An English actress, born on February 11, 1982, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. A talented and beautiful daughter of Gary Dormer, he was a computer programmer and is now retired. Dormer’s Mother, Claire Richards is a housewife.
They are parents to three children, including Natalie, Mark and Samantha. She was engaged to former writer-and-director Anthony Byrne, from Dublin, whom she first met on the set of ‘The Tudors’ which was her comeback film debut, after promoting their new thriller ‘In Darkness’ which the co-written, the relationship didn’t last long and they split after 11 years of relationship.
Dormer’s heritage is Norwegian, and half Welsh. Dormer went to Chiltern Edge Secondary School for her early schooling then later on, moved to Reading Blue Coat School. During her schooling years, Dormer used to train in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing, where she started learning ballet, jazz and modern dance at age three but stopped when she reached age 16 and later on she decided to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, under the same roof that produced talents like Minnie Driver and Matthew Goode. Dormer did her first professional role in The Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare in 2003.
After six months of graduating from Webber Douglas, she did her film debut in 2005, which was directed by Lasse Hallström, through her perfect comedic timing deliverance the director ordered the scriptwriter to expand her part, which led Dormer won the role of Victoria in Casanova.
She also had a small part in the Distant Chores. After her debut and the filming of Casanova, Dormer left her acting work for ten months, which she imputes to bad representation. The actress waitressed and worked in data entry to support her. She was committed to liberated films, although financing caused postponements. Natalie Dormers say her out-of-work period was so long but it was the best lesson she could have had in the first 12 months of my starting career.
Dormers’ Come Back In the Film Industry
After being out of work 2007 was the year when Dormer made a comeback in the first two seasons of The Tudors, by playing the role of Anne Boleyn for which she received highly positive reviews that after her characters’ departure at the end of the second season of the show left a tremendous void in viewers. Then after her excellent comeback, she became a part of Agatha Christie’s Marple: “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” and aced the character of Moira Nicholson and then acted in the film City of Life. In 2009, summers, Dormers’ Marple appearance was aired in the US as part of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery anthology series.
She also appeared in Incendiary that year, but her scenes were cut from the final film. After succeeding Marple, Dormer went to make her stage debut at the Young Vic theatre in London in the play Sweet Nothings, as Mizi. After 6 months of playing Mizi, she went out to film some new roles, which include playing Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger, Duchess of York in Madonna’s film W.E., Pvt. and in the BBC court drama Silk as Niamh Cranitch. She then returned as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors in a dream sequence for the fourth and final season in mid-2010.
Life-changing year for Natalie Dormer
2012 was the year she went back to the Young Vic theatre to play the title role in After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber. Her remarkable performance in that role received excellent critical acclaims, with reviews describing her as “little short of sensational”, “outstanding”, and “the perfect Miss Julie” Then after her success as Miss Julie she was then offered to be a part of the radio play of Neverwhere, as Lady Door which was based on the novel by Neil Gaiman.
Later on that year she was offered to appear in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones as Margaery Tyrell which was for the long run from 2012 till 2016. Dormer won the Ewwy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Drama for her excellent performance in the third season of the show. Dormer then appeared in Rush and the thriller The Counselor, a car racing drama and also A Long Way Home.
In the final three episodes of the first season of the CBS series Elementary, Dormer was portrayed by Irene Adler. Dormer was also a part of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2 as Cressida which demanded her to shave the left side of her head. In 2014 she was starred as the scandalous noblewoman of the 18th century, as Lady Worsley in a BBC drama called The Scandalous Lady W, this drama was aired on August 2915 and was centered on the book Lady Worsley’s Whim by the historian Hallie Rubenhold. Later on that year Dormer was starred in upcoming action thriller Patient Zero, alongside Matt Smith and Game of Thrones co-star John Bradley-West. The film was based on a script by Mike Le and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky, which was released in 2017. Dormer also starred in the horror film The Forest which was directed by Jason Zada. Dormer has also been part of a revenge thriller, In Darkness which was co-written by Dormer with her ex-fiancé, Anthony Byrne which has been in production since 2015 and has been applauded for scenes of “gratuitous nudity” In 2017 Dormer has the chance to play a role of a schoolteacher as Mrs. Hester Appleyard in Picnic at Hanging Rock, which is an adaptation of the 1967 Australian novel of the same name by Joan Lindsay.
Net Worth of Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer is an English talented actress of the film industry who convinced her critics through her passion and hard work by her remarkable performances have a net worth of $6 million.