About Natalie Cassidy
Natalie Ann Cassidy (born 13 May 1983) is an English actress and television personality. She played Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2025), for which she won the award for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards and the TV Quick Awards in 2001. Her other television roles include The Catherine Tate Show (2006), Psychoville (2009), Mandy (2020), Motherland (2021), and Boarders (2025). Outside of acting, Cassidy has fronted the shows Natalie Cassidy's Diet Secrets (2008) and Natalie Cassidy's Real Britain (2009) for the BBC, as well as the E4 series Natalie Cassidy: Becoming Mum (2010). She has hosted the podcasts Life with Nat (2024–present) and Off the Telly (2024–2025), the latter of which was alongside Joanna Page. She has also appeared as a contestant on several reality television shows, taking part in the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2009 and the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2012. In 2025, she appeared on the sixth series of The Masked Singer and won the fifth series of Cooking with the Stars, as well as fronting What's the Big Deal: Britain's Best Buys and Natalie Cassidy Learning to Care. She portrayed the role of Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993–2007, 2010–2011, 2014–2025), for which she won the award for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards and the TV Quick Awards in 2001. Cassidy subsequently became the host of The Health Lottery, a competition broadcast on Channel 5. She portrayed the role of Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, for which she won the award for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards and the TV Quick Awards in 2001.
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