American actress (born 1986)
Natalie Paul is an American actress. She has acted in several television shows such as The Deuce , Smash , The Sinner , and Power . She is best known for playing Doreen Henderson on Show Me a Hero and for her role as Antoinette in the film Crown Heights .[ 1] [ 2]
Early life
Paul graduated with a B.A. from Yale University and a MFA from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program.[ 3] She is of Haitian descent.[ 4]
Career
Paul's first series regular was in the Yonkers housing drama Show Me a Hero as the budding community organizer Doreen Henderson.[ 5] [ 6] Her first film role was in Crown Heights in which she played the female lead.[ 7] [ 8] The film won several accolades, including the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017. Paul earned an NAACP Image Award for her role. Her subsequent series regular role was in the 1970s Times Square drama The Deuce as newspaper reporter Sandra Washington.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
In 2018, Paul had a supporting role in the HBO show Random Acts of Flyness . In the same year, Paul starred in the former Lifetime thriller series You as Karen Minty.[ 12]
She also starred in the second season of The Sinner on USA .[ 13]
Paul has written and directed two short films, Everything Absolutely and Sweet Tea .[ 14]
Awards and nominations
Paul was nominated for a 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and won the 2018 Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress for her role in Crown Heights .[ 15]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2013
Smash
Actor #5
Episodes: "Musical Chairs", "The Fringe", and "The Read-Through"
2014
Boardwalk Empire
Beatrice Carson
Episodes: "Friendless Child" and "The Good Listener"
2015
Show Me a Hero
Doreen Henderson
Main role
2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Zahara Letts
Episode: "Intersecting Lives"
2016
Power
Candie
Episodes: "Don't Worry Baby" and "I Got This on Lock"
2016
Luke Cage
Dana Stryker
Episode: "Take It Personal"
2017
The Deuce
Sandra Washington
Main role (season 1)
2018
The Sinner
Heather Novack
Main role (season 2)
2018
You
Karen Minty
Guest role
2019
Mr. Mercedes
A. D. A. Sarah Pace
Recurring role
2019
The Blacklist
Francesca Campbell / Mila LaPorte
Recurring role
Other work
Year
Title
Role
Director
Writer
Producer
Notes
2012
Everything Absolutely
Lady
Yes
Yes
Short film; co-director
2015
Sweet Tea
Nicki
Yes
Yes
Short film
References
^ The Deadline Team (2014-09-02). "HBO Miniseries Show Me A Hero Adds Cast" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2017-10-14 .
^ Nguyen, Hanh (2017-07-26). "The Deuce Creator David Simon: Porn Drama Isn't 'Trafficking in Misogynistic Imagery or Objectification' " . IndieWire . Retrieved 2017-10-09 .
^ Jessica Tong (2015-04-23). "A talk with up and coming actress Natalie Paul by Jessica Tong, Programs & Outreach Coordinator" . Haiti Cultural Exchange. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2017-10-14 .
^ Press, ed. (26 January 2014). "Pryce in Brooklyn two-hander" . Trinidad and Tobago Guardian . Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ Hale, Mike (2015-08-13). "Review: Show Me a Hero Focuses on a Mayor in the Maelstrom of Desegregation" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2017-10-14 .
^ Lawson, Richard (2015-08-13). "Show Me a Hero Is a Stirring Companion Piece to The Wire " . Vanity Fair . Retrieved 2017-10-14 .
^ Turan, Kenneth (2017-08-24). "Review Crown Heights tells a timely, fact-based tale of wrongful incarceration" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2017-10-15 .
^ "Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul Discuss Crown Heights " . MSN . 2017-01-23. Retrieved 2017-10-21 .
^ Rosenberg, Alyssa (2017-10-09). "The Deuce Season 1, Episode 5 review: 'What Kind of Bad?' " . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2017-10-09 .
^ Cochrane, Lauren; Marriott, Hannah; Ferrier, Morwenna (2017-09-01). "Offred, Prince, or a Walnut Whip? The thinking person's style icons for autumn" . The Guardian . Retrieved 2017-10-15 .
^ Olivia Armstrong. "Natalie Paul Knows What Sandra Washington Is Really After" . HBO . Retrieved 2017-10-21 .
^ Mitchell, Molli (January 10, 2019). "You on Netflix cast: Who plays Karen in You? Who is Natalie Paul?" . Express . Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
^ Fishman, Scott (5 September 2018). "Natalie Paul Says Things Are Going to Get Faster on Season 2 of The Sinner " . Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via tvinsider.com.
^ "Natalie Paul" . Brooklyn Arts Council. Retrieved 2017-10-15 .
^ "NAACP Image Awards Nominees: Netflix, OWN Lead In TV; Universal, Annapurna, Open Road Top Film" . Deadline Hollywood . 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-11-20 .
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