# Natasia Demetriou

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou (born c. 1983 or 1984) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nadja in the FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024) and Sophie in the Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–2021).
In 2022, Demetriou co-wrote and starred in the BBC sketch show Ellie & Natasia, alongside her comedy partner Ellie White. The show was renewed for a second series in 2023.

## Early life

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou was born in London, the daughter of an English mother and Greek-Cypriot father. She was raised in North London. Her younger brother, Jamie Demetriou, is a comedian and actor with whom she often collaborates. She studied acting at the University of Leeds. Prior to becoming a professional comedian, Demetriou worked as a makeup artist, notably working on music videos for Boy Better Know.

## Career

Demetriou's debut show, You'll Never Have All of Me, won the Skinny Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was a longtime member of sketch comedy troupe Oyster Eyes and has written for Anna & Katy and The Midnight Beast. Demetriou made her TV debut in 2013. In 2015, she was in the comedy sketch show pilot of People Time on BBC Three with Ellie White, alongside her brother Jamie Demetriou, with Claudia O’Doherty, Liam Williams, Alistair Roberts and Daran Johnson.
In 2018, she played sister to her real life brother Jamie Demetriou's Stath in Channel 4 sitcom, Stath Lets Flats, about a family-run estate agents, which was written and created by her brother. On 11 May 2020, a special "lockdown" mini-episode was released online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2020 BAFTA awards Stath Lets Flats won three awards: Best Male Actor in a comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy.
In 2019, Demetriou also starred in and wrote the highly acclaimed BBC Three comedy sketch show Ellie & Natasia, a show inspired by social anxiety and being a woman in today's society, with Ellie White. In March 2020, it was reported that BBC commissioned a six-episode series, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since March 2019, Demetriou has starred as Nadja, a Greek Romani vampire, in the critically acclaimed FX horror comedy series What We Do in the Shadows. The series was created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, based upon their 2014 film of the same name. The mockumentary follows three vampires (Laszlo, Nadja, and Nandor) living in a house in Staten Island and trying to cope with modern-day New York City, along with an energy vampire (Colin) and Nandor's human familiar (Guillermo). The show co-stars Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén and Mark Proksch. The second season of ten episodes debuted in April 2020.
Starting 18 May 2020, Demetriou and Vic Reeves co-hosted Netflix's unscripted reality competition show The Big Flower Fight. The eight-part series sees 10 pairs of contestants in a knockout competition featuring huge flower installations with the winner going on to design an installation to be displayed in London's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
In 2021, Demetriou was a series regular on the second series of This Time with Alan Partridge, portraying a flirtatious makeup artist named Tiff.

## Personal life

Demetriou lives in North London. She gave birth to her first child in 2024.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Swag | Office Worker | Short film |
| 2014 | Intervention | Nicole | Short film |
| 2018 | The Festival | Bride Smurf | |
| 2018 | Man of the Hour | Christina | Short film |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Nina | |
| 2023 | The Magician's Elephant | Narrator / The Fortune Teller (voice) | |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Wingnut (voice) | |
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark | Sleep (voice) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Dr. Brown | Various | Sketch series |
| 2014 | Live at the Electric | Linda | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Badults | Clock / Eskimo | Episode: "Holiday" |
| 2014–2015 | BBC Comedy Feeds | Various | 2 episodes; Also writer |
| 2015 | Funeral | Mourner | Television special |
| 2015 | Top Coppers | Gail | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Lolly Adefope's Christmas | Mara | Television film |
| 2016 | @elevenish | Various | 11 episodes; Also writer |
| 2016 | Harry Hill's Tea Time | Greek Orthodox Priest | Episode: "Paul Hollywood" |
| 2016 | Morgana Robinson's The Agency | Receptionist | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Halloween Comedy Shorts | Lucy | Episode: "Oh God" |
| 2016 | Year Friends | Tash | 12 episodes |
| 2016–2019 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Liam Williams' Valentine | Nancy | Television film |
| 2017 | Comedy Playhouse | Jen | Episode: "Static" |
| 2017–2018 | Sick Note | Officer Chadwick | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Pls Like | Tingle Maid | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Comedy Blaps | Brenda | Episode: "Furious Andrew" |
| 2018 | Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit | Herself | Episode: "#3.8" |
| 2018–2021 | Stath Lets Flats | Sophie | 18 episodes |
| 2019 | The Road to Brexit | Jemima Codex-Forrester | Television film |
| 2019 | Urban Myths | Agnieszka | Episode: "Andy & The Donald" |
| 2019 | CelebAbility | Herself | Episode: "#3.3" |
| 2019–2020 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2019–2024 | What We Do in the Shadows | Nadja / Nadja Doll | Main cast; 50 episodes |
| 2020 | The Big Flower Fight | Herself / Host | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | This Time with Alan Partridge | Tiff | 5 episodes (Series 2) |
| 2022 | Toast of Tinseltown | Carmen | Episode: “Doctor Grainger” |
| 2022 | Ellie & Natasia | Multiple characters | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Cuphead Show! | Cala Maria (voice) | Series 2, Episodes 3 & 6 |
| 2024 | Kite Man: Hell Yeah! | Malice Vundabar (voice) | |
| 2024 | Rob Beckett's Smart TV | Herself | 4 episodes (Series 1) |
| 2024 | Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Wingnut (voice) | |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 | Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin’ Big | Herself | Soho Theatre | Also writer | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Title | Result |
| 2014 | The Skinny | Debutant Award | You'll Never Have All of Me | Won |
| 2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Won |
| 2021 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated |
| 2021 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated |
| 2022 | British Academy Television Awards | Best Female Comedy Performance | Stath Lets Flats | Nominated |
| 2023 | British Academy Television Awards | Best Female Comedy Performance | Ellie and Natasia | Nominated |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in a Horror Series | What We Do in the Shadows | Nominated |