Natalia Ryumina was born in Riga, Latvia. She started her singing career at the age of 14 and in the following years reached significant success as a recording artist in her home country and abroad. She made multiple television appearances and performed in some of the top venues in Latvia, Russia and Europe. At the age of 18 she was signed by a modeling agency and a new chapter of her life started, it included numerous catwalk shows, magazine covers and adverts. At that time she also went on to study classical singing at Jazep Medin Riga School of Music. Having made a decision to take her career to a new level, she moved to London and continued her studies at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, at the same time working on her British and American accents with the dialect coach Mel Churcher and attending workshops of a legendary New York teacher Jack Waltzer. This was followed by appearances in British drama series Holby City, Lewis, feature films We Need to Talk About Kieran, Speed Date. Natalia is currently attached to a few new projects. Her next movie will be Soldiers of the Damned which is due to start shooting in April 2013. Show less «