About Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer was born on 11 February 1982 in Reading, Berkshire, the United Kingdom. Her star sign is Aquarius. Dormer is born to her father, Gary Dormer, and to her mother, Claire Richards. Her father worked as a computer programmer, whereas her mother was a homemaker. She spent her childhood with her sister Samantha and brother Mark
Natalie Dormer schooled at the Chiltern Edge Secondary Schoo, where she became a member of the public-speaking team. She had the best communication skills in the school. Later, Dormer continued her education in Reading Blue Coat School, where she also became a head girl, a first-class student, and vice-captain of the school netball team.
Being good at public speaking, she traveled to different places with her general speaking team. Despite all of this, she once stated that she had been a victim of bullying in school. Moreover, Dormer also became interested in dancing; she took dance classes at the ‘Allenova School of Dancing. For her graduation, she studied at Cambridge. She performed well in a series of exams, but she misread one of her questions and did not secure an A in her A-level History exam. Natalie also became interested in acting; therefore, her parents, who supported her, enrolled her in the Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She also enrolled in the school drama club and won different awards. Natalie Dormer holds a British nationality and is a devoted Christian under the Roman Catholic.
Dormer landed her first professional acting role in 2003 in the Shakespeare comedy ‘The Comedy of Errors.’ After six months of her graduation, she played in the film ‘Casanova.’ This didn’t go too well. Hence, she became unemployed for a while, which resulted in her taking an optional job as a waitress. But due to her extreme interest in acting, she fought to get back at acting jobs. Her career took a whole turn in 2007 when she became a cast in ‘The Tudors’ for Anne Boleyn’s role. She earned good reviews from this series, but in the second season, her character died.
Eventually, her career continued as she was cast in Agatha Christie’s Maple: ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans’ and in ‘City of Life’ in 2008. In 2010, Dormer played ‘Sweet Nothing’ at the stage of ‘Young Vic,’ which impressed the critics, leaving her with a nice image in her professional acting career. In the same year, she appeared in Madonna’s film ‘W.E,’ which spotted her as the ‘Duchess of YorK.’ She also featured in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger.’
In 2012, she came into the limelight when she became a cast in a top-rated HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ as ‘Margaery Tyrel.’ She performed very well in every season until 2016. Likewise, she shared the screen alongside stars like Maisie Williams, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Hannah Murray, Sophie Turner, Jason Momoa, Max von Sydow, and Peter Dinklage.
Some of Natalie’s notable movies include ‘Rush,’ ‘The Counselor,’ and ‘Elementary.’ She is also known as ‘Cressida’ in ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.’ Furthermore, she portrayed her roles in ‘The Scandalous Lady,’ ‘The Professor and the Madman,’ and ‘The Fores.’. She has also given a voice-over for her character ‘Margaery Tyrell’ in the video game based on ‘Game of Thrones and the character ‘Dr. Lexi T’Perro’ in the video game ‘Mass Effect: Andromeda.’
Natalie has also shown keen interest in audio stories as she participated in the radio play ‘Neverwhere.’ She also continued her stage performance after ‘Sweet Nothings’ left a significant impression on the critics. Some of them are ‘Pat’ in the Hampstead Theatre in 2010, ‘Miss Julie’ for Young Vic again in 2012, and ‘Venus in Fur as Vanda Jordan’ in the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2017. She also did a music video named ‘Someone New for Hozier’ in 2015. In 2020, she appeared as Magda in the television series ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angel.’.
Natalie Dormer is firmly determined to keep her personal life away from the media line. However, it is believed that she previously had a relationship with an Irish film director Anthony Bryne. They met in 2007 while filming for ‘The Tudor.’ There is also a rumor that she engaged him and became pregnant, but Natalie has made no comments.
Natalie Dormer received a nomination for the Monte- Carlo TV Festival Outstanding Actress- Drama Series for ‘The Tudors’ in 2008. In addition, she also received a nomination for one Gemini Awards in 2008 and 2009. Dormer then won the ‘EWwy Award’ for the Best Supporting Actress- Drama. She received the award for her performance in the third season of ‘Game of Thrones. In 2015, she was also a nominee for Screen Actors Guild Award.
Natalie Dormer is a well-known actress who has faced many hardships to achieve success. However, her dedication towards her acting career has earned her a good amount to enjoy throughout her life. Her estimated net worth is $8 million as of 2021. She also utilizes her wealth for charity work as a way of giving back to society.
