Nathalie Press

Natalie Press (born 15 August 1980, London, UK) is an acclaimed English actress, perhaps best known for her award-winning performance in the 2004 film "My Summer of Love" and a number of short and feature length independent films, including "Wasp", which won the 2005 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.

Personal life

Press is from North London and practiced Judaism until the age of 13. [http://www.dailyjews.com/articles/195_song_of_songs_review.htm] born 15 August 1980, [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1878602.ece Hot Press - Times Online ] ] . After studying Fine Art at university, she worked as an office temp and as a video store clerk on the Fulham Road until the success of "My Summer of Love".

Career

Press' first credited screen role was in a 2001 episode of the BBC television series "Holby City". Her film debut and first lead role was in the short film "Wasp" (2003), which went on to win the Academy Award for best short film in 2005. She was recognized by the London Film Critics Circle and the Evening Standard British Film Awards for her work in "My Summer of Love" (2004) and nominated for a European Film Award in the category of Best European actress the same year. She made her professional stage debut in "The Weather", a new play Clare Pollard, performed as part of the Royal Court Theatre's 2004 Young Playwrights Season. In 2005, Press appeared as Caddy Turveydrop (nee Jellyby) in the acclaimed BBC serialisation of Dickens' "Bleak House". Also in 2005 she appeared in the BBC television drama "Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle".

In 2006, Press starred in Josh Appignanesi's feature film "Song of Songs", which won a commendation in the Michael Powell Award for best British film 2005 at the Edinburgh festival. Later that year she also starred in the same director's short film "Ex Memoria" - produced by Oscar-winning producer Mia Bays - a film about a woman with Alzheimer's disease. Press starred as the young version of the character Eva. The short was nominated in the category of Best UK short at the British Independent Film Awards.

In 2006 Press appeared in "Red Road" (also by the director of "Wasp") (the first film in the proposed Advance Party trilogy) which won the Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and in the two-part drama series "Damage" which was broadcast on Irish television. In the same year she won the Glamour magazine award for best newcomer in association with Nokia.

Press has recently been seen in the short films "Son" by BAFTA winner Daniel Mulloy and "Inseparable" opposite Benedict Cumberbatch, and in "In Transit" a World War II drama set in Russia which also features John Malkovich. Forthcoming films include "Nightwatching", "Knife Edge" and "Fifty Dead Men Walking".

On March 8th 2007, Press performed in an Art Plus drama fundraising event at the Whitechapel Art Gallery opposite Rhys Ifans, Martine McCutcheon and Samantha Morton. In 2007 she was, alongside Cecilia Dean and Helena Christensen, one of the new faces of the Japanese clothing label "Uniqlo" and featured in the Music Video for Turin Brakes' single "Stalker". She made her Radio debut in October 2007 in the BBC radio play "Wes Bell" by Matthew Broughton.

Filmography

Feature films

*"The Gathering" (2002) - Female Van Pusher
*"Peter in Paradise" (2003) (TV) - Maria
*"My Summer of Love" (2004) - Mona
*"Lie with Me" (2004) (TV) - Sheena Cast
*"Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle" (2005) (TV) - Helen Taylor
*"Chromophobia" (2005) - Fiona
*"Animal" (2005) - Pregnant Woman
*"Song of Songs" (2006) - Ruth Cohen
*"Red Road" (2006) - April
*"In Tranzit" (2007) - Zina
*"Nightwatching" (2007) - Marieke
*"The Man Who Would Be Queen" (2007) - Unknown
*"Cass" (2008) - Elaine
*"Knife Edge" (2008) - Emma
*"Fifty Dead Men Walking" (2008) - Lara

hort subject

*"Spiritual Rampage" (2002) - Unknown
*"Wasp" (2003) - Zoë
*"Mercy" (2004) - Alison
*"The Undertaker" (2005) - Young Woman
*"Ex Memoria" (2006) - Young Eva Lipschitz
*"Inseparable" (2007) - Jean
*"Son" (2008) - Mother

References

External links

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* [http://www.exmemoriafilm.co.uk Ex Memoria website]