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Natalia Tena
Natalia Tena, 2008
Born	Natalia Gastiain Tena 1 November 1984 (1984-11-01) (age 25) England
Occupation	Actress, musician
Years active	2001-present

Natalia Gastiain Tena (born 1 November 1984) is a British actress and musician. She sings and plays the accordion in the band Molotov Jukebox.

Contents 1 Career 2 Credits 2.1 Filmography 2.2 Stage 3 References 4 External links

Career

Tena made her professional debut as Ellie in About a Boy (2002), and began acting full time in 2003. She has played lead roles in stage adaptations of Gone to Earth in 2004, and Nights at the Circus in 2006.

She appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Nymphadora Tonks, a role she reprised in its sequel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.¹ She claims that attending the audition was a spur-of the-moment decision, which she thought was for an extra rather than a relatively big part. Having enjoyed a glass of red wine shortly prior to cycling to the audition, she tripped over a table and chair on arrival giving the impression that she is clumsy (which she admits to being). This may have played a part in the decision to hire Tena for the role, as the character of Nymphadora Tonks is portrayed as being clumsy in the Harry Potter novels.

Although her appearance in Order of the Phoenix is relatively brief, she hosted a behind-the-scenes featurette entitled "Trailing Tonks" for the subsequent DVD release. Tena is credited as producer and director of the featurette, in which she also performs an original Christmas-themed blues song on guitar, claiming to have composed it while working as a busker on the London Underground.²

Her parents are from Spain and Tena speaks fluent Spanish.

Credits

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	About a Boy	Ellie
2005	Doctors	Amy Emerson	TV, 1 episode
	The Fine Art of Love	Vera
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Peggy
2006	Afterlife	Gemma	TV, episode 2.5 - "Mirrorball"
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Nymphadora Tonks
	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		Video game
2008	Lecture 21	Thomson
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Nymphadora Tonks
	Womb	Rose	post-production
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1	Nymphadora Tonks	filming
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

Stage

Year	Production	Role	Notes
2004	Gone To Earth	Hazel	Shared Experience/ UK tour
2005	Bronte	Cathy/ Bertha Mason
2006	Nights at the Circus	Fevvers	Kneehigh Theatre/UK tour
2008	The Clean House	Matilde	UK tour
2009	Othello	Desdemona	Royal Shakespeare Company/ UK tour

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Natalia Tena

• Natalia Tena at the Internet Movie Database
• Natalia Tena at Royal Shakespeare Company