Natalie Palamides | |
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| Born | Natalie Palamides January 6, 1990 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Natalie Palamides (born January 6, 1990) is an American actress, comedian and writer.[1]
Early life
As a young child living outside Pittsburgh, Palamides made comedic home videos in her backyard. She would do bits in the corridors at school. Disney productions and the Austin Powers movie series were early influences. Studying at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Palamides was inspired by the European clown tradition that her theater professor introduced her to. During college, Palamides performed group improvisation with the Pig Iron Theatre Company.[2]
Career
Aspiring to work at Saturday Night Live, Palamides moved to Los Angeles and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after college. She began voice-over and commercial work. She also took classes on clown performance at the Idiot Workshop and the Lyric Hyperion. Early sketches featured Palamides' characters: fantasizing about eating salad from a man's pants; complaining to the manager of sandwich shop Eggslut as an anthropomorphic egg; and insisting on being literally objectified. Through her classes, variety shows and open mic shows, she began developing longer-form performance from improvisations in unusual outfits.[2]
Palamides took the egg costume from her sketch and used it to make her first hour-long show, Laid.[2]
Palamides developed the exaggeratedly masculine character Nate, from her work with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, into an hour-long performance, Nate – A One Man Show.[3] Members of the audience participate, such as by wrestling Nate, with audience consent and sexual consent as themes. After winning the Total Theatre Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was commissioned by Amy Poehler's production company Paper Kite and released on Netflix on December 1, 2020.[2] Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."[4]
Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 Powerpuff Girls animated television series.[5][6]
She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.
Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance.[7]
She also co-hosts the Disney-themed podcast Hidden Mickeys alongside Carrie Poppy.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | Supply Side Jesus | Rachel | |
| 2012 | The Real St. Nick | Mallory | |
| 2013 | There Will Be Crumbs | Tiffany | |
| 2014 | My Name Is Vivienne | Caitlin | |
| 2014 | Minor Alterations | Sara Joel | |
| 2014 | If D.A.R.E. Made a Horror Film | Narrator | |
| 2015 | Six Things Only Dog Lovers Will Understand | Writer | |
| 2015 | The Real Witches of Salem County | Gertrude | |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | Kathy Murch | |
| 2016 | The Worst Sex Surprise | Sarah | |
| 2022 | Jackass Forever | Herself | Guest appearances |
| 2022 | Jackass 4.5 | Herself | Guest appearances |
| 2023 | Merry Little Batman | Francine (voice) | Direct-to-streaming film[8] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ThunderCats | Kathleen (voice) | Episode: "The Forever Bag" |
| 2013–2015 | Burning Bridges | Janice | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Therapy | Annie | Episode: "Episode 1" |
| 2014 | The Tinsel Zone | Judy | Episode: "Pitches in Stitches" |
| 2014 | Tattoo Nightmares | Sara | Episode: "Murder Boner" |
| 2015 | The Great Indoors | Natalie | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Pitiful Creatures | Student #2 | Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds" |
| 2015 | Stardumb | Basil | Recurring role |
| 2015 | The Brat Cave | Sluts the Cat/Bikini | Recurring role |
| 2016 | Last Moments of Relationships | Mona | Episode: "Nicest Breakup Ever" |
| 2016 | The Real Housewives of Shakespeare | Ophelia | Recurring role |
| 2016 | Very Important House | Frolie (voice) | Pilot |
| 2016–2019 | The Powerpuff Girls | Buttercup, additional voices | Main role[9] |
| 2016–2017 | The UCB Show | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Uncle Grandpa | Buttercup (voice) | Episode: "Pizza Eve" |
| 2016 | Uncle Buck | Amy | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016 | I Ship It | Interviewee #1 | Episode: "Let's Start a Band" |
| 2016 | Teen Titans Go! | Buttercup (voice) | Episode: "TTG v PPG"[9] |
| 2016 | Future-Worm! | Aunt Bitsy (voice) | Episode: "Deunited/Great Debates with the End of Time/The Forever Five" |
| 2016 | Tween Fest | Juicetine | Recurring role |
| 2017–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Foolduke, Kitten Barrel, additional voices | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Bob's Burgers | Kayla, Willow (voice) | 2 episodes[9] |
| 2018 | Please Understand Me | Natalie | Episode: "Rory & Natalie" |
| 2018 | Ghost Story Club | Natalie | Episode: "Natalie" |
| 2018 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Winnie (voice) | Episode: "Monster Party"[9] |
| 2018–2020 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Calliope (voice) | 2 episodes[9] |
| 2019 | Corporate | Kylie | Episode: "The Fall" |
| 2019 | Momma Named Me Sheriff | Teresa / Little Girl (voice) | Episode: "Bald Boyz" |
| 2020 | Duncanville | Bradley / Additional voices (voice) | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Central Park | Female Jogger (voice) | Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead" |
| 2020–2022 | The Owl House | Teen Eda (voice) | 4 episodes[9] |
| 2020 | Wild Life | Viv (voice) | Main role |
| 2020 | Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun | Episode: "Night-Time!" | |
| 2020 | Nate – A One Man Show | Nate | TV special |
| 2023 | Family Guy | Old Woman (voice) | Episode: "Old World Harm" |
References
- ↑ Hilton, Emily (December 21, 2020). "'It's Absolutely Part of My Acting All the Time': A Look Inside L.A.'s Top Clown Schools". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 Shaw, Helen (September 3, 2020). "Allow Natalie Palamides to Dominate You". Vulture. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Ashwin (December 4, 2020). "Natalie Palamides Has the Weirdest Comedy Special on Netflix". Vice. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- ↑ Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC 1349461077.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ The Big Cartoon DataBase (May 31, 2016). "Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for The Powerpuff Girls (Series)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Owen, Robb (April 1, 2016). "Tuned In: Peters Township High grad gives voice to new 'Powerpuff Girls'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Natalie Palamides TV Commercial Ads" Archived September 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine iSpot.tv
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (November 19, 2023). "Trailer: 'Merry Little Batman' Brings a Lighter Dark Knight Tale to Prime Video". Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Natalie Palamides (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 20, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.