page_title: Natalie Dormer
section_title: 2012–2016: Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games and worldwide recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Natalie Dormer / Career / 2012–2016: Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games and worldwide recognition
caption_attribution_description: English: Natalie Dormer at HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 3 Seattle Premiere at Cinerama.
context_page_description: Natalie Dormer is an English actress. She received widespread praise for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn on the Showtime series The Tudors, and was nominated for two Gemini Awards for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Drama Series.
  She made her stage debut at the Young Vic in 2010 in the play Sweet Nothings, and portrayed the Duchess of York in Madonna's film W.E. and Private Lorraine in Captain America: The First Avenger. In 2012, her lead performance in After Miss Julie at the Young Vic attracted widespread critical acclaim. Dormer gained international attention with her performance of Margaery Tyrell on the HBO series Game of Thrones, for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is also known for playing Irene Adler/Moriarty on the CBS series Elementary, Cressida in the science fiction adventure films The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2, and Sara Price/Jess Price in The Forest.
context_section_description: From 2012 until 2016 Dormer played Margaery Tyrell in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones. Dormer, along with the rest of the ensemble cast, was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively, and the cast was awarded the Empire Hero Award in 2015 by the British film magazine Empire. For her performance in the third season of the show, Dormer won the Ewwy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Drama.
  In March 2013, she played the Lady Door in the radio play of Neverwhere, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman. Later that year, she appeared in the car racing drama Rush and the thriller The Counselor. She also appeared in A Long Way From Home. In 2013, Dormer played Irene Adler in the final three episodes of the first season of the CBS series Elementary; she reprised the role in the second season. Dormer played Cressida in the films The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2. In preparation for the role, she shaved the left side of her head.
  In November 2014, it was announced that Dormer was to star as the scandalous 18th-century noblewoman Lady Worsley in a BBC drama called The Scandalous Lady W, based on the book Lady Worsley's Whim by the historian Hallie Rubenhold; it aired in August 2015. In August 2016, Dormer was cast in The Professor and the Madman alongside Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
  Dormer starred in the Lava Bear Films/David S. Goyer-produced horror film The Forest, directed by multiple award-winning music video and short-film director Jason Zada, as his feature film debut. Focus Features has the North American distribution rights to the film, which was released in January 2016.
caption: Dormer in March 2013
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