Natasia Demetriou

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Natasia Demetriou
File:Natasia Demetriou, What We Do in The Shadows, 2018.jpg
Demetriou in 2018
Born Natasia Charlotte Demetriou
1983/1984 (age 39–40)[1]
London, England
Citizenship
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • screenwriter
Years active 2012–present
Relatives Jamie Demetriou (brother)

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou (born 1983 or 1984) is a British-Cypriot[2] actress, comedian and screenwriter.[3] She is best known for her roles as Nadja in the FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–present) and Sophie in the Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).[4]

In 2022, Demetriou co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show Ellie & Natasia, alongside her comedy partner Ellie White. The show has been renewed for a second series.[5]

Early life

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou was born in London, the daughter of an English mother and a Greek-Cypriot father.[1] She was raised in North London.[6][7] Her younger brother, Jamie Demetriou, is a comedian and actor with whom she often collaborates. She studied acting at University of Leeds.[7] Prior to becoming a professional comedian, Demetriou worked as a makeup artist, notably working on music videos for Boy Better Know.[8]

Career

Demetriou's debut show, You'll Never Have All of Me, won the Skinny Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[9] She was a longtime member of sketch comedy troupe Oyster Eyes[10] and has written for Anna & Katy and The Midnight Beast. Demetriou made her TV debut in 2013.[11] In 2015, she was in the comedy sketch show pilot of People Time on BBC Three with Ellie White, alongside her brother Jamie Demetriou, with Claudia O’Doherty, Liam Williams, Alistair Roberts and Daran Johnson.[12][9]

In 2018 she played sister to her real life brother Jamie Demetriou's Stath in Channel 4 sitcom, Stath Lets Flats, about a family-run estate agents, which was written and created by her brother.[9] On 11 May 2020, a special "lockdown" mini-episode was released online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] At the 2020 BAFTA awards Stath Lets Flats won three awards: Best Male Actor in a comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy.

In 2019, Demetriou also starred in and wrote the highly acclaimed BBC Three comedy sketch show Ellie & Natasia, a show inspired by social anxiety and being a woman in today's society, with Ellie White.[4][12][9] In March 2020, it was reported that BBC commissioned a six-episode series, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

Since March 2019, Demetriou has starred as Nadja, a Greek Romani vampire,[14][15] in the critically acclaimed FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows. The series was created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, based upon their 2014 film of the same name.[16][17][18][19] The mockumentary follows three vampires (Laszlo, Nadja, and Nandor) living in a house in Staten Island and trying to cope with modern-day New York City, along with an energy vampire (Colin) and Nandor's human familiar (Guillermo). The show co-stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch. The second season of ten episodes debuted in April 2020.[20][19][21]

Starting 18 May 2020, Demetriou and Vic Reeves co-hosted Netflix's unscripted reality competition show The Big Flower Fight. The eight-part series sees 10 pairs of contestants in a knockout competition featuring huge flower installations with the winner going on to design an installation to be displayed in London's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[22]

In 2021, Demetriou was a series regular on the second series of This Time with Alan Partridge, portraying a flirtatious makeup artist named Tiff.[23]

Personal life

Demetriou lives in North London with her dogs. Her hobbies include gardening.[24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Swag Office Worker Short film [citation needed]
2014 Intervention Nicole Short film [citation needed]
2018 The Festival Bride Smurf [25]
2018 Man of the Hour Christina Short film [citation needed]
2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Nina [26]
2023 The Magician's Elephant Narrator/The Fortune Teller (voice)
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Wingnut (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Dr. Brown Various Sketch series [25]
2014 Live at the Electric Linda 3 episodes [27]
2014 Badults Clock / Eskimo Episode: "Holiday" [25]
2014–2015 BBC Comedy Feeds Various 2 episodes; Also writer [28][25]
2015 Funeral Mourner Television special [citation needed]
2015 Top Coppers Gail 2 episodes [29]
2015 Lolly Adefope's Christmas Mara Television film [citation needed]
2016 @elevenish Various 11 episodes; Also writer [30][25]
2016 Harry Hill's Tea Time Greek Orthodox Priest Episode: "Paul Hollywood" [citation needed]
2016 Morgana Robinson's the Agency Receptionist 2 episodes [citation needed]
2016 Halloween Comedy Shorts Lucy Episode: "Oh God" [citation needed]
2016 Year Friends Tash 12 episodes [citation needed]
2016–2019 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Herself 2 episodes [9][31]
2017 Liam Williams' Valentine Nancy Television film [citation needed]
2017 Comedy Playhouse Jen Episode: "Static" [32]
2017–2018 Sick Note Officer Chadwick 2 episodes [citation needed]
2018 Pls Like Tingle Maid 3 episodes [33]
2018 Comedy Blaps Brenda Episode: "Furious Andrew" [citation needed]
2018 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Herself Episode: "#3.8" [34]
2018–2021 Stath Lets Flats Sophie 18 episodes [25][35]
2019–2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Herself 2 episodes [36]
2019 The Road to Brexit Jemima Codex-Forrester Television film [37]
2019 Urban Myths Agnieszka Episode: "Andy & The Donald" [38]
2019 CelebAbility Herself Episode: "#3.3" [39]
2019–present What We Do in the Shadows Nadja Main Cast (50 episodes) [40]
2020 The Big Flower Fight Herself / Host 8 episodes [41]
2021 This Time with Alan Partridge Tiff 5 episodes (Series 2) [42]
2022 Toast of Tinseltown Carmen Episode: “Doctor Grainger” [citation needed]
2022 Ellie & Natasia Multiple characters 6 episodes [citation needed]
2022 The Cuphead Show Cala Maria (voice) 2 episodes [citation needed]
2024 Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Malice (voice) [43]

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes Ref.
2018 Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin’ Big Herself Soho Theatre Also writer [9]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Title Result Ref.
2014 The Skinny Debutant Award You'll Never Have All of Me Won [9]
2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series What We Do in the Shadows Won [44][45]
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [46]
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated [47]
2022 British Academy Television Awards Best Female Comedy Performance Stath Lets Flats Nominated [48]
2023 British Academy Television Awards Best Female Comedy Performance Ellie and Natasia Nominated [49]
Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in a Horror Series What We Do in the Shadows Nominated [50]

References

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