From Game of Thrones to Bal de l’enfer… Who is Natalie Emmanuel, the heroine of this horror thriller with vampires?

Natalie Emmanuel, who came to prominence as Missandei in Game of Thrones, went on to star in often highly profitable films such as the last three Fast & Furious. This week, it holds the top billing for a feature film for the first time. It’s Le Bal de l’enfer, a horror thriller where his character tries to survive after being invited to a wedding that couldn’t be more macabre…

Born in 1989 in Southend-on-Sea, near London, Natalie Emmanuel took acting lessons very early. He acts in plays like “Lion king”, where she plays Nala. Keen to act, he landed his first role in 2006 in the soap Hollyoaks, which follows the failure of a youth gang. For four years, he camps Sasha Valentine, who is trying to overcome drug addiction.

The actor then appeared in a 2011 episode of Misfits, a series about five young delinquents who suddenly find themselves gifted with superpowers.

Her career began in 2013 when she was cast as Missandei, the slave freed by Daenerys Targaryen in Game Of Thrones Season 3. Khaleesi takes him under her wing to become her personal assistant and advisor. This character gradually gains momentum and becomes a regular from the fifth season to the eighth and final season.

The following year, Natalie Emmanuel began her career on the big screen playing computer scientist Ramsey alongside Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. Fast & Furious 7. When it was released, the blockbuster grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it one of the top ten biggest hits of all time. He reprized his role in Fast & Furious 8 (2017) and Fast & Furious 9 (2021).

At the same time, he joined the cast of The Labyrinth: The Scorched Earth (2015) and The Labyrinth: The Mortal Remedy (2018), the second and third opus in the post-apocalyptic saga for teenagers born from the pen of the novelist. James Dashner. The Southend-on-Sea native will play Harriet, the charismatic leader of a B group of young women who knows how to be respectful and fair.

After Game of Thrones ended in 2019, Natalie Emmanuel starred in Four Weddings and a Funeral, an anthology series adapted from the cult 1994 romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell. He also plays a regular character in Die Hart, where a fictionalized version of energetic comedian Kevin Hart tries to land the role of his life in an action movie.

Smooth in various registers, he voices the main character in the TV series Dark Crystal: the Time of Resistance (2019), a prequel to the 1982 animated film Dark Crystal.

Not to forget the cinema, Nathalie Emanuel has a taste of the zombie movie with Army of Thieves for Netflix. But above all, she slips into the shoes of the heroine of Le Bal de l’enfer, a young woman who, after her mother’s death, discovers that she has a cousin she didn’t know existed. Invited to a lavish wedding by his new family, he quickly finds himself drawn to the temptations of bloodthirsty vampires…

In May 2023, the actor will reprise his role as Ramsay in Fast X, along with his companions. Vin Diesel, Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris. He will also soon star in the adventure film King Arthur with Mark Wahlberg and the boxing biopic Benn/Eubank. Finally, Nathalie Emmanuel has been announced in the casting of the promising fresco that Francis Ford Coppola is preparing for us: Megalopolis.