- Natalie splits her time between L.A. and the UK where she keeps a base for her projects at renowned filmmaking hub, Pinewood Studios.
Natalie has grown up in entertainment, first hitting the stage as a young child in her home town of Birmingham, England. The daughter of a UK rocker, Natalie's upbringing was heavily influenced by the career endeavors of her musician father, a bass player who rehearsed with Ozzy Osbourne, opened for Tom Jones, The Who, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Queen and the Electric Light Orchestra.
After the family moved to Canada, Natalie went on to star in over 100 episodes of television and was nominated for 6 ACTRA awards in the categories of hosting, interviewing and comedic and dramatic acting. She moved to New York to continue to study acting and has continued successfully in entertainment as both an actress and stand-up comedienne.
Natalie has taken her professional training very seriously in both her comedic and dramatic work. She studied improv with Toronto's Second City and has studied acting in New York, Toronto, London and Los Angeles, in particular with legendary coach to Leonardo DiCaprio, Larry Moss, who called her "An extraordinary artist, a great comic actress." and described Natalie's work as, "the kind of bravery I rarely see."
Natalie has also has studied acting in the UK at the renowned Actors Centre in London as well as the iconic Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles, training grounds to the likes of Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and many more. In 2016 Natalie also graduated from the Advanced Sketch Comedy Writing program at UCB (The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre) in L.A., founded by four brilliant improvisers including former SNL star, Amy Poehler.
In addition to her work writing and performing, Natalie has painted since childhood. Despite her astonishing accomplishments in the field of art (such as reproducing the Sistine Chapel Ceiling), she has never taken a class. On the fine art circuit Natalie has been dubbed the New Jackson Pollock and was a featured artist in American Contemporary Art Magazine.
Known for exceptional creativity with no limits to her artistic ability, Natalie has been asked to design footwear for international brands such as Chinese Laundry, Birkenstock, Bebe and, most recently, the Playboy corporation. Natalie was the first ever footwear designer for Playboy and designed their entire footwear collections for the US and Canada for over eight years, all the time working as an internationally touring stand-up comedienne! Natalie also designed the entire collection of footwear for Pamela Anderson
Splitting her time between L.A and the U.K., Natalie also hosts and produces her own podcast, The Gray Escape with Natalie Gray, available on iTunes. The podcast features celebrities and notables and conversations range from comedy and entertainment to the Nature of Reality and the Holographic Universe.
In 2017 Natalie's comedy led to her being scouted by Warner Bros to be a Senior Writer on a major project which is set to come out in 2020.- IMDb Mini Biography By: http://prismartists.com
- Her artistic talents resulted in demand for her work in the field of design. Natalie has designed lamps and furniture which have been manufactured internationally, and also designed footwear for brands including Playboy, Birkenstock, H By Halson, and Dreamworks, as well as animal friendly footwear for Pamela Anderson.
- Natalie has received six ACTRA award nominations for her work as both a dramatic and comedic actress as well a TV host / interviewer.
- In order to research an episode of their comedy series, "No Talent Required" (2008)_, Natalie and writing partner, Jason Anthony, worked for a day on the set of comedy icon Judd Apatow's film Funny People (2009) with Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill.
- In her earlier years, to learn more about working in film, Natalie worked on several film sets in Toronto in various crew roles including stand-in, stunt double and extra. One of her more unusual appearances was in the film Johnny Mnemonic (1995) starring Keanu Reeves. The Tiananmen Square protest scene was staged in downtown Toronto and required 400 Chinese union actors, but ACTRA (the Canadian equivalent of SAG) was short a few. Natalie, a member of ACTRA, was called in to fill the union quota but, at 5' 8", was found to be taller than the general crowd. Hence, it was decided by the Assistant Director that she would have to play a tall Chinese man. She appears in this scene as one of the few "men" selected to carry an extremely heavy 10 foot flag.
- Host of an infomercial for Ekornes' "Stressless" furniture.
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