Natalie Palamides


Natalie Palamides is an American actress, comedian and television writer.
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Career

Aspiring to work at Saturday Night Live, Palamides moved to Los Angeles and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after college. She began voice-over and commercial work. She also took classes on clown performance at the Idiot Workshop and the Lyric Hyperion. Early sketches featured Palamides' characters: fantasizing about eating salad from a man's pants; complaining to the manager of sandwich shop Eggslut as an anthropomorphic egg; insisting on being objectified. Through her classes, variety shows and open mic shows, she began developing longer-form performance from improvisations in unusual outfits.
Palamides took the egg costume from her sketch and used it to make her first hour-long show, Laid.
Palamides developed the exaggeratedly masculine character Nate, from her work with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, into an hour-long performance, Nate – A One Man Show. Members of the audience participate, such as by wrestling Nate, with audience consent and sexual consent as themes. After winning the Total Theatre Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was commissioned by Amy Poehler's production company Paper Kite and released on Netflix on December 1, 2020. Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."
Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.
She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.
Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance.
She also co-hosts the Disney-themed podcast Hidden Mickeys alongside Carrie Poppy.
In 2022, Palamides interviewed legendary clown teacher Philippe Gaulier alongside Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton for their Apple TV + series Gutsy. This has led to the misunderstanding that she trained with him, something she has corrected several times on social media.
Palamides played a horror movie–style clown, Funzo, in Apocalypse Clown. The low-budget comedy film won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh. Though reviews had mixed opinions towards the humour and writing, Funzo was acclaimed. Simon Henderson of Blazing Minds lauded that Palamides "ranges from seeming innocence to apparent insanity, sometimes in the same scene". Digital Spys Ian Sandwell praised her "deranged and hilarious" performance, particularly for minor comedic details such as a scene in which her character removes her clown nose.
In August 2024, Palamides performed WEER at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show, which has been described as a "one-woman romcom", received widespread acclaim.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012ThunderCatsKathleen Episode: "The Forever Bag"
2013–2015Burning BridgesJaniceRecurring role
2014TherapyAnnieEpisode: "Episode 1"
2014The Tinsel ZoneJudyEpisode: "Pitches in Stitches"
2014Tattoo NightmaresSaraEpisode: "Murder Boner"
2015The Great IndoorsNatalieEpisode: "Pilot"
2015Pitiful CreaturesStudent #2Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds"
2015StardumbBasilRecurring role
2015The Brat CaveSluts the Cat/BikiniRecurring role
2016Last Moments of RelationshipsMonaEpisode: "Nicest Breakup Ever"
2016The Real Housewives of ShakespeareOpheliaRecurring role
2016Very Important HouseFrolie Pilot
2016–2019The Powerpuff GirlsButtercup, additional voicesMain role
2016–2017The UCB ShowVarious5 episodes
2016Uncle GrandpaButtercup Episode: "Pizza Eve"
2016Uncle BuckAmyEpisode: "Pilot"
2016I Ship ItInterviewee #1Episode: "Let's Start a Band"
2016Teen Titans Go!Buttercup Episode: "TTG v PPG"
2016Future-Worm!Aunt Bitsy Episode: "Deunited/Great Debates with the End of Time/The Forever Five"
2016Tween FestJuicetineRecurring role
2017–2019Star vs. the Forces of EvilFoolduke, Kitten Barrel, additional voicesRecurring role
2018-2022Bob's BurgersKayla, Willow, Gas station woman, Nippin' Nevin mom, Drew Paige 4 episodes
2018Please Understand MeNatalieEpisode: "Rory & Natalie"
2018Ghost Story ClubNatalieEpisode: "Natalie"
2018OK K.O.! Let's Be HeroesWinnie Episode: "Monster Party"
2018–2020Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureCalliope 2 episodes
2019CorporateKylieEpisode: "The Fall"
2019Momma Named Me SheriffTeresa / Little Girl Episode: "Bald Boyz"
2020DuncanvilleBradley / Claire / Lil Joey / additional voices8 episodes
2020Central ParkFemale Jogger Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead"
2020–2022The Owl HouseTeen Eda 4 episodes
2020Wild LifeViv Main role
2020Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of FunEpisode: "Night-Time!"
2020Nate – A One Man ShowNateTV special
2023Family GuyOld Woman Episode: "Old World Harm"
2023–2025Tiny Toons LooniversityShirley the Loon, Furball Main role
2025Amy's Dead-End DreamhouseKeri the Mail Carrier5 episodes
2025Haunted HotelEsther Main role