Biography

Nathalie birthed the vision of becoming a performing artist at a very early age, when being introduced to MTV, for the first time, upon her arrival in Sweden from a Romania in civil war.

She identified for the first time with people of her features, and felt inspired to become grandiose like them, in particular Milli Vanilli, Janet Jackson nd Michael Jackson at the time, whom she impersonated at her young mother's festive dinner parties among friends.

In her early teens the dream of USA was set and all years thereafter molded her into the performing artist she is today.

With seven languages in her grammatical repertoire, a rewarding diploma from "the Los Angeles Stella Adler Academy of Acting" and "Stockholms Elementära Teterskola", Nathalie chose a destined path and has never looked back on the alternative of becoming a psychologist.

"Acting is a lifestyle with no limited entrances or exits strictly for the stage. The World and the people are the platter for stimulation, dedication,inspiration, and aspiration, as a human being as well as an artist."

Nathalie enriched her cultural horizons, living in Panama, Romania, Italy, USA ,with Sweden as her home Base.

During high school she would tour around Sweden as a dancer and singer.

Before setting sails for the US, she had already shaped a promising future in the musical field. Being a second choice to acting, it remains in second place after acting , yet before dancing, which is an element that has been present in Nathalie's life ever since her childhood.

Her mother saw Nathalie's early affinity to the dance arts and signed her up for all the classes her daughter found a liking to ranging from ballet, Peruvian Afro dance, show jazz, samba, old school, locking and free dance.

The elements of language, curiosity, zest for life, and love of the performing arts, are the corner stones of Nathalie's polychromatic nature.

Born of Romanian and Panamanian parents, of Ukranian,French,Irish, Barbadian, German and Albanian predecessors, inspires Nathalie to see the World beyond the set quotidian lenses.

"It is a blessing to be alive and discover the mechanics of my Self in this World".

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Nathalie Merchant

Nathalie's journey as an actress began upon her first encounter with MTV, recently arrived in Sweden from a communistic Romania as a 4,5 year old.

Upon seeing Janet Jackson and Milli Vanilli for the first time, she knew at that moment that her fate entailed a life long dedication to the stage,in the footsteps of her new idols.

Growing up she was well aware of the tools necessary to differentiate herself from the rest.

She had a knack for languages and learned to speak Swedish,Romanian, and English like a native as well as fluent Italian,Spanish, and excellent Portuguese and French. She still dreams of learning Mandarin one day.

2004 ,Nathalie began warming up for her LA journey by going to Sockholm's Elementary Theatre School's (S.E.T) 1 year acting program.

One year later, she set sails for Los Angeles and studied the 2 year theatre program at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting, accompanied by Checkov Studies with Eugene Lazarev , scene studies at the John Kirby Studio, only to land back in Sweden 7 years later, fully ready to work professionally.

She almost gave up, but destiny had other plans in store. Just when she thought she should leave her dreams on the shelf due to feeling too old to break it into the business, an old friend from LA contacted her ,inviting her to audition for the role of a modern day goddess Calypso in the Californian desert.

The movie paved the way for many more projects on the Swedish market but also the US and recently the UK.

Staying committed to the original plans ended up paying off...a brief dance career, singing career and long devoted acting career later.

Multi versatile and faceted, Nathalie brings her authentic touch to her characters ,and continues learning about the layered complexities of the human experience through the help of her craft.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mia Nilsson