Natalie Sutherland was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is the daughter of British actress & director Althea Dando and Mr John Sutherland. Starting in the theatre, Natalie's mother was directing a show, when one of the young girls couldn't perform at the last minute. Ms. Dando asked her daughter to step in for that night...
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Natalie Sutherland was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is the daughter of British actress & director Althea Dando and Mr John Sutherland. Starting in the theatre, Natalie's mother was directing a show, when one of the young girls couldn't perform at the last minute. Ms. Dando asked her daughter to step in for that night's performance. Natalie, already quite the little business woman, agreed to do the performance, only if her mother would agree to buy her the roller-skates she wanted. The agreement was in place and Natalie stepped on to perform. She was won over by the lights, stage, audience and the magic that happened that evening on that stage. Natalie continued performing in theatre for the next ten years, taking her into commercials and then film. A dancer of 15 years, Natalie reveled in Musicals, such as 'Gypsy', 'Grease', and 'Oliver' to name a few. Making the leap to Hollywood was the best thing Natalie ever did. Landing a role in 'Oliver' for Paramount Studios theatre department had her performing for Prince Edward and starring alongside 'Ugly Betty's' America Ferrera. Natalie then landed a role in the award winning 'Trainspotting', which was nominated for 2 LA Drama Critics Awards and extending from a 6 week run to a 6 month run. She then went on to TV, commercials and film in Los Angeles, starring as the lead in Shadow Entertainment/Full Moon Productions worldwide blockbuster movie 'Birth Rite' and the festival comedic hit "fxxxen' Americans" opposite her friend and co-star Grant Show.2015-2016 proved to be a busy year for Natalie. She starred as a fierce and feisty Hollywood Agent in the Comedic Series "Fame Dogs", which premiered at The Grove Theatre in L.A. as an Official Selection of the IFA Film Festival, and then went on to WIN BEST COMEDY! "Fame Dogs" has also been nominated for 7 Indie Series Awards and Natalie herself has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. The Award show is held in Los Angeles on April 5th, 2017. Natalie also created, wrote, produced and starred in her first television pilot, namely "Confessions Of A Hollywood Bartender", alongside the brilliant Trevor Donovan, Lindsey McKeon, Ryan Merriman, Greer Grammer, Chris Caldovino and Carlos Moreno Jr. 2016 she also starred in Director Matthew Roth's feature film "Five Piece" due for release later this year. Then she worked with her good friend Justin Chon, playing a supporting role in his movie "Gook", which just premiered at SUNDANCE and also WON the AUDIENCE AWARD there. Natalie resides in Los Angeles, but works between the US and Great Britain.
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