Natalie Becker(I)
- Actress
Natalie Bridgette Becker is a South African actress (of Cape Coloured descent) born in George, Western Cape province and raised in Cape Town. Considered one of her country's top actresses, Natalie started her career as an announcer on Good Hope FM, a regional radio station affiliated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Later, she moved into television and was a presenter on the long-running glamour show Top Billing.
As an actress, Natalie appeared alongside Meg Ryan and William H. Macy in The Deal, John Malkovich in the film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace and also starred in Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015).
Natalie has spoken of growing up lonely on a small holding because her mother and step-father were in a "mixed-raced marriage" that was illegal at the time under apartheid laws in South Africa. She earned a BSocScience from the University of Cape Town in 2004. She has two brothers.
Later, she moved into television and was a presenter on the long-running glamour show Top Billing.
As an actress, Natalie appeared alongside Meg Ryan and William H. Macy in The Deal, John Malkovich in the film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace and also starred in Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015).
Natalie has spoken of growing up lonely on a small holding because her mother and step-father were in a "mixed-raced marriage" that was illegal at the time under apartheid laws in South Africa. She earned a BSocScience from the University of Cape Town in 2004. She has two brothers.
