# Antoinette Byron

Antoinette Byron (born 1961 or 1962) is an Australian actress who has lived between the United States and Sydney for many years. She is best known for playing Natalie Nash on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, and a constable in the police drama Skirts. As of 2024 she works as an acting coach.

## Early life and education

Antoinette Byron was born in 1961 or 1962.
She made her TV debut in the Australian soap opera The Restless Years as Tracey Williams in 1977.
She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, but did not complete the three-year certificate course.

## Career

Byron started her acting career aged 19, when she left NIDA to accept the role of Janet in the 1981 version of the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show.
She played roles in series such as Bellamy (1981), Scales of Justice, Special Squad, The Henderson Kids and in soap operas such as Prisoner (1982), Starting Out, and Neighbours (1985). She later portrayed the first Skye Chandler on the soap opera All My Children from 1986 to 1987 before been replaced by Robin Christopher. Byron then took a main role on the Fox short-lived sitcom Women in Prison.
Byron was cast in the role of Natalie Nash on the Australian soap opera Home and Away, taking over from original actress Angelica la Bozzetta, debuting in the 1999 season premiere. She later appeared in police drama Skirts, Jake and the Fatman, E Street, Time Trax, Melrose Place, Savannah, Baywatch, High Tide, Pacific Palisades, and Malcolm in the Middle.
She has also appeared in TV movies such as Skin Deep, Crime of the Decade and theatrical films including Fast Talking, Rebel, Death of a SoldierSkirts (TV series) and Man with the Screaming Brain.
As of 2024 Byron teaches and coaches other actors and performers, and coaches people in public speaking skills.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1984 | Fast Talking | Cashier | Feature film |
| 1984 | Skin Deep | Christina Sorensson | TV movie |
| 1985 | Crime of the Decade | | TV movie |
| 1985 | Rebel | Member of All Girl Band | Feature film |
| 1986 | Death of a Soldier | Police Office Clerk 2 | Feature film |
| 1990 | The Phantom Horseman | Arabella | Feature film |
| 2005 | Man with the Screaming Brain | Jackie Cole | Feature film |
| 2005 | American Black Beauty | Anna | TV movie |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | The Restless Years | Tracey Williams | TV series |
| 1981 | Bellamy | Valerie | TV series, episode 6: "A Nice Girl Like You" |
| 1982 | Prisoner | Amanda Cole | TV series, season 4, 3 episodes |
| 1983 | Scales of Justice | Prostitute | TV miniseries, episode 3: "The Numbers" |
| 1983 | Starting Out | Laurel Adams | TV series, 85 episodes |
| 1984 | Special Squad | Jasmine | TV series, episode 12: "The Golden Run" |
| 1985 | Neighbours | Lorraine Kingham | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 1985 | The Henderson Kids | Pat Edwards | TV series, 22 episodes |
| 1986–87 | All My Children | Skye Chandler | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 1987–88 | Women in Prison | Bonnie Harper | TV series, 13 episodes |
| 1990–91 | Skirts | Constable Tina Van Hervell | TV series, 39 episodes |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Vanessa Kruger | TV series, season 4, episode 12: "I May Be Wrong" |
| 1992–93 | E Street | Laura Fielding | TV series, 44 episodes |
| 1994 | Time Trax | Female Fugitive | TV series, season 2, episode 12: "Almost Human" |
| 1995 | Melrose Place | Emily Baldwin | TV series, season 3, 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Savannah | Property Official | TV series, season 1, episode 4: "The Importance of Being" |
| 1996 | Baywatch | Dr Johnson | TV series, season 6, episode 22: "Go for the Gold" |
| 1997 | High Tide | Veronica | TV series, season 3, episode 19: "Desperate Friday" |
| 1997 | Pacific Palisades | Hobson’s Daughter | TV series, season 1, episode 5: "Mothers and Other Strangers" |
| 1999–2000 | Home and Away | Natalie Nash | TV series, 57 episodes |
| 2001 | Malcolm in the Middle | Lillian | TV series, season 3, episode 3: "Book Club" |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Interview | | UNSW NIDA Studio |
| 1981–1982 | The Rocky Horror Show | Janet | Opera Theatre, Adelaide, and multiple other venues |
| ? | Macbeth | | Edinburgh Theatre Festival (?) Scotland |
| ? | Mary, Queen of Scots | | Edinburgh Theatre Festival (?), Scotland |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Not to be confused with an actress called Antoinette Byron from Canberra, who performed in La Boheme and was awarded a scholarship in 1978, aged 19 (hence born 1958 or 1959), and was about to go to Flinders University in Adelaide.
* 1 2 This is per Antoinette Byron's website - no independent corroboration of either play in Edinburgh, and no such festival - there is Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, and a venue called Edinburgh Festival Theatre.