ABOUT
Natalie
Natalie Beran is a drama graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York) and also holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies (Radio, Auckland University of Techonology).
Natalie is currently Casting Director and Project Manager at OMUK (Outsource Media Ltd) working on multiple video games.
She had previously worked on the production crew of Shortland Street (2nd A.D. South Pacific Pictures) and has worked as a radio announcer/producer, actress and voice over artist in New Zealand, Sweden, Canada and the USA. She was a finalist in the inaugural SOVAS - Voice Arts Awards (New York) for animation voice demo work and is a recipient of the Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellowship (2015).
Natalie is a founding member and company director of the International Actors Ensemble (Comedy of Errors - Mexico, Romeo and Juliet - Korea) a theatre and screen producer with Auckland Summer Shakespeare (As You Like It, The Changeling, The Tempest, A Midsummer Nights Dream), Mercury Jane Productions (Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe) and GBP Productions (SIDES) and has co-produced with Galatea Theatre (Mrs Van Gogh, Sexy Buddha, Speeddaters), co-producer/co-host of Equity’s Actorvator and co-producer for Northern Lights Theatre (Copenhagen).
Natalie has numerous voiceover commercial credits, is Bella in the animated short film Boris and Bella, and other acting credits include Brassed Off, Crimes of the Heart, NZ Detectives and the Z Factor.
Professional Memberships
Actors Equity NZ (current Board Member)
Actors Equity UK
M.E.A.A
Awards
Winner 2014 CreationFest Supreme Film Award Open Section ‘Wish You Were Hear’
Education / Training
2015 Michele Hine Laban / Acting Technique , Laban / Acting Technique
2015 Jacqui Drew Standard American Accent , Standard American Accent
2014 MEAA / NZ Equity International Casting Hothouse , Casting & US Accents
2014 The Actors' Program The Actor in Process - Sara Wiseman , Acting Technique
2014 Winner 2014 CreationFest Supreme Film Award Open Section Wish You Were Hear
2014 Andrea Kelland / Vicky Yiannoutsos Audition / Film Acting Workshop , Audition / Film Acting
2014 Massive Theatre - MPPE Massive Professional Practitioners Ensemble , Theatre
2013 Actors Equity NZ Casting Hothouse , Audition Technique
2013 - 2014 TAPAC / Cherie Moore Singing , Singing
2012 Charles University Prague (Czech Republic) Czech Language & Culture Summer Course ,
Language - Czech
2012 NZ Actors Equity Masterclass - Barefoot Casting , Acting
2011 NZ Actors Equity Masterclass - Jennifer Ward-Lealand , Singing and Stage
2011 Terri De'Ath Studio USA Accent & Screen Acting Techniques , Acting / Voice
2009 Viva Espanol (Wellington) Beginners Spanish , Language - Spanish
2009 The Improvisors Corporate / Troupe , Improvisation / Theatresports
2008 Kirby Morrow - Shoreline Actors Lab (Vancouver) Animation / VoiceOver ,
Animation/Walla/ADR/Prelay
2008 - 2009 Shoreline Actor's Centre - Vancouver Film/TV Audition Intensive , Acting
2008 Marcy Goldberg (Vancouver) Animation/Dialect Workshop , Animation & Dialects
2008 Tony Alcantar (Vancouver) Dialects - Workshop , Dialects / Accents
2008 Langara College - Adult Eduction Czech for Beginners , Language - Czech
2005 New York University Beginners Swedish - Adult Education Dept , Language - Swedish
2003 - 2005 Christian Fletcher Voice Studio (New York) , Singing - Musical Theatre / Aria / Light Opera
2005 Lady Cavaliers (New York) Masterclass Workshop , Stage Combat
2003 - 2004 American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York) 2 year Diploma in Acting , Acting /
Performance Theatre / Film Acting, Voice, Movement, Improvisation Stage Combat - Unarmed,
Rapier, Broadsword, Dagger, Bo-staff, Whip Theatre History, Singing, Tap, Jazz, Ballroom (Waltz,
Polka, Swing)
2001 ATC - Auckland Theatre Company Acting Workshop , Acting
1999 - 2000 Mania - Womens Stuntfighting Stunt/Sport Fighting , Stage Combat & Stunt/Sport Fighting
1999 Auckland Performing Arts School Film and Theatre Skills , Acting
1999 Auckland Performing Arts Schools Short Course - Accents , Voice / Accents
1999 Auckland Theatre Company Workshop - Stuart Devenie , Accents/Dialect
1996 - 1998 Auckland University of Technology Bachelor of Communication Studies , Radio / Tv /
Journalism
1997 Actors Space Ilona Rodgers , Acting Technique
1997 Actor's Space Presenting - Terri De'Ath , Presenting Technique
1996 Maidment Youth Theatre Technical Training - Summer Season , Theatre Production
RECENTLY
Working on
2nd A.D on Shortland Street (South Pacific Pictures)
Founding member of International Actors Ensemble
Audiobook Narrator - New Zealand Blind Foundation
Producer / Broadcaster for NZME
Additional Assistant Director / Chaperone on The Bad Seed (South Pacific Pictures)
I am available for work.
