Natalie Gumede
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Natalie Gumede (born 20 March 1984) is an English actress.
Kirsty Soames was known for appearing in Coronation Street, an ITV soap opera from 2011 to 2013.
She appeared in BBC Three's Comedian comedy show Ideal.
She has appeared in many television shows, including The Persuasionists, Emmerdale, and Doctor Who.
Gumede was also runner-up in the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One.
Gumede appeared in Netflix's original Free Rein as Maggie Steel Phillips in 2017.
Early life
Gumede was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and she spent her youth in Colne, beginning with Christ Church C of E Primary School and then Park High School. Her father is Zimbabwean and her mother is English. Josiah Gumede, her grandfather, was the only President of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia for the short time. She was selected by BBC executives to assist in the presentation of the Children in Need in 1995 at the age of 11. She studied at the London Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
Career
From 2004 until 2007, Gumede played China in the dark-comedy sitcom series, Ideal, who along with her friend Asia (Rebecca Atkinson), was one of Moz's regular clients. Her character featured in the pilot episode, and was a regular in the first three series. In 2008, she featured in her first full-length film, Clubbed, a British drama about a 1980s factory worker who takes up a job as a club doorman. In 2005, Gumede made a guest appearance in the ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, portraying Tania Coles. In 2010, Gumede featured in the sitcom The Persuasionists, broadcast on BBC Two, set in the world of advertising, starring Iain Lee, Simon Farnaby, Adam Buxton, Jarred Christmas and Daisy Haggard.
In September 2011, Gumede made her first appearance in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, portraying Kirsty Soames, who became the domestic abusive love interest to mechanic Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall). She had previously tried out for the part of Kelly Crabtree, but lost out to Tupele Dorgu. For her portrayal of the character, Gumede had received the Best Newcomer accolade at the 2012 British Soap Awards. She was later nominated for Best Soap Newcomer at the TV Choice Awards and voted Most Popular Newcomer during the 18th National Television Awards. In Digital Spy's end of year reader poll, Kirsty's domestic abuse storyline with on-screen boyfriend Tyrone won Best Storyline with 28.3% of the vote. On 21 February 2013, it was announced that she would leave the soap after a year-and-a-half, and departed when her character, Kirsty, went to prison on 3 April 2013. In June 2021, her character was revealed to have died from an aneurysm.
In 2015, she played the role of Bella in the ITV series Jekyll & Hyde.
In 2013, Gumede was a runner-up on the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. Her professional partner was the eighth series champion, Artem Chigvintsev. They quickly became the early favourites for the title after a strong start. In the Final, she lost out to Abbey Clancy & Aljaz Skorjanec and came Joint second along with Susanna Reid & Kevin Clifton.