Nathalie Morris

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Nathalie Morris is an Australian film, television and stage actress. Morris is best known for her role as Oly Davis in television series Bump. [1]

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Personal life

Morris grew up in Canberra before moving to New Zealand to study acting. [2]

Career

in 2019, Morris appeared in the stage play The Audience playing a young Queen Elizabeth. [3] In 2020, Morris appeared in Almost Paradise and also filmed One Lane Bridge. [4] [5]

In 2020, Morris was named in the new Stan series Bump, she would play the character of Oly Chalmers-Davis in her breakout role, where Oly would navigate life with a new born baby while Oly was in high school. [6] Morris appeared in every episode and season of the show and wrote an episode in series five. [7] [8]

In 2022 Morris filmed the movie We Were Dangerous on location in New Zealand with it releasing in 2024, [2] [9] she also worked on the thriller Petrol.. [10] In 2023, Morris was named as a rising star of 2023 by the Casting Guild of Australia. [11]

On December 8 2024, Morris was named in the extended cast for series three of The Twelve. [12]

On 21 February 2025, it was announced that Morris would reprise her role as Oly for the Bump: A Christmas Film movie, the film takes place between Bump's nineth and tenth episodes of series five. [13]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2025Bump: A Christmas FilmOly Chalmers-DavisTV movie
The Twelve Jazmyn TannerTV series: 8 episodes
2021-24 Bump Oly Chalmers-DavisTV series: 50 episodes
2020-21 One Lane Bridge Emma RyderTV series: 11 episodes
2020 Almost Paradise Evelyn WalkerTV series: 1 episode
The SeagullNinaTV series: 4 episodes
2019 Shortland Street Layla DayTV series: 3 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
20255'12BoogieShort
2024Just a FarmerJean
2024 We Were Dangerous Lou
2022PetrolEva
2021Nine White MoonsInitialled Woman
2019Black ChristmasFran
2018Killer SofaMaxi
2017CadeDiane

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2026Room With A ViewLucy HoneychurchMelbourne Theatre Company [14]
2022Tell Them I'm HereGeorgiaBelvoir
2020The SeagullNinaAuckland Theatre
2019The AudienceQueen ElizabethNew Zealand Theatre

source: [15]

References

  1. Profile (2020-12-31). "Bump stars Nathalie Morris & Carlos Sanson Jr spill on the heart-warming drama that's sure to be your new obsession". Now To Love. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. 1 2 "Star of Bump takes on powerful new film role". ABC News. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  3. "Actor Nathalie Morris (Soon To Be Seen As The Young Queen) On Her Beauty Routine". NZ Herald. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  4. "Almost Paradise: Christian Kane discusses that perfect season finale". Precinct TV. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  5. "NZ series One Lane Bridge gets Australian release". The West Australian. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  6. Rugendyke, Louise (2020-12-23). "Bump could be a career-maker for Claudia Karvan's handpicked stars". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  7. Knox, David (2024-07-02). "Bump filming final season | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  8. Watson, Tara (25 December 2024). "Bump says goodbye: What to expect and season 5 spoilers". Mamamia. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  9. "we were dangerous". filmthreat.com. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  10. Goodfellow, Melanie (2023-11-06). "Indican Pictures Takes North American Rights For 'Petrol' With 'Bump' Star Nathalie Morris". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  11. Knox, David (2023-11-12). "Casting Guild of Australia: Rising Stars of 2023 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  12. Knox, David (2024-12-08). "The Twelve season 3 cast unveiled | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  13. "Australia's favourite family are back for a festive South American cruise in Bump: A Christmas film". www.nine.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  14. "A Room with a View". www.mtc.com.au. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  15. "Nathalie Morris". GCM. Retrieved 2025-10-19.