30 Facts About Nellie Bertram

Nellie Bertram is a fictional character on the US comedy television series The Office, portrayed by Catherine Tate.

Nellie Bertram first appears as a guest star in the seventh season, where she interviewed for the Regional Manager position at the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch.

Nellie Bertram is an original character, and has no counterpart in the original British version of the series.

Nellie Bertram is portrayed as a crass and outspoken woman of English nationality.

Nellie Bertram was born in the "working-class town" of Basildon, and, until the age of 32, spoke in a "horrendous" Essex accent.

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Nellie Bertram is an old friend of Jo Bennett's, and believes that it is possible that she is Jo's best friend, while stating that Jo is not her best friend.

Nellie Bertram's stated philosophy in business is "if the seat is open, the job is open", a motto which had led her to briefly race a Formula One car.

Long before her move to Scranton, Nellie Bertram was in a long-term relationship with a stage magician named Henry, only to have him suddenly leave her for a waitress and vanish from her life, resulting in a loathing for anyone of that profession.

Nellie Bertram first appeared in the seventh-season finale, where she interviewed for the Regional Manager position of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch, the position that Michael Scott held for the majority of the series.

Nellie Bertram reveals that she reacted to being rejected for the Manager job by going on a destructive shopping spree.

Nellie Bertram had long-harbored a desire to adopt a child, and after being initially rejected by an adoption agency during season eight, finally gets her wish in the series finale.

Nellie Bertram made her debut in "Search Committee", interviewing for the Regional Manager position at the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch, but proves herself to be woefully inept for the job.

Nellie Bertram subsequently invites Packer and Dwight to have breakfast with her the following day.

Nellie Bertram says that it is evident that the store is a failure, so he plans to sandbag it at a high-level meeting.

Later, when Jim is keeping Dwight from attending the meeting, in hopes of keeping Dwight from getting fired, Packer convinces Nellie Bertram to appoint him vice president in Dwight's absence, which she does.

Nellie Bertram says that, while they should fire Packer as an employee, they should not fire him as a man.

Nellie Bertram uses her motto of "if the seat is open, the job is open", to coax Robert into letting her stay.

Nellie Bertram tells them about a bad breakup she went through with her longtime boyfriend, Henry.

In "Turf War", it is revealed that Nellie Bertram is a shopaholic and is in severe credit card debt, and that her efforts to adopt a child were turned down because she is single.

Nellie Bertram reveals to the camera crew that she is deeply moved to have a real friend at the office.

When Nellie Bertram insists he choose a charity, Dwight mocks her initiative further by deliberately choosing a front organization for the Taliban.

In "Andy's Ancestry", after being tasked by Andy to research his family tree, to spite him, Nellie Bertram falsely tells him that he is related to US First Lady Michelle Obama.

Dwight then jumps out and captures her in a net, at which point Nellie Bertram frees her from the net and admits to Dwight that the pill is hers, and pops it into her mouth, leaving Dwight stunned.

In "Dwight Christmas", at the office Christmas party, Nellie Bertram is intrigued when Toby Flenderson mentions he was on the jury for the Scranton Strangler.

Nellie Bertram is horrified to realize Toby has fallen for her, and while she is briefly impressed when he goes to see if the Scranton Strangler is innocent and is nearly killed by the very guilty man, she goes back to showing great disdain for Toby afterwards.

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Nellie Bertram avoids Toby, and snidely remarks that she "un-friended" him when he knows about her open-Twitter based personal life.

Nellie Bertram says she is living in Poland, "the Scranton of the EU".

Nellie Bertram tells Kevin that she'll contact Child Services, but instead lets the camera know that if Ryan wants to come back for Drake, he should head to Europe because Nellie Bertram will be raising her new son there.

However, on October 21,2011, it was announced that she would be returning to The Office in order to reprise her role of Nellie Bertram, who has been hired as the "Misguided special projects manager".

Nellie Bertram character received mixed reviews from her initial guest appearance.