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Natasha Gordon (born 1976) is an award-winning British playwright of Jamaican heritage, in 2018, she became the first black British female playwright to have a play staged in the West End.

Life
Natasha Gordon, 42, was born in North London, to parents who were both migrants from Jamaica. Her grandparents had arrived in London from Jamaica by boat as part of the so-called Windrush generation in the late 1950s. Her mother joined them in 1963, finding work, a Jamaican-born husband and a reassuringly familiar West Indian community there.

Gordon's debut play Nine Night premiered at London's National Theatre in April 2018 to critical acclaim and will transfer to London's Trafalgar Studios in autumn of this year. The transfer marks a pivotal moment in history as Gordon will become the first black British female playwright to have a play in the West End. In a Guardian newspaper profile on her, Gordon explains that the ‘nine night’ ritual of gathering to eat, drink and swap stories helped her to connect with her family’s past and inspired her first play. She also cites the recent deportation threats experienced by many of the Windrush generation as fuel for her to learn more about the difficulties her grandparents faced.

As an actor, her stage credits include Red Velvet (Tricycle Theatre), The Low Road and Clubland (Royal Court Theatre), Mules (Young Vic) and As You Like It (RSC). Her film and TV credits include Dough, Line of Duty, Class and Danny and the Human Zoo.

Television

 * Line of Duty (2016)
 * Danny and The Human Zoo (2015)
 * Secrets and Worlds (2012)
 * Law & Order UK (2010)
 * 10 Days to War (2008)
 * Doctors (2006, 2007 and 2016)
 * EastEnders (2007)
 * Little Miss Jocelyn (2006)
 * Holby City (2004)
 * The Bill (2000)

Theatre

 * Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti (2012), The Tricycle
 * Speechless by Linda Brogan & Polly Teale (2010) Sherman Cymru
 * The Exception & the Rule by Bertolt Brecht (2004), Young Vic
 * As You Like It by William Shakespeare (2003), RSC
 * Inside Out by Tanika Gupta, (2002) Arcola
 * Skin Deep, (2002) Warehouse, Croydon
 * Aladdin (2002) Lyric, Hammersmith
 * Top Girls (2001), BAC
 * Clubland by Roy Williams (2001), Royal Court

Writing

 * Nine Night (2018) National Theatre