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Natalie Press
Press in 2014
Born	(1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (age 45) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Natalie Press (born 15 August 1980) is an English actress.^[1] She is known for her performance in the 2004 filmMy Summer of Love^[2] and a number of short and feature-lengthindependent films, includingWasp (2003), which won theAcademy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. In 2008, her performance inFifty Dead Men Walking earned her a nomination for theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. In 2010, she was nominated for theBAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her work in the three-hour BBCminiseriesFive Daughters.

Press is fromnorth London. After studyingFine Art at university, she worked as an office temp and as a video store clerk onFulham Road until the success ofMy Summer of Love.

Press' first credited screen role was in a 2001 episode of theBBC television seriesHolby City. Her film debut and first lead role was in theshort filmWasp (2003), which went on to win theAcademy Award for best short film in 2005. She was recognised by theLondon Film Critics Circle and theEvening Standard British Film Awards for her work inMy Summer of Love (2004) and nominated for aEuropean Film Award in the category of Best European actress the same year. She made her professional stage debut inThe Weather, a new play by Clare Pollard, performed as part of theRoyal Court Theatre's 2004 Young Playwrights Season. In 2005, Press appeared as Caddy Turveydrop (née Jellyby) in the acclaimedBBC serialisation ofDickens'Bleak House. Also in 2005 she appeared in theBBC television dramaMr. Harvey Lights a Candle.

In 2006, Press starred inJosh Appignanesi's feature filmSong 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 filmEx Memoria - produced by Oscar-winning producer Mia Bays - a film about a woman withAlzheimer's disease. Press starred as the young version of the character Eva. The short was nominated in the category of Best UK short at theBritish Independent Film Awards.

In 2006 Press appeared inRed Road (also byAndrea Arnold, the director ofWasp) (the first film in the proposedAdvance Partytrilogy) which won the Jury Prize at the2006 Cannes Film Festival and in the two-part drama seriesDamage which was broadcast on Irish television. In the same year she won theGlamour magazine award for best newcomer in association withNokia.

Press appeared in the short filmSon (2008) byBAFTA winnerDaniel Mulloy, which went on to win a slew of international awards including Best British Short Film at theEdinburgh International Film Festival in the UK. She also starred inInseparable oppositeBenedict Cumberbatch, and inIn Transit, aWorld War II drama set inRussia which also featuresJohn Malkovich.

On 8 March 2007, Press performed in an Art Plus drama fundraising event at theWhitechapel Art Gallery oppositeRhys Ifans,Martine McCutcheon andSamantha Morton. In 2007 she was, alongside Cecilia Dean andHelena Christensen, one of the new faces of theJapanese clothing labelUniqlo and featured in themusic video forTurin Brakes' single "Stalker". She made her radio debut in October 2007 in theBBC Radio playWes Bell by Matthew Broughton.

In 2010 she was nominated forIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her filmFifty Dead Men Walking.

Press worked on period love storyWhere I Belong (2014) in the leading role of Rosemarie, starring opposite Johannes Krisch.

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