Natalie Denise Sperl

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Natalie Denise Sperl
Born
New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota, United States
Occupation(s)Model, film/television actress
Years active1995–present

Natalie Denise Sperl (New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota) is an American model and film and television actress, better known for her appearances in the films Mank , Succubus: Hell Bent , Rock Monster , and Around the World in 80 Days .

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Career

An Esquire cover girl and former Coors Light Girl, starring with Kid Rock in the Coors Light Super Bowl commercial directed by Michael Bay, Sperl was a high fashion runway model in Europe working for such top designers as Cynthia Rowley and Alexander McQueen at Central St. Martins in London. From there she landed several magazine covers before moving to Los Angeles to be an actress. To date she has over 50 acting credits including hit TV shows Two and A Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS and more. This led to starring roles in numerous films including Rock Monster and the cult darling Succubus Hell-Bent. Currently you can see Natalie channel Greta Garbo in David Finchers’ Oscar winning film Mank on Netflix.

Natalie honed her comedy skills at Second City Improv where she created several sketch characters and celebrity impersonations including Gwen Stefani and former First Lady Melania Trump among others. She would eventually develop these characters into her YouTube series, The Sperliegirl Show. Natalie has done Stand Up at The Comedy Store Belly Room, The Improv and The Comedy Union in Los Angeles.


She is a singer-songwriter and the front woman of the band Kill My Coquette.

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
2023 Gunfight at Rio Bravo
2011 After You Kristinpost-production
Getting Back to Zero Julie Snake Eyes
2008 Rounds Gina Laurie
Trapped in Perfection Jannies
2007AlibiGia
2004 Mojave Sexy office girl
Little Black Book Natalie
Around the World in 80 Days Stunning Womanas Natalie Sperl
Larceny Waitress
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 NCIS Milaana Shishani1 episode
Unhitched Kara1 episode
Rock Monster (TV movie)Cassandra
2007 Succubus: Hell Bent (video)Lilith
2006 Big Day Sequoia1 episode
Two and a Half Men Janie1 episode
Last Call (video)Lucy
The Graveyard (video)Zoe
CSI: Miami Melissa Bowman Rowe1 episode
Three Strikes (TV movie)Cindy
Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty Herself
2005 How I Met Your Mother Natalya1 episode
Portrait of a Man and a Woman: Los Angeles, c. 2004 (short)Nina
2003 What Should You Do? Female Victim1 episode
A.U.S.A. Juror No. 81 episode
Other Side of the Road (short)

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