Natasia Demetriou

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is an English-Cypriot comedian, actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her starring role as Nadja in the FX horror mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–present), which is based on the film of the same name. She also stars as Sophie in the three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–present), alongside her brother Jamie Demetriou.[1]

Natasia Demetriou
Born
Natasia Charlotte Demetriou

London, England
EducationUniversity of Leeds
University of Bristol
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • screenwriter
Years active2012–present
RelativesJamie Demetriou (brother)

Early life

Demetriou was born to an English mother and a Cypriot father; she was raised in North London.[2][3] She is the sister of Jamie Demetriou, who is also a comedian, actor, and screenwriter. Their father Sotiris, is a chef.[4] She studied acting at University of Leeds.[3] She went to University of Bristol where, alongside her brother, she was a member of Bristol Revunions’ sketch troupe, Comedy Biscuit, who received critical acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe from 2009 to 2011.[5][6]

Career

Demetriou is a comedian, actress, and screenwriter.[7] Her debut show, You'll Never Have All of Me, won the Skinny Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[5] She was a longtime member of sketch comedy troupe Oyster Eyes[8] and has written for Anna & Katy and The Midnight Beast. Demetriou made her TV debut in 2013.[9] 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.[10][5]

In 2018 she played the fictional on-screen 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.[5] On 11 May 2020, a special “lockdown” mini-episode was released online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] At the 2020 BAFTA awards Stath Lets Flats won three awards: Best Male Actor in a comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy (for Stath Lets Flats) and Best Scripted Comedy. Natasia also starred in and wrote the highly acclaimed BBC Three comedy sketch show Ellie and Natasia, a show inspired by social anxiety and being a woman in today's society, with Ellie White; BBC commissioned a series but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][10][5]

Since March 2019, Demetriou has starred as Nadja, a Romani vampire, in the critically-acclaimed FX horror comedy, What We Do in the Shadows. The television series was created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, based upon the 2014 film of the same name in which they starred and co-wrote.[11][12][13][14] 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 started in April 2020.[15][14][16]

Starting May 18, 2020 Demetriou co-hosted, with Vic Reeves, 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.[17]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Swag Office Worker Short film
2014 Intervention Nicole Short film
2018 The Festival Bride Smurf [18]
2018 Man of the Hour Christina Short film
2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Nina [19]

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Dr. Brown Various Sketch series [18]
2014 Live at the Electric Linda 3 episodes [20]
2014 Badults Clock / Eskimo Episode: "Holiday" [18]
2014–2015 BBC Comedy Feeds Various 2 episodes; Also writer [21][18]
2015 Funeral Mourner Television special
2015 Top Coppers Gail 2 episodes [22]
2015 Lolly Adefope's Christmas Mara Television film
2016 @elevenish Various 11 episodes; Also writer [23][18]
2016 Harry Hill's Tea Time Greek Orthodox Priest Episode: "Paul Hollywood"
2016 Morgana Robinson's the Agency Receptionist 2 episodes
2016 Halloween Comedy Shorts Lucy Episode: "Oh God"
2016 Year Friends Tash 12 episodes
2016–2019 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Herself 2 episodes [5][24]
2017 Liam Williams' Valentine Nancy Television film
2017 Comedy Playhouse Jen Episode: "Static" [25]
2017–2018 Sick Note Officer Chadwick 2 episodes
2018 Pls Like Tingle Maid 3 episodes [26]
2018 Comedy Blaps Brenda Episode: "Furious Andrew"
2018 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Herself Episode: "#3.8" [27]
2018–present Stath Lets Flats Sophie 11 episodes [18][28]
2019–2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Herself 2 episodes [29]
2019 The Road to Brexit Jemima Codex-Forrester Television film [30]
2019 Urban Myths Agnieszka Episode: "Andy & The Donald" [31]
2019 CelebAbility Herself Episode: "#3.3" [32]
2019–present What We Do in the Shadows Nadja 20 episodes [33]
2020 The Big Flower Fight Herself / Host 8 episodes [34]

Theatre
Year Title Role Venue Notes Ref.
2018 Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin’ Big Herself Soho Theatre Also writer [5]

