Natalie Dew

Natalie Dew is an English actress. She began her career as a child actress. She earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her performance in Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical. On television, she stars in the Gold sitcom Sandylands (2020–).

Early life
Dew was born in Malaysia to an Indian-Malaysian mother and an English father from Wiltshire. She grew up in Devon and attended Blundell's School, a private school in Tiverton, from 1998 to 2005. Her father died when she was 14. Dew graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.

Career
At the age of 11, Dew was cast as Karen in the CBBC comedy-drama Monster TV, which aired in 1999. She made her feature film debut in Kiss of Life.

In 2008, Dew made her professional stage debut as Viola in Twelfth Night at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, for which she earned an Ian Charleson Award nomination. She won third prize the next year's Ian Charleson Awards for As You Like It at the Curve. This was followed by further Shakespeare roles in Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

Dew originated the role of Jess in the stage musical adaptation of the football film Bend It Like Beckham, which premiered at the Phoenix Theatre on the West End in 2015. For her performance, Dew was nominated for the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Also in 2016, she appeared in Human Animals at the Royal Court Theatre and Breaking the Code at the Manchester Exchange, the latter of which won her a Manchester Theatre Award. She went on to play Janelle in the 2018 film Peter Rabbit.

In 2020, Dew began starring as lead character Emily Verma in the Gold sitcom Sandylands. The second series aired in 2021. She also played Alisha Burman in the BBC thriller Roadkill. She joined the cast of The Capture for its second series in 2022 as Aliza Clarke.

Personal life
Dew lives in London.