Natalie J. Robb

Her other television roles include Dream Team (2000–2001) and The Bill (2004–2005).

• Name — Natalie J. Robb • Born — 3 December 1974 • Birthplace — Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland • Birth Name — Natalie Joy Robb • Occupation — Actress • Education — Royal Conservatoire of Scotland • Years Active — 1983–present • Television — * Take the High Road • Doctors • The Bill • Emmerdale

Robb was born on 3 December 1974, as the youngest of three, she has an older sister and brother. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan Macmillan, later going to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Robb was also in a band called The Kinky People.

Robb made her screen debut as a nine-year-old, starring in an STV docudrama alongside Tom Conti. At 13, she was awarded the BBC Young Entertainer of the Year award on kids' TV show, Going Live!. At the age of 14, she was cast in the role of Trish McDonald in the Scottish soap opera Take the High Road. She then appeared in the Sky One series Dream Team. Afterwards, she spent three years as Jude Carlyle in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. Years after her exit from Doctors, Robb admitted that she did not know how she coped on the series due to the medical terminology. She surprised herself when her brain "managed to take in all the information of the doctor jargon". However, she used her knowledge and experience from Doctors when she came into contact with a pregnant woman in labour who had collapsed and was bleeding. On the experience, Robb explained: "She was really panicking about losing the baby, obviously. For some reason, maybe because of Doctors, I was very calm." She left the series for a role as an undercover journalist posing as a police officer PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill. Robb appeared in EastEnders in July 2006 as Gemma Clewes, the mistress of Max Branning (Jake Wood). In July 2008, she appeared in The Shepherd: Border Patrol with Jean-Claude Van Damme, where she played Ramona Garcia. In 2009, she played the part of a counsellor in the BBC school drama Waterloo Road. Later in 2009, it was announced that Robb had joined the cast of Emmerdale as part of a new farming family, the Bartons. Robb made her Emmerdale debut as Moira Barton on 17 July 2009.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1990–1999 — Take the High Road — Trish McDonald — Regular role • 1992 — Taggart — Sheila MacIntosh • 1995 — Taggart — Kate McCready • 1999 — Sunburn — Maria Ioannides — Regular role • 2000–2001 — Dream Team — Lizzie Conlon — Regular role • 2001 — London's Burning — Kate — Recurring role • 2001–2004 — Doctors — Jude Carlyle — Regular role • 2004–2005 — The Bill — PC Andrea Dunbar — Regular role • 2005 — Where The Heart Is — Laura Miller • Holby City — Kirsty Winton — Recurring role • Waking The Dead — Emma Lloyd — Guest role • 2006 — Good Girl Bad Girl — Nun — Guest role • New Tricks — Isabella Gennaro — Guest role • EastEnders — Gemma Clewes — Recurring role • 2007 — Kitchen — Grace — Main role • Sea of Souls — Carla Vigo — Guest role • 2008 — The Shepherd: Border Patrol — Captain Ramona Garcia • 2009 — Waterloo Road — Charlotte Monk — Guest role • 2009–present — Emmerdale — Moira Barton — Regular role • 2011 — Paddy & Marlon's Big Night In — Moira Barton — Main role • 2014 — All Star Family Fortunes — Herself — Contestant (with Emmerdale)