Nathalie Armin

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Nathalie Armin
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech & Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Nathalie Armin is a British actress. She has appeared in a number of stage productions. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC Three comedy Juice (2023) and the BBC One drama Showtrial (2024).

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Early life

Armin was born to Iranian parents. She studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Armin appeared in David Hare's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, [4] and the acclaimed 2015 production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Motherfucker with the Hat , [5] both at the Royal National Theatre.

In her Evening Standard review of Steve Water's 2017 play Limehouse at the Donmar Warehouse, critic Fiona Mountford praised Armin as "one of this country's finest under-the-radar stage actresses". [6]

Armin later performed alongside Juliet Stevenson in the original production of Robert Icke's critically acclaimed The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre, [7] and in 2023 she starred in the English premiere of Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life directed by Ivo Van Hove. [8] [9]

Armin's screen credits include Peter Morgan's The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies , [10] the award-winning C4 comedy-drama Home, [11] and the acclaimed TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders .

In 2023 she appeared as series regular The Boss in Mawaan Rizwan's BBC Three comedy, Juice and she will lead Series Two of BBC Drama Showtrial , alongside Adeel Akhtar, in 2024. [12] [13]

Credits

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000LocalYasmin Royal Court Theatre
2002CrazyBlackMuthaF*ckinSelfKareema Royal Court Theatre
2004 Othello Bianca Royal Shakespeare Company
2007DamascusMuna Traverse Theatre / Kiln Theatre
2009 Arabian Nights Kasim's Wife Royal Shakespeare Company
2012The BombIrina Kiln Theatre
2015Behind the Beautiful ForeversPoornima Royal National Theatre
DaraJahanara Royal National Theatre
The Motherfucker with the Hat Victoria Royal National Theatre
2016Another WorldYasmin Royal National Theatre
2017 Limehouse Debbie Owen Donmar Warehouse
2018 Machinal Stenographer/Nurse Almeida Theatre
Raleigh: The Treason TrialCoke Shakespeare's Globe
2019AnnaMarion Bourmer Royal National Theatre
The Doctor Flint Almeida Theatre
2022 Force Majeure Charlotte Donmar Warehouse
2023 A Little Life Ana Harold Pinter Theatre/Savoy Theatre

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 The Jury UsherGranada Television
2005 William and Mary NolaMeridian / ITV Series 1, 2 & 3
Spooks Joumana BBC
The English HaremFirouzeh ITV
2008 Being Human EleanorTouchpaper Television
2009 The Omid Djalili Show Catherine of Aragorn BBC
The Fixer DS RoweKudos
2015 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies Melissa ChapmanCarnival Film & Television
2016 Maigret: Maigret's Dead Man Nina GaubertPeKet Co-Productions Limited / ITV
Humans TabithaChannel Four / AMC
2017 Vera Eva Motian ITV
Unforgotten GillMainstreet Pictures / ITV
Electric Dreams State's AdvocateChannel Four/ Sony/ Left Bank
2018 Marcella Helen ITV / Buccaneer
2019HomeYasmineSeries 1 Channel 4/Channel X
2020Too CloseProsecution ITV
HomeYasmineSeries 2 Channel 4/Channel X
2021 Magpie Murders Melissa ConwayPBS / Britbox
2022 Flatshare Tania Joseph BBC
Treason Lydia Jena Netflix
Untitled Alfonso Cuaron ProjectNurse Apple TV
2023 Juice The Boss BBC Three
2024 Showtrial LeilaSeries 2 / World Productions

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Grow Your OwnSoraya BBC Films
2016 Denial Monica Du Champs BBC Films
Earthy EncountersDr KeysShort Film / Creative England
2018 Final Score MilsonSignature Films / Highland Film Group
2022 The Batman ATF Leader Warner Brothers
2023AnnaMaaretGood Films Collective

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