Nellie Bertram
| Nellie Bertram | |
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| First appearance | "Search Committee" |
| Last appearance | "Finale" |
| Created by | Paul Lieberstein |
| Portrayed by | Catherine Tate |
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| Occupation | President of Sabre's Special Projects, Tallahassee, FL Special Projects manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton, PA, Sales Representative, Dunder Mifflin, Scranton |
| Significant other(s) | Henry (ex-boyfriend) Robert California Toby Flenderson |
| Nationality | English |
Eleanour Donna "Nellie" Bertram is a fictional character on the U.S. comedy television series The Office. She first appears as a guest star in the seventh season, where she interviewed for the Regional Manager position at the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch.
Nellie is portrayed by Catherine Tate, and is an original character, meaning that she has no counterpart in the original British version of the series. Initially a one-episode guest star, she was reportedly the top choice to replace Steve Carell, but was unable to join the series, due to her commitment to the West End production of the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. However, Tate later returned to the role as a series regular for the second half of season eight and continued in the role for the final season.
Nellie Bertram is portrayed as a crass and outspoken woman of English nationality. She has an anti-Irish sentiment. She was born in a "working-class town" in Basildon, and, until the age of 32, spoke in a "horrendous" Essex accent.
She is an old friend of Jo Bennett's, and believes that it is possible that she is Jo's best friend, while stating that Jo, however, is not her best friend. It is highly probable that their friendship is the only reason why Jo recommended her for the Regional Manager job, as Nellie is shown to make considerably poor decisions in her professional life, such as rejecting Cathy Simms' idea of the Sabre retail stores having a beach, winter, and jungle theme, simply because she did not like the winter theme concept, and refusing to change that one theme in order for Cathy's idea to appeal to her. However, she is shown to be aware of her legion of shortcomings, telling the camera crew, in the episode "Get the Girl", "I grew up poor. I have had little formal education, and no real skills. I don't work especially hard. Most of my ideas are either unoriginal, or total crap".
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