Natalie Cassidy

Natalie Cassidy
Born (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983
Islington, London, England
Occupation Actress
Columnist
Television personality
Years active 1990–present
Children 2

Natalie Ann Cassidy (born 13 May 1983) is a two time British Soap Award-winning English actress. She has played Sonia Fowler in EastEnders since 1993, appeared in the BBC Two sitcom-horror Psychoville and was a contestant on the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing and the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Career

As a child, Cassidy attended the Anna Scher Theatre. She joined the cast of EastEnders in 1993, playing Sonia Jackson. In 2006, Cassidy played a rival to Lauren Cooper in an episode of The Catherine Tate Show screened on BBC Two. On 9 April 2006, the BBC announced Cassidy's departure from EastEnders with her final scenes being screened in February 2007. She then concentrated on work in the theatre, appearing in extensive UK tours of The Vagina Monologues, Bedroom Farce and Gertrude's Secret opposite Prunella Scales and a run of The Cherry Orchard at the Chichester Festival Theatre opposite Diana Rigg.

Towards the end of 2007, Cassidy made headlines after losing a lot of weight, and released a fitness DVD entitled Natalie Cassidy's Then and Now Workout. In 2008, she appeared in the documentary Natalie Cassidy's Diet Secrets for BBC Three. In 2008 she appeared as a regular panellist on The Wright Stuff on Five. Later that year, Cassidy gained press coverage for giving up her diet and regaining considerable weight.[1][2] Her personal trainer stated that Cassidy had "slipped back into her old habits" and that she was "really disappointed."[2] In 2009, Cassidy was seen in a supporting role in the BBC Two comedy TV series Psychoville, alongside Dawn French and Eileen Atkins. The first episode was aired in June 2009. She also provided the voice-over for BBC Three's Underage and Pregnant.

In 2009, Cassidy signed up for a series of Strictly Come Dancing, beginning in October.[3][4] Her professional partner was Vincent Simone and she was voted off the competition in fifth place on 28 November 2009. Cassidy joined ex-EastEnders actor James Alexandrou and Nina Wadia to create comedy shorts for BBC Raw Words, an adult literacy website. The series of video clips about story writing also included appearances from Lenny Henry and Rowland Rivron.

On 25 October 2009, it was announced that Cassidy would reprise her role as Sonia in EastEnders in 2010 with her on screen family Lindsey Coulson who played Carol Jackson, Dean Gaffney who played Robbie Jackson and Devon Anderson as Billie Jackson. The Jackson family were reunited with Patsy Palmer who rejoined the soap in 2008 as Bianca Jackson.[5][6] Cassidy appeared in a small number of episodes between 8 and 18 February 2010. In 2010, E4 announced that Natalie Cassidy would be starring in her own reality TV show,[7] Natalie Cassidy: Becoming Mum.

On 17 December 2010, it was announced that Cassidy would reprise her EastEnders role in 2011 for a single episode.[8] On 5 January 2012, Cassidy entered the Celebrity Big Brother house and became the fifth evictee .

In 2012, comedy show Very Important People on Channel 4, featured a spoof reality show segment entitled "Natalie Cassidy Is Doing This Now", which shows 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. On 9 April 2012, Cassidy announced that she would become a regular on Loose Women, though as of February 2016, she has never made regular appearances.

Prior to returning to EastEnders, Cassidy was the host of The Health Lottery; a competition broadcast on Channel 5.

Strictly Come Dancing

Week # Dance/song Judges' score Result
Craig Revel Horwood Len Goodman Alesha Dixon Bruno Tonioli
1 Group Mambo Group performance — not judged
2 Tango / "Spider of the Night" 6666 24, 26 (safe)
Cha Cha Cha / "Bang Bang" 6776
3 Paso Doble / "Malagueña" 6787 28 (safe)
4 Salsa / "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" 7877 29 (safe)
5 Viennese Waltz / "At Last" 7776 27 (safe)
6 American Smooth / "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" 7877 29 (safe)
7 Jive / "Good Golly Miss Molly" 7878 30 (safe)
8 Quickstep / "Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano" 7888 31 (safe)
9 Foxtrot / "Magic Moments" 8998 34 (safe)
10 Samba / "Holiday" 6785 26 (safe)
11 Rock and Roll / "Long Tall Sally" 5777 26 (eliminated)

Personal life

Since 2014, Cassidy has been in a relationship with cameraman Marc Humphreys, On 27 October 2015 it was announced that the couple were engaged and a few months later on 13 February 2016, Cassidy revealed she was pregnant with her second child.[9] She gave birth to a daughter in August 2016.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Natalie Cassidy puts on weight again". Now Magazine. 6 July 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Former queen of lean Natalie Cassidy balloons again after piling on almost four stone". London: Mail Online. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (28 July 2009). "Natalie Cassidy tipped for 'Strictly'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  4. ↑ Sheridan, Emily (25 August 2009). "Natalie Cassidy to battle Martina Hingis and Zoe Lucker on the dance floor as Strictly Come Dancing returns". London: Mail Online. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "EASTENDERS: NATALIE'S BACK". Sky. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28.
  6. ↑ Green, Kris (25 October 2009). "The Jacksons return to 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Cassidy To Get Own Show
  8. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 December 2010). "Sonia to make one-off 'Enders return". Digital Spy. London: Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  9. ↑ Natalie Cassidy on Twitter: "Evening all... Time to let everybody know that @cameramarc and I are having a baby in the summer. The three musketeers become four."
  10. ↑ Natalie Cassidy celebrates birth of baby girl
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