Natalie Casey (born 15 April 1980) is a British actress, presenter, narrator and singer. She portrayed Carol Groves in the television show Hollyoaks (1996–2000) and Donna Henshaw in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001–2011).
Natalie Casey | |
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| Born | 15 April 1980 Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
| Relatives | Anna-Jane Casey (sister) |
Early life
editCasey was born on 15 April 1980 in Rawtenstall, Lancashire.[1] Her older sister is the actress Anna-Jane Casey.[citation needed] She attended Oldham Theatre Workshop with her longtime friend Antony Cotton.[1]
Career
editMusic
editIn January 1984,[2] when Casey was three years old, her rendition of the nursery rhyme "Chick Chick Chicken" reached No. 72 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] This made her the youngest female artist to have had a solo hit in the UK Top 75 (with seven month old Jessica Smith appearing on the Teletubbies' number one hit in 1997, and Ian Doody in the Top 40 as Microbe aged 3 in 1969).[4] In the same year, Casey appeared on the BBC's Saturday Superstore. During the show, she needed to go to the toilet and asked Boy George to take her. In the 2008 live special of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, she performed the single for the first time in over 20 years.[citation needed]
Television
editIn January 1996, Casey began playing Carol Groves on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, in which she remained for over five years.
In 2001, she joined the cast of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, playing Donna Henshaw alongside her Hollyoaks co-star Will Mellor. Casey and Mellor were the only two original main characters to appear in all nine series. The final episode was broadcast on 24 May 2011.
Casey has also presented and narrated numerous shows such as Dinner Date from 2014. She appeared as a guest co-presenter of The Big Breakfast in January 2001 during Guest Presenter Week with Terri Dwyer. She co-presented Big Brother's Little Brother in 2001 with Dermot O'Leary.
Theatre
editIn summer 2007, Casey played Serena Katz in a hit run of the musical Fame at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. In February 2008, she began playing the role Julia in the pre-West End UK tour of The Wedding Singer. Her other stage credits include The Vagina Monologues (Palace Theatre, Manchester), Hobson's Choice (Watermill Theatre opposite her sister Anna-Jane Casey), Flint Street Nativity (Liverpool Playhouse), Well at the Trafalgar Studios and the Apollo Theatre, opposite Sarah Miles and Ado Annie in Oklahoma! at the Chichester Festival Theatre. She took over from Denise van Outen in Legally Blonde at The Savoy Theatre as Paulette from 26 April 2011. In March 2012, she played Angela in the revival of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party at the Menier Chocolate Factory, later transferring to Wyndham's Theatre, London.
On 29 June 2012, it was confirmed that Casey would play the role of Judy Bernly in the first UK tour production of the Broadway musical 9 to 5. The tour began at the Manchester Opera House on 12 October 2012.[5] She appeared in the UK tour production of 9 to 5. She appeared in Sex and the Three Day Week from 2014 to 2015, Moving Stories in 2016 and 2017, Things I Know to Be True in 2016 and Stepping Out in 2017.
Personal life
editFilmography
edit| Year | Film | Role |
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| 1990 | Death in Venice | Young Girl |
| 1996–2000 | Hollyoaks | Carol Groves |
| 1999 | Brookside: Double Take | Moria |
| 2000–2001 | MTV Select | Presenter |
| 2001 | The Big Breakfast | Guest co-presenter with Terri Dwyer |
| 2001 | Big Brother's Little Brother | Co-presenter with Dermot O'Leary |
| 2001–2011 | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps | Donna Henshaw |
| 2002 | 24 Heaven | Presenter |
| 2003 | 24 Access all areas | |
| 2005 | Chopratown | Annie Deaver |
| 2009 | Missing | Gemma Winter |
| 2010 | Changing Faces | Narrator |
| 2013 | People Like Us | |
| 2014–2023 | Dinner Date | |
| 2016–2018 | Spot Bots | Tangram |
| 2022 | Agatha Raisin | Maggie Tubby |
| 2022–present | Cash in the Attic | Narrator |
References
edit- ^ a b c "20 Questions With... Natalie Casey". What's On Stage. 29 May 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ "The girls are back". Kent Online. KM Group. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 96. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. - ^ "The youngest acts to enter the Official UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
- Gambaccini, Paul; Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan (1994). British Hit Singles. London: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-633-2. - ^ "Cast: Bonnie Langford clocks in for 9 to 5: The Musical". Whats On Stage. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.