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Natalie Ann Cassidy (born 13 May 1983) is a two time British Soap Award winning English actress. She has played Sonia Fowler in ''EastEnders'' since 1993, appeared in the BBC Two sitcom ''Psychoville'' and was a contestant on the seventh series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and the ninth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. On 9 April 2012, Cassidy announced that she would become a regular on ''Loose Women'' as of 13 April 2012. ==Career== As a child, Cassidy attended the Anna Scher Theatre. She joined the cast of ''EastEnders'' in 1993, playing Sonia Jackson. In 2006, Cassidy played a rival to Lauren Cooper in an episode of ''The Catherine Tate Show'' screened on BBC Two. On 9 April 2006, the BBC announced Cassidy's departure from ''EastEnders'' with her final scenes being screened in February 2007. She then concentrated on work in the theatre, appearing in extensive UK tours of ''The Vagina Monologues'', ''Bedroom Farce'' and ''Gertrude's Secret'' opposite Prunella Scales and a run of ''The Cherry Orchard'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre opposite Diana Rigg. Towards the end of 2007, Cassidy made headlines after losing a lot of weight, and released a fitness DVD entitled ''Natalie Cassidy's Then and Now Workout''. In 2008, she appeared in the documentary ''Natalie Cassidy's Diet Secrets'' for BBC Three. In 2008 she appeared as a regular panellist on ''The Wright Stuff'' on Five. Later that year, Cassidy gained press coverage for giving up her diet and regaining considerable weight. Her personal trainer stated that Cassidy had "slipped back into her old habits" and that she was "really disappointed."〔 In 2009, Cassidy was seen in a supporting role in the BBC Two comedy TV series ''Psychoville'', alongside Dawn French and Eileen Atkins. The first episode was aired in June 2009. She also provided the voice-over for BBC Three's ''Underage and Pregnant''. In 2009, Cassidy signed up for a series of Strictly Come Dancing, beginning in October. Her professional partner was Vincent Simone and she was voted off the competition in fifth place on 28 November 2009. Cassidy joined ex-''EastEnders'' actor James Alexandrou and Nina Wadia to create comedy shorts for BBC Raw Words, an adult literacy website. The series of video clips about story writing also included appearances from Lenny Henry and Rowland Rivron. On 25 October 2009, it was announced that Cassidy would reprise her role as Sonia in ''EastEnders'' in 2010 with her on screen family Lindsey Coulson who played Carol Jackson, Dean Gaffney who played Robbie Jackson and Devon Anderson as Billie Jackson. The Jackson family were reunited with Patsy Palmer who rejoined the soap in 2008 as Bianca Jackson. Cassidy appeared in a small number of episodes between 8 and 18 February 2010. In 2010, E4 announced that Natalie Cassidy would be starring in her own reality TV show,〔(Cassidy To Get Own Show )〕 ''Natalie Cassidy: Becoming Mum''. On 17 December 2010, it was announced that Cassidy would reprise her ''EastEnders'' role in 2011 for a single episode. On 5 January 2012, Cassidy entered the Celebrity Big Brother house and became the fifth evictee . In 2012, comedy show ''Very Important People'' on Channel 4, featured a spoof reality show segment entitled ''Natalie Cassidy is Doing This Now'' which shows its subject engaged in various menial and humorous situations, for example hosing out bins, sorting through old pens and taking her spare change to coinstar. Prior to returning to ''EastEnders'', Cassidy was the host of ''The Health Lottery''; a competition broadcast on Channel 5. Cassidy released two singles from a proposed debut album. The first, ''X Marks Love'' was released in April 2012 to overwhelmingly negative reviews- in particular the bad sound quality of Cassidy's voice. The song peaked at 266 on the UK Singles Chart, selling a mere 63 copies. The follow-up single, ''They Can't Hold You'', was released on 13 May 2012, again to negative reviews, this time critical of the meaningless lyrics and her bad voice. This is Cassidy's best selling single to date with 1004 copies sold, earning a spot at 101 on the singles chart, just missing out as a top 100 hit. Due to a lack of success, her record label (Danché) stalled the project indefinitely although Cassidy insists there will be more music in the future. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natalie Cassidy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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