Natalie J. Robb
| Natalie J. Robb | |
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| Born |
Natalie Joy Robb 3 December 1974 Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Natalie Joy Robb (born 3 December 1974) is a Scottish actress. She is known for her roles as Trish McDonald in the Scottish Television soap opera Take the High Road (1990-99) and as Moira Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, a role she has played for almost seven years. Her other television roles include, Dream Team (2000–2001), Doctors (2001–2004) and The Bill (2004–2005).
Robb is the youngest of three children. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan Macmillan, later going to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She made her screen debut as a nine-year-old starring in an STV docudrama with veteran Scots star Tom Conti. At 13, she was awarded the BBC Young Entertainer of the Year award on kids' TV show, Going Live! At the age of 14, she got the role of Trish McDonald in Scottish Soap, Take the High Road, which launched her TV career, with Taggart, Sunburn, Dream Team, Doctors and The Bill following respectively. Robb's parents split up when she was 15 and she rarely talks to her father, but remains close to her mother, who lives in Spain. Robb plans to set up her own website and work on a long-term goal of making a film telling the story of her mother's life. Robb was once in a band called The Kinky People and also sang "I Will Be There" by a group called Absolutely. In 1997, she released a single with dance group Partizan called "Keep Your Love". Both videos can be found on YouTube. She supports Celtic and sang at a Celtic v Liverpool friendly.
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