Natasia Demetriou

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou (born 15 January 1984)^[1] 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).^[2]

Natasia Demetriou
Demetriou in 2018
Born	Natasia Charlotte Demetriou (1984-01-15) 15 January 1984 (age 41)[1] London, England
Occupations	Comedian actress screenwriter
Years active	2012–present
Children	1
Relatives	Jamie Demetriou (brother)

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.^[3]

Early life

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou was born in London, the daughter of an English mother and Greek-Cypriot father.^[4][5] She was raised in North London.^[6][7] Her younger brother, Jamie Demetriou, is a comedian and actor with whom she often collaborates. She studied acting at the University of Leeds.^[7] Prior to becoming a professional comedian, Demetriou worked as a makeup artist, notably working on music videos for Boy Better Know.^[8]

Career

Demetriou's debut show, You'll Never Have All of Me, won the Skinny Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.^[9] She was a longtime member of sketch comedy troupe Oyster Eyes^[10] and has written for Anna & Katy and The Midnight Beast. Demetriou made her TV debut in 2013.^[11] 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.^[12][9]

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.^[9] On 11 May 2020, a special "lockdown" mini-episode was released online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] 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.^[2][12][9] In March 2020, it was reported that BBC commissioned a six-episode series, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]

Since March 2019, Demetriou has starred as Nadja, a Greek Romani vampire,^[14][15] 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.^{[16][17][18][19]} 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.^[20][19][21]

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.^[22]

In 2021, Demetriou was a series regular on the second series of This Time with Alan Partridge, portraying a flirtatious makeup artist named Tiff.^[23]

Personal life

Demetriou lives in North London.^[24] She gave birth to her first child in 2024.^[25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Swag	Office Worker	Short film	[citation needed]
	Intervention	Nicole	Short film	[citation needed]
2018	The Festival	Bride Smurf		[26]
	Man of the Hour	Christina	Short film	[citation needed]
2020	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	Nina		[27]
2023	The Magician's Elephant	Narrator / The Fortune Teller (voice)
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Wingnut (voice)
2024	Orion and the Dark	Sleep (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Dr. Brown	Various	Sketch series	[26]
2014	Live at the Electric	Linda	3 episodes	[28]
	Badults	Clock / Eskimo	Episode: "Holiday"	[26]
2014–2015	BBC Comedy Feeds	Various	2 episodes; Also writer	[29][26]
2015	Funeral	Mourner	Television special	[citation needed]
	Top Coppers	Gail	2 episodes	[30]
	Lolly Adefope's Christmas	Mara	Television film	[citation needed]
2016	@elevenish	Various	11 episodes; Also writer	[31][26]
	Harry Hill's Tea Time	Greek Orthodox Priest	Episode: "Paul Hollywood"	[citation needed]
	Morgana Robinson's The Agency	Receptionist	2 episodes	[citation needed]
	Halloween Comedy Shorts	Lucy	Episode: "Oh God"	[citation needed]
	Year Friends	Tash	12 episodes	[citation needed]
2016–2019	8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown	Herself	2 episodes	[9][32]
2017	Liam Williams' Valentine	Nancy	Television film	[citation needed]
	Comedy Playhouse	Jen	Episode: "Static"	[33]
2017–2018	Sick Note	Officer Chadwick	2 episodes	[citation needed]
2018	Pls Like	Tingle Maid	3 episodes	[34]
	Comedy Blaps	Brenda	Episode: "Furious Andrew"	[citation needed]
	Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit	Herself	Episode: "#3.8"	[35]
2018–2021	Stath Lets Flats	Sophie	18 episodes	[26][36]
2019	The Road to Brexit	Jemima Codex-Forrester	Television film	[37]
	Urban Myths	Agnieszka	Episode: "Andy & The Donald"	[38]
	CelebAbility	Herself	Episode: "#3.3"	[39]
2019–2020	8 Out of 10 Cats	Herself	2 episodes	[40]
2019–2024	What We Do in the Shadows	Nadja / Nadja Doll	Main cast; 50 episodes	[41]
2020	The Big Flower Fight	Herself / Host	8 episodes	[42]
2021	This Time with Alan Partridge	Tiff	5 episodes (Series 2)	[43]
2022	Toast of Tinseltown	Carmen	Episode: “Doctor Grainger”	[44]
	Ellie & Natasia	Multiple characters	6 episodes	[45]
	The Cuphead Show!	Cala Maria (voice)	Series 2, Episodes 3 & 6	[46][47]
2024	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Malice Vundabar (voice)		[48]
	Rob Beckett's Smart TV	Herself	4 episodes (Series 1)	[49]
	Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Wingnut (voice)		[50]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes	Ref.
2018	Natasia Demetriou and Ellie White are Gettin’ Big	Herself	Soho Theatre	Also writer	[9]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Title	Result	Ref.
2014	The Skinny	Debutant Award	You'll Never Have All of Me	Won	[9]
2021	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series	What We Do in the Shadows	Won	[51][52]
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actress in a Comedy Series		Nominated	[53]
	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress on Television		Nominated	[54]
2022	British Academy Television Awards	Best Female Comedy Performance	Stath Lets Flats	Nominated	[55]
2023	British Academy Television Awards	Best Female Comedy Performance	Ellie and Natasia	Nominated	[56]
	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Actress in a Horror Series	What We Do in the Shadows	Nominated	[57]