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A PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER AND AN AMERICAN ACTRESS MET AT A GALA IN 1980. HUGH WILLIAMS WAS TAKEN WITH JESSICA HOBBS WHEN HE FIRST LAID EYES ON HER. THE TWO MARRIED AFTER TWO YEARS OF BEING IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP. IT TOOK THEM THREE YEARS TO HAVE THEIR FIRST CHILD, BRIDGIT. THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN THE STATES SO JESSICA COULD WORK ON A TELEVISION SHOW. WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST SEASON, SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT A SECOND TIME, AND THAT BEING WITH ANOTHER DAUGHTER, NATALIE. THE FAMILY LIVED A HAPPY AND SECURE LIFE. BRIDGIT WAS THE MOTHER HEN OLDER SISTER THAT TOOK CARE OF NATALIE, WHO WAS KNOWN TO ALWAYS BE IN HER OWN WORLD. THE TYPICAL LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVED PINK, MY LITTLE PONY AND DRESSES. NATALIE LOVED BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. SHE URGED HER MOTHER THAT SHE WANTED TO BE IN FILMS AND TELEVISION SHOWS, JUST LIKE HER. IT TOOK A GREAT TIME FOR JESSICA TO ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. NATALIE HAD A GOOD CHILDHOOD AND WOULD ONLY BE INVOLVED IN HOLLYWOOD IF IT HAD TO DO WITH HER MOTHER'S PREMIERES AND AWARD SHOWS. HUGH GOT A JOB WITH COACHING A FOOTBALL TEAM IN ENGLAND, SO THE WILLIAMS HAD TO RELOCATE. NATALIE ATTENDED A POSH SCHOOL ALONG WITH HER SISTER. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN TRYING TO PUT ON TALENT SHOWS AND SCHOOL PLAYS. A LOT OF HER INSPIRATION CAME FROM AUDREY HEPBURN FILMS AND DIRTY DANCING. AROUND THIS TIME, HUGH AND JESSICA KNEW THAT THEY COULDN'T HOLD THEIR DAUGHTER BACK ANY LONGER.
WHEN NATALIE WAS TEN-YEARS-OLD, SHE RECEIVED THE LEAD ROLE IN A LITTLE PRINCESS. AFTER HAVE STUDYING HER MOTHER AT WORK, SHE MIMICKED ON HOW TO BE CALM AND WAIT HER TURN TO BE CALLED FOR WHEN THEY NEEDED HER. HER PARENTS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PROUD OF HER. HER FATHER STARTED TO TAKE HER TO MORE AUDITIONS AND WHICH SHE RECIEVED MORE ROLES DURING HER PRE-TEEN YEARS WITH THE LOST WORLD: JURRASIC PARK AND NOTTING HILL AND MANY MORE ROLES, ESPECIALLY IN TELEVISION... IN WHICH SHE RECEIVED A ROLE ON THE BRITISH SHOW, THE WORST WITCH. SHE SPENT A YEAR FILMING THE SHOW AND IT IS STILL ONE OF HER MOST FAVORITE PROJECTS OF HERS TO DATE. ONE DAY, A COLLEAGUE OF JESSICA'S, RECOMMENDED THAT NATALIE TRY OUT FOR A PART IN THE MINI-SERIES VERSION OF OLIVER TWIST. HAVING TO HAD TO STUDY FOR EXAMS, NATALIE AUDITIONED VIA VIDEOTAPE AND SENT IT IN. SHE ENDED UP WINNING THE ROLE OF ROSE FLEMING, WHICH BROUGHT PEOPLE TO NOTICE HER MORE. IT WAS THEN THAT SHE DECIDED SHE WANTED TO TRY AND MAKE A NAME FOR HERSELF IN THE STATES.
AFTER NATALIE WAS DONE WITH SCHOOL, SHE WENT TO THE STATES TO TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING OF HERSELF IN THE FILM INDUSTRY. WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND WORK IN THE STATES, A NEW DIRECTOR HAD SEEN NATALIE IN OLIVER TWIST AND PUT HER ON HIS LIST OF ACTRESSES THAT HE WANTED TO SEE FOR HIS FILM ADAPTION OF PRIDE & PREJUDICE. AFTER SEEING HER, WANTED NATALIE TO BE HIS ELIZABETH BENNET. GETTING THE ROLE, IT WAS A BIT OVERWHELMING TO HAVE SUCH A MAJOR ROLE FOR A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD YOUNG LADY TO FULFILL, BUT SHE RECEIVED GREAT REVIEWS IN HER ROLE. SHE STARTED DATING A NEVILLE WINTHROP AND SHE BECAME INFATUATED. WHILE STILL RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF HER TWO PREVIOUS FILMS, SHE FELT THAT SHE NEED TO BE A DEVOTING GIRLFRIEND TO THIS BOY.
AFTER TEN MONTHS OF DATING, NATALIE AND NEVILLE BROKE UP AND SHE FOUND HERSELF BACK TO WORK. FINDING HERSELF ON HIGH DEMAND, SHE WAS ABLE TO DISTRACT HERSELF FROM THE BREAK-UP WITH MORE WORK. SHE GOT A PART IN SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET AND NATALIE WAS HAPPY THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO USE HER SINGING TALENTS AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH A DIRECTOR THAT GAVE A BIG NAME FOR HER, ONCE AGAIN. SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH ACTING AGAIN AND SWORE TO NOT GET SERIOUS WITH ANY OTHER MALES DURING THIS TIME TO KEEP HER FROM WORKING. BUT WHEN SHE WASN'T WORKING, SHE WAS OUT PARTYING AND CLUBBING WITH HER FRIENDS. NOT ALWAYS MAKING THE MOST FLATTERING IMAGE OF HERSELF, BUT EVERYONE WAS QUICK TO DEFEND HER FOR STILL BEING ABLE TO WORK AND THAT SHE WAS YOUNG AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A BIT OF FUN.
HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE KEPT UP TO WHERE IT STARTED TO TAKE A TOLL ON HER PERSONAL LIFE. BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ACTRESSES IN BOTH U.S. AND THE U.K., NATALIE HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP STEADY WORK THROUGHOUT THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH SUCH FILMS AS THE RUM DIARY, ANNA KARENINA, THE GREAT GATSBY AND HAVING FANS WAITING TO SEE HER PERFORMANCE IN THE IMITATION GAME. SINCE THEN, SHE HAS CALMED DOWN A LOT MORE AND IS GROWING INTO A MATURE ADULT, WHO AT TIMES, WILL STILL SHOW THE NATALIE THAT EVERYONE CLOSE TO HER KNOWS AND LOVES. WHEN SHE ISN'T BEING AN ACTRESS, SHE LIKES TO SPEND TIME WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY, READ BOOKS, SPEND TIME AT HOME WITH HER PETS AND GO TO SEE MOVIES ON HER OWN. SHE HOPES TO CONTINUE HER SUCCESSFUL CAREER STREAK UNTIL SHE IS WELL INTO HER ELDERLY YEARS.
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