1. Natalie Ann Cassidy was born on 13 May 1983 and is an English actress and television personality.
19 Facts About Natalie Cassidy
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Natalie Cassidy is known for her role as Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
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Natalie Cassidy has appeared in the BBC Two sitcom-horror series Psychoville in 2009 and was a contestant on the reality shows Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Big Brother and The Masked Singer.
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Natalie Cassidy joined the cast of EastEnders in 1993, playing Sonia Jackson.
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Natalie Cassidy then focused on work in the theatre, appearing in the UK tours of The Vagina Monologues, Bedroom Farce and Gertrude's Secret, as well as a run of The Cherry Orchard at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
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In 2009, Natalie Cassidy was cast in a supporting role in the BBC Two comedy television series Psychoville, alongside Dawn French and Eileen Atkins.
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Natalie Cassidy provided the voice-over for BBC Three's Underage and Pregnant.
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Natalie Cassidy returned to the series for a short stint between 8 and 18 February 2010, and again for a single episode in 2011.
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Natalie Cassidy made a permanent return to EastEnders in 2014.
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Natalie Cassidy guest-starred in a 2021 episode of the BBC sitcom Motherland.
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In 2009, Natalie Cassidy signed up to compete in series seven of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Natalie Cassidy was partnered with professional Vincent Simone, and finished in fifth place.
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In 2012, the Channel 4 comedy show Very Important People featured a spoof reality show segment entitled "Natalie Cassidy Is Doing This Now", which showed its subject engaged in various menial and humorous situations, for example hosing out bins, sorting through old pens, and taking her spare change to Coinstar.
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The role of Natalie Cassidy was played by comedian Morgana Robinson.
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Between 2009 and 2013, Natalie Cassidy was in an on-off relationship with Adam Cottrell, a transport manager from Bristol.
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Natalie Cassidy was given a restraining order banning him from contacting Cassidy for two years.
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Since 2014, Natalie Cassidy has been in a relationship with cameraman Marc Humphreys.
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In October 2015, it was announced that the couple were engaged, and a few months later, on 13 February 2016, Natalie Cassidy revealed she was pregnant with her second child.
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Natalie Cassidy gave birth to their daughter in August 2016.