Natalie Palamides

Natalie Palamides (born January 6, 1990) is an American actress, comedian and writer.[1]

Natalie Palamides
Born
Natalie Palamides

(1990-01-06) January 6, 1990
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
Years active2012–present

Early life

As a young child living outside Pittsburgh, Palamides made comedic home videos in her backyard. She would do bits in the corridors at school. Disney productions and the Austin Powers movie series were early influences. Studying at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Palamides was inspired by the European clown tradition that her theater professor introduced her to. During college, Palamides performed group improvisation with the Pig Iron Theatre Company.[2]

Career

Aspiring to work at Saturday Night Live, Palamides moved to Los Angeles and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after college. She began voice-over and commercial work. She also took classes on clown performance at the Idiot Workshop and the Lyric Hyperion. Early sketches featured Palamides' characters: fantasizing about eating salad from a man's pants; complaining to the manager of sandwich shop Eggslut as an anthropomorphic egg; and insisting on being literally objectified. Through her classes, variety shows and open mic shows, she began developing longer-form performance from improvisations in unusual outfits.[2]

With Dr. Brown from the Lyric, Palamides adapted her early egg character into an hour-long show, Laid.[2]

Palamides developed the exaggeratedly masculine character Nate, from her work with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, into an hour-long performance, Nate – A One Man Show.[3] Members of the audience participate, such as by wrestling Nate, with audience consent and sexual consent as themes. After winning the Total Theatre Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was commissioned by Amy Poehler's production company Paper Kite and released on Netflix on December 1, 2020.[2] Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."[4]

Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 Powerpuff Girls animated television series.[5][6]

She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.

Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance.[7]

She also co-hosts the Disney-themed podcast Hidden Mickeys alongside Carrie Poppy.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Supply Side Jesus Rachel
2012 The Real St. Nick Mallory
2013 There Will Be Crumbs Tiffany
2014 My Name Is Vivienne Caitlin
2014 Minor Alterations Sara Joel
2014 If D.A.R.E. Made a Horror Film Narrator
2015 Six Things Only Dog Lovers Will Understand Writer
2015 The Real Witches of Salem County Gertrude
2015 Freaks of Nature Kathy Murch
2016 The Worst Sex Surprise Sarah
2022 Jackass Forever Herself Guest appearances
2022 Jackass 4.5 Herself Guest appearances
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 ThunderCats Kathleen (voice) Episode: "The Forever Bag"
2013–2015 Burning Bridges Janice Recurring role
2014 Therapy Annie Episode: "Episode 1"
2014 The Tinsel Zone Judy Episode: "Pitches in Stitches"
2014 Tattoo Nightmares Sara Episode: "Murder Boner"
2015 The Great Indoors Natalie Episode: "Pilot"
2015 Pitiful Creatures Student #2 Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds"
2015 Stardumb Basil Recurring role
2015 The Brat Cave Sluts the Cat/Bikini Recurring role
2016 Last Moments of Relationships Mona Episode: "Nicest Breakup Ever"
2016 The Real Housewives of Shakespeare Ophelia Recurring role
2016 Very Important House Frolie (voice) Pilot
2016–2019 The Powerpuff Girls Buttercup (voice)
Barbarus Bikini (voice)
Barry (voice)
Additional voices		 Main role
2016–2017 The UCB Show Various 5 episodes
2016 Uncle Grandpa Buttercup (voice) Episode: "Pizza Eve"
2016 Uncle Buck Amy Episode: "Pilot"
2016 I Ship It Interviewee #1 Episode: "Let's Start a Band"
2016 Teen Titans Go! Buttercup (voice) Episode: "TTG v PPG"
2016 Future-Worm! Aunt Bitsy (voice) Episode: "Deunited/Great Debates with the End of Time/The Forever Five"
2016 Tween Fest Juicetine Recurring role
2017–2019 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Foolduke (voice)
Kitten Barrel (voice)
Additional voices		 Recurring role
2018 Bob's Burgers Kayla (voice)
Willow (voice)		 Episodes: "The Hurt Soccer", "Boywatch"
2018 Please Understand Me Natalie Episode: "Rory & Natalie"
2018 Ghost Story Club Natalie Episode: "Natalie"
2018 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Daizzi (voice) Episode: "Sandboy"
2018 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Winnie - Scooby Doo (voice) Episode: "Monster Party"
2018–2020 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Calliope (voice) Episodes: "Keeper of the Spire", "Race to the Spire"
2019 Corporate Kylie Episode: "The Fall"
2019 Momma Named Me Sheriff Teresa / Little Girl (voice) Episode: "Bald Boyz"
2020 Duncanville Bradley / Additional voices (voice) 8 episodes
2020 Central Park Female Jogger (voice) Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead"
2020–2022 The Owl House Teen Eda (voice) 4 episodes
2020 Wild Life Viv (voice) Main role
2020 Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun Episode: "Night-Time!"
2020 Nate – A One Man Show Nate TV special


References
  1. Hilton, Emily (December 21, 2020). "'It's Absolutely Part of My Acting All the Time': A Look Inside L.A.'s Top Clown Schools". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  2. Shaw, Helen (September 3, 2020). "Allow Natalie Palamides to Dominate You". Vulture. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  3. Rodrigues, Ashwin (December 4, 2020). "Natalie Palamides Has the Weirdest Comedy Special on Netflix". Vice. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  4. Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC 1349461077.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. The Big Cartoon DataBase (May 31, 2016). "Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for The Powerpuff Girls (Series)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. Owen, Robb (April 1, 2016). "Tuned In: Peters Township High grad gives voice to new 'Powerpuff Girls'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  7. "Natalie Palamides TV Commercial Ads" Archived September 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine iSpot.tv
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