Natalie Paul

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Natalie Paul
Born1986 (age 37–38)
New York City, US
Education Yale University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Natalie Paul is an American actress. She has acted in several television shows such as The Deuce , Smash , The Sinner , and Power . She is best known for playing Doreen Henderson on Show Me a Hero and for her role as Antoinette in the film Crown Heights . [1] [2]

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Early life

Paul graduated with a B.A. from Yale University and a MFA from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. [3] She is of Haitian descent. [4]

Career

Paul's first series regular was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as the budding community organizer Doreen Henderson. [5] [6] Her first film role was in Crown Heights in which she played the female lead. [7] [8] The film won several accolades, including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. Paul earned an NAACP Image Award for her role. Her subsequent series regular role was in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce as newspaper reporter Sandra Washington. [9] [10] [11]

In 2018, Paul had a supporting role in the HBO show Random Acts of Flyness . In the same year, Paul starred in the former Lifetime thriller series You as Karen Minty. [12]

She also starred in the second season of The Sinner on USA. [13]

Paul has written and directed two short films, Everything Absolutely and Sweet Tea. [14]

Awards and nominations

Paul was nominated for a 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and won the 2018 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in Crown Heights. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Crown Heights Antoinette
2023 Shooting Stars Gloria James

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Smash Actor #5Episodes: "Musical Chairs", "The Fringe", and "The Read-Through"
2014 Boardwalk Empire Beatrice CarsonEpisodes: "Friendless Child" and "The Good Listener"
2015 Show Me a Hero Doreen HendersonMain role
2016 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Zahara LettsEpisode: "Intersecting Lives"
2016 Power CandieEpisodes: "Don't Worry Baby" and "I Got This on Lock"
2016 Luke Cage Dana StrykerEpisode: "Take It Personal"
2017 The Deuce Sandra WashingtonMain role (season 1)
2018 The Sinner Heather NovackMain role (season 2)
2018 You Karen MintyGuest role
2019 Mr. Mercedes A. D. A. Sarah PaceRecurring role
2019 The Blacklist Francesca Campbell / Mila LaPorteRecurring role

Other work

YearTitleRoleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2012Everything AbsolutelyLadyYesYesShort film; co-director
2015Sweet TeaNickiYesYesShort film

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