<P> During her school years, Dormer trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing . She describes herself as the "academic hopeful" of the family and was provisionally offered a place to study history at Cambridge; but, in her A-level History exam, she did not achieve the A grade she needed to attend . Dormer decided she would audition for drama schools and decided to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London . </P> <P> Six months after graduating from Webber Douglas, Dormer won the role of Victoria in Casanova . This was her film debut and it was released in 2005 . The director, Lasse Hallström, was so impressed with Dormer's comedic timing that he had the script writer expand her part . On the strength of her audition for the role and her performance, she secured a three - film deal with Touchstone Pictures, which was never exercised . In 2005, Dormer had a small part in Distant Shores . After the filming of Casanova, Dormer was out of work for ten months, which she ascribes to "bad representation". She was attached to an independent film which kept being delayed because of financial problems . Taken off the audition circuit, Dormer waitressed and worked in data entry to support herself . She has said that her being out of work for so long "was the best lesson I could have had in the first 12 months of my career". </P> <P> In 2007 and 2008, Dormer played Anne Boleyn in the first two seasons of The Tudors, for which she received highly positive reviews . Robert Abele of LA Weekly wrote: "Natalie Dormer presents a painterly exquisiteness and complexity in her portrayal of Anne Boleyn...her enigmatic, time - halting loveliness is a boon for The Tudors, and damn near worth losing your head over". After her character's death at the end of the second season, The Boston Herald noted: "Dormer gave Anne Boleyn life, making her not just a beautiful schemer but a rebellious, defiantly independent tragic hero in the tradition of Rebel Without a Cause and Cool Hand Luke...her departure from The Tudors leaves a tremendous void ." </P> <P> In 2008, Dormer played Moira Nicholson in Agatha Christie's Marple: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" and appeared in a number of films such as Fence Walker and City of Life . Dormer's Marple appearance aired in the US in the summer of 2009 as part of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery anthology series . Also in that year, she appeared in Incendiary, but her scenes were cut from the final film . In March 2010, she made her stage debut at the Young Vic theatre in London as Mizi in the play Sweet Nothings . In The Observer, theatre critic Susannah Clapp praised the performances of the cast and wrote: "Natalie Dormer is lissome as a dirty, delightful gadabout, pushing aside an entire chess game in order to put down her hat". </P>

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