Nathalie Press (born 15 August 1980) is an acclaimed English actress, perhaps best known for her award-winning performance in the 2004 film My Summer of Love and a number of short and feature length Independent film's.
Press is from North London and practiced Judaism until the age of 13. After graduating from university, she worked as an office temp and as a video store clerk on the Fulham Road until the success of My Summer of Love.
Her first credited role was in a 2001 episode of the BBC television series Holby City. Her film debut and first lead role was in the short film Wasp (2003), which went on to win the Academy Award for best short film in 2005. She was recognized by the London Film Critics Circle and the Evening Standard British Film Awards for her work in My Summer of Love (2004) and nominated for a European Film Award in the category of Best European actress the same year. In 2005, Press appeared as Caddy Jellyby/Turveydrop in the acclaimed BBC serialisation of Dickens' Bleak House.
In 2006, Press starred in Josh Appignanesi's short film EX MEMORIA, produced by Oscar-winning producer Mia Bays, a film about a woman with Alzheimer's disease. Press starred as the young version of the character Eva. The short was nominated in the category of Best UK short at the British Independent Film Awards.
Press has recently been seen in Red Road (also by the director of Wasp) the first film in the proposed Advance Party Trilogy, which won the Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and in the two-part drama series Damage which was broadcast on Irish television. In 2006, she won the Glamour magazine award for best newcomer in association with Nokia.
Upcoming films include In Transit a World War II drama set in Russia opposite John Malkovich, Nightwatching, directed by Peter Greenaway, Knife Edge, Telepathy with Cillian Murphy and Sam Neil, The Sycamores with Peter Mullan and Kelly Reilly and Cass opposite Leo Gregory.
On March 8th 2007, Press performed in an Art Plus drama fundraising event at the Whitechapel Art Gallery opposite Rhys Ifans, Martine McCutcheon and Samantha Morton, she has recently been announced as one of the new faces of the Japanese clothing label Uniqlo alongside Cecilia Dean and Helena Christensen.
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