Nathalie Armin is a British actress. She has appeared in a number of stage productions. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC Three comedy Juice (2023) and the BBC One drama Showtrial (2024).
Early life and education Nathalie Armin was born to Iranian parents. She studied at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career Armin appeared in David Hare's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, and the acclaimed 2015 production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Motherfucker with the Hat, both at the Royal National Theatre.
In her Evening Standard review of Steve Water's 2017 play Limehouse at the Donmar Warehouse, critic Fiona Mountford praised Armin as "one of this country's finest under-the-radar stage actresses".
Armin later performed alongside Juliet Stevenson in the original production of Robert Icke's critically acclaimed The Doctor at the Almeida Theatre, and in 2023 she starred in the English premiere of Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life directed by Ivo Van Hove.
Armin's screen credits include Peter Morgan's The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, the award-winning C4 comedy-drama Home, and the acclaimed TV adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders.
In 2023 she appeared as series regular The Boss in Mawaan Rizwan's BBC Three comedy, Juice, and she led series two of BBC Drama Showtrial, alongside Adeel Akhtar, in 2024.
Credits
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2000 Local Yasmin Royal Court Theatre 2002 CrazyBlackMuthaF*ckinSelf Kareema Royal Court Theatre 2004 Othello Bianca Royal Shakespeare Company 2007 Damascus Muna Traverse Theatre / Kiln Theatre 2009 Arabian Nights Kasim's Wife Royal Shakespeare Company 2012 The Bomb Irina Kiln Theatre2015 Behind the Beautiful Forevers Poornima Royal National Theatre Dara Jahanara Royal National Theatre The Motherfucker with the Hat Victoria Royal National Theatre 2016 Another World Yasmin Royal National Theatre 2017 Limehouse Debbie Owen Donmar Warehouse2018 Machinal Stenographer/Nurse Almeida Theatre Raleigh: The Treason Trial Coke Shakespeare's Globe2019 Anna Marion Bourmer Royal National Theatre The Doctor Flint Almeida Theatre 2022 Force Majeure Charlotte Donmar Warehouse 2023 A Little Life Ana Harold Pinter Theatre/Savoy Theatre
Television Year Title Role Notes 2002 The Jury Usher Granada Television2005 William and Mary Nola Meridian / ITV Series 1, 2 & 3 Spooks Joumana BBC The English Harem Firouzeh ITV 2008 Being Human Eleanor Touchpaper Television2009 The Omid Djalili Show Catherine of Aragorn BBC The Fixer DS Rowe Kudos 2015 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies Melissa Chapman Carnival Film & Television2016 Maigret: Maigret's Dead Man Nina Gaubert PeKet Co-Productions Limited / ITV Humans Tabitha Channel Four / AMC2017 Vera Eva Motian ITV Unforgotten Gill Mainstreet Pictures / ITV Electric Dreams State's Advocate Channel Four/ Sony/ Left Bank 2018 Marcella Helen ITV / Buccaneer 2019 Home Yasmine Series 1 Channel 4/Channel X2020 Too Close Prosecution ITV Home Yasmine Series 2 Channel 4/Channel X 2021 Magpie Murders Melissa Conway PBS / Britbox2022 Flatshare Tania Joseph BBC Treason Lydia Jena Netflix Untitled Alfonso Cuaron Project Nurse Apple TV 2023 Juice The Boss BBC Three 2024 Showtrial Leila Series 2 / World Productions
Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Grow Your Own Soraya BBC Films2016 Denial Monica Du Champs BBC Films Earthy Encounters Dr Keys Short Film / Creative England 2018 Final Score Milson Signature Films / Highland Film Group 2022 The Batman ATF Leader Warner Brothers 2023 Anna Maaret Good Films Collective References
External links
Is it Rolling Bob? Actress Nathalie Armin talks Bob Dylan