |work=The Guardian}}{{cite web |last=Halligan |first=Fionnuala |date=14 July 2023 |title=Apocalypse Clown: Galway Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/apocalypse-clown-galway-review/5183875.article |accessdate=5 April 2024 |work=Screen Daily}} Simon Henderson of Blazing Minds lauded that Palamides "ranges from seeming innocence to apparent insanity, sometimes in the same scene".{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Simon |date=21 August 2023 |title=Film Review: Apocalypse Clown (2023) is incredible brilliant |url=https://blazingminds.co.uk/apocalypse-clown-incredibly-brilliant-review/ |accessdate=5 April 2024 |work=Blazing Minds}} Digital Spy{{'}}s Ian Sandwell praised her "deranged and hilarious" performance, particularly for minor comedic details such as a scene in which her character removes her clown nose.{{cite web |last=Sandwell |first=Ian |date=October 23, 2023 |title=Apocalypse Clown is unlike anything you've seen before |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a44897686/apocalypse-clown-review/ |accessdate=January 14, 2024 |work=Digital Spy}}

In August 2024, Palamides performed WEER at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show, which has been described as a "one-woman romcom," received widespread acclaim.{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Brian |date=2024-08-08 |title=Natalie Palamides: Weer review – an outrageously entertaining one-woman romcom |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/aug/08/natalie-palamides-weer-review-traverse-theatre-edinburgh |access-date=2024-08-12 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |title=Review: Natalie Palamides: Weer |url=https://www.timeout.com/edinburgh/comedy/natalie-palamides-weer-review |website=TimeOut}}{{Cite web |title=Natalie Palamides: WEER review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/natalie-palamides-weer-review-traverse-theatre-edinburgh |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=The Stage |language=En}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Film

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2012

| Supply Side Jesus

| Rachel

2012

| The Real St. Nick

| Mallory

2013

| There Will Be Crumbs

| Tiffany

2014

| My Name Is Vivienne

| Caitlin

2014

| Minor Alterations

| Sara Joel

2014

| If D.A.R.E. Made a Horror Film

| Narrator

2015

| Six Things Only Dog Lovers Will Understand

| Writer

2015

| The Real Witches of Salem County

| Gertrude

2015

| Freaks of Nature

| Kathy Murch

2016

| The Worst Sex Surprise

| Sarah

2022

|Jackass Forever

|Herself

|Guest appearance

2022

|Jackass 4.5

|Herself

|Guest appearance

2023

|Apocalypse Clown

|Funzo

2023

|Merry Little Batman

|Francine (voice)

|Direct-to-streaming film{{Cite web |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=November 19, 2023 |title=Trailer: Merry Little Batman Brings a Lighter Dark Knight Tale to Prime Video |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/11/trailer-merry-little-batman-brings-a-lighter-dark-knight-tale-to-prime-video/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |language=en-US}}

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! Year

! Title

! Role

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2012

|''ThunderCats

| Kathleen (voice)

| Episode: "The Forever Bag"

2013–2015

| Burning Bridges

| Janice

| Recurring role

2014

| Therapy

| Annie

| Episode: "Episode 1"

2014

| The Tinsel Zone

| Judy

| Episode: "Pitches in Stitches"

2014

| Tattoo Nightmares

| Sara

| Episode: "Murder Boner"

2015

| The Great Indoors

| Natalie

| Episode: "Pilot"

2015

| Pitiful Creatures

| Student #2

| Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds"

2015

| Stardumb

| Basil

| Recurring role

2015

| The Brat Cave

| Sluts the Cat/Bikini

| Recurring role

2016

| Last Moments of Relationships

| Mona

| Episode: "Nicest Breakup Ever"

2016

| The Real Housewives of Shakespeare

| Ophelia

| Recurring role

2016

| Very Important House

| Frolie (voice)

| Pilot

2016–2019

| The Powerpuff Girls

| Buttercup, additional voices

| Main role{{cite web |title=Natalie Palamides (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Natalie-Palamides/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

2016–2017

| The UCB Show

| Various

| 5 episodes

2016

| Uncle Grandpa

| Buttercup (voice)

| Episode: "Pizza Eve"

2016

| Uncle Buck

| Amy

| Episode: "Pilot"