Natalie J. Robb
Born
Natalie Joy Robb

(1974-12-03) 3 December 1974 (age 49)
Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present
Television

Natalie Joy Robb (born 3 December 1974)[1] is a Scottish actress and singer. She played the roles of Gemma Clewes in EastEnders Trish McDonald in the Scottish Television soap opera Take the High Road (1990–1999) and Jude Carlyle in the BBC soap opera Doctors (2001–2004). Since 2009, she has portrayed the role of Moira Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.[2][3][4] Her other television roles include Dream Team (2000–2001) and The Bill (2004–2005).

Early life

Robb was born on 3 December 1974, as the youngest of three, she has an older sister and brother.[5] As a child, Robb attended weekend drama groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan Macmillan, later going to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[6] Robb was also in a band called The Kinky People.[7]

Career

Robb made her screen debut as a nine-year-old, starring in an STV docudrama alongside Tom Conti.[6] At 13, she was awarded the BBC Young Entertainer of the Year award on kids' TV show, Going Live!. At the age of 14, she was cast in the role of Trish McDonald in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road.[6] She then appeared in the Sky One series Dream Team. Afterwards, she spent three years as Jude Carlyle in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors.[7] Years after her exit from Doctors, Robb admitted that she did not know how she coped on the series due to the medical terminology. She surprised herself when her brain "managed to take in all the information of the doctor jargon".[8] However, she used her knowledge and experience from Doctors when she came into contact with a pregnant woman in labour who had collapsed and was bleeding. On the experience, Robb explained: "She was really panicking about losing the baby, obviously. For some reason, maybe because of Doctors, I was very calm."[9] She left the series for a role as an undercover journalist posing as a police officer PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill.[6] Robb appeared in EastEnders in July 2006 as Gemma Clewes, the mistress of Max Branning (Jake Wood).[7] In July 2008, she appeared in The Shepherd: Border Patrol with Jean-Claude Van Damme, where she played Ramona Garcia. In 2009, she played the part of a counsellor in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road.[10] Later in 2009, it was announced that Robb had joined the cast of Emmerdale as part of a new farming family, the Bartons. Robb made her Emmerdale debut as Moira Barton on 17 July 2009.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990–1999 Take the High Road Trish McDonald Regular role
1992 Taggart Sheila MacIntosh
1995 Taggart Kate McCready
1999 Sunburn Maria Ioannides Regular role
2000–2001 Dream Team Lizzie Conlon Regular role
2001 London's Burning Kate Recurring role
2001–2004 Doctors Jude Carlyle Regular role
2004–2005 The Bill PC Andrea Dunbar Regular role
2005 Where The Heart Is Laura Miller
Holby City Kirsty Winton Recurring role
Waking The Dead Emma Lloyd Guest role
2006 Good Girl Bad Girl Nun Guest role
New Tricks Isabella Gennaro Guest role
EastEnders Gemma Clewes Recurring role
2007 Kitchen Grace Main role
Sea of Souls Carla Vigo Guest role
2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Captain Ramona Garcia
2009 Waterloo Road Charlotte Monk Guest role
2009–present Emmerdale Moira Barton Regular role
2011 Paddy & Marlon’s Big Night In Moira Barton Main role
2014 All Star Family Fortunes Herself Contestant (with Emmerdale)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2003 British Soap Awards Best Actress Doctors Nominated [12]
2003 British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Doctors Nominated [12]
2004 British Soap Awards Best Actress Doctors Nominated [13]
2004 British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Doctors Nominated [13]
2010 Inside Soap Awards Best Newcomer Emmerdale Nominated [14]
2011 16th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Emmerdale Nominated [15]
2012 British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Emmerdale Nominated [16]
2012 British Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [16]
2012 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [17]
2013 All About Soap Awards Forbidden Lovers (shared with Jeff Hordley) Emmerdale Nominated [18]
2014 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [19]
2015 20th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Emmerdale Nominated [20]
2016 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Won [21]
2017 22nd National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Emmerdale Shortlisted [22]
2017 British Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [23]
2017 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Emmerdale Won [24]
2017 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Soap Actress Emmerdale Won [25]
2018 23rd National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Emmerdale Nominated [26]
2018 British Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [27]
2018 British Soap Awards Best Female Dramatic Performance Emmerdale Nominated [28]
2018 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Emmerdale Nominated [29]
2018 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Nominated [30]
2019 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Soap Actor (Female) Emmerdale Nominated [31]
2020 25th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Emmerdale Nominated [32]
2020 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Emmerdale Nominated [33]
2020 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Emmerdale Shortlisted [34]

References

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