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Title Result Ref.
2014 The Skinny Debutant Award You'll Never Have All of Me Won [5]
2021 Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series What We Do in the Shadows Won [35][36]
Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Actress in a Comedy Series Pending [37]

References
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  2. "CelebAbility Series 3, Episode 3". comedy.co.uk. Iain Stirling's CelebAbility. 19 June 2019.
  3. Gilbey, Ryan (22 October 2014). "Natasia Demetriou – comedy's most nervous standup?". The Guardian. London.
  4. Richardson, Jay (6 September 2019). "Jamie and Natasia Demetriou: 'Our spirit animal is a Muppet with its mouth open'". i. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. Cripps, Charlotte (11 June 2019). "Natasia Demetriou: 'Music, fashion and media all push the idea that women are more attractive if they look like little girls'". The Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. "Comedy At The Fringe - Jamie Demetriou". BBC.
  7. "Cardinal Burns, Jamie Demetriou, Natasia Demetriou, Ellie White & Special Guests". Latitude Festival. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016.
  8. Ajderian, Jenni. "Natasia Demetriou: Doin' It for the Laughs - Interview". The Skinny.
  9. Baker, Emily. "The Big Flower Fight's Natasia Demetriou: 'I killed my flowers within a day'". i. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  10. Raeside, Julia (19 June 2019). "Ellie and Natasia: a fiercely funny sketch show you'll watch over and over". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. Ariano, Tara (14 April 2020). "The Vampire Shut-Ins of What We Do in the Shadows Have Never Been More Relatable". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  12. Sepinwall, Alan (14 April 2020). "'What We Do in the Shadows' Season 2: Vampire Oddballs Back From the Dead". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  13. Rees, Jasper (19 May 2019). "What We Do in the Shadows, review: squeezing the juice out of delicious vampire gags". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  14. Petski, Denise (4 February 2019). "'What We Do in the Shadows': FX Vampire Comedy Series Unveils Trailer, Sets Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  15. Nicholson, Rebecca (19 May 2019). "What We Do In the Shadows review – the undead prove dead funny". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  16. Petski, Denise (9 January 2020). "FX Sets Premiere Dates For 'Fargo', 'Mrs. America', 'Better Things', 'Devs', 'Archer' & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  17. Sepinwall, Alan (4 May 2020). "Netflix Competition 'The Big Flower Fight' Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  18. "Natasia Demetriou". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  19. West, Rachel (25 June 2020). "Rachel McAdams On Spending Time In Lockdown With Her Son, Singing In 'Eurovision Song Contest'". ET Canada. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  20. Seel, Matt (16 May 2019). "What is... What We Do In The Shadows?". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  21. Raeside, Julia (21 July 2015). "Comedy Feeds: People Time – the sketch show rises from the dead". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  22. "Top Coppers, The Venom of Dr Schafer". BBC. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  23. Gibsone, Harriet (11 May 2016). "Bonkers, biting, brilliant: the late-night sketch show by Britain's best young standups". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  24. "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – Episode Guide". All 4. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  25. "Comedy Playhouse". BBC. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  26. Davies, Hannah J. (27 September 2018). "The return of Pls Like: The comedy that catches YouTube's dark side". The Guardian.
  27. "Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  28. "Jamie Demetriou: 'Stath Lets Flats is about everything but Brexit'". The Independent. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  29. "8 Out of 10 Cats". Channel 4. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  30. Martin, Laura (26 March 2019). "Road to Brexit: when is Matt Berry's comedy special on tonight - and who is Matthew Squeamish?". i. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  31. "Urban Myths: Andy & The Donald". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  32. "CelebAbility". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  33. Porter, Rick (7 May 2019). "'What We Do in the Shadows' Renewed for Season 2 on FX". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  34. Snead, Florence (22 April 2020). "Vic Reeves confirmed as co-host of The Big Flower Fight on Netflix — everything you need to know". i. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  35. Hammond, Pete (19 November 2020). "'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  36. Ramos, Dino-Ray (11 January 2021). "Critics Choice Super Awards Full Winners List: 'Palm Springs', 'Soul', 'The Boys' Among Top Honorees". Deadline. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  37. Schneider, Michael (January 18, 2021). "'Ozark,' 'The Crown' and Netflix Lead 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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