1 Natalie Ann Cassidy was born in Islington, London on 13 May 1983 – the second child to father Charles and mother Evelyn, who already had a son, David. From an early age, Natalie loved to perform, and so her parents sent her to the local drama club, Anna Scher. “It was a working-class drama club which I went to after school, and it cost £2.50,” remembers Natalie. “There needs to be more of that – places where for a few quid you can have an hour of fun, which might just lead to something. Kathy Burke, Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Perry Fenwick, Patsy Palmer, Sid Owen, me… We all came from there.”
2 Natalie was just 10 years old when, in 1993, she landed the role of EastEnders’ Sonia…
