Natalie Roles

Natalie Joanne Roles (born 8 September 1968) is an English actress, known for playing DS Debbie McAllister in the British police drama The Bill.

Early life Natalie Joanne Roles was born on 8 September 1968 in Hertfordshire to a Maltese mother and a British father. Along with her sister, Roles attended the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in Sussex.

Career She started her TV career as a dancer in 1988 on the musical film It Couldn't Happen Here, starring Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys. In 1993, she made a guest appearance as school secretary Janet Clark in the Press Gang episode "Head and Heart". In 1995, she appeared in an episode of sitcom Men Behaving Badly as one of Tony's three girlfriends. She also appeared in the espionage thriller film Night Watch alongside Pierce Brosnan,

In 2000, Roles had a lead role in the BBC series Take a Girl Like You, She had previously appeared in the serial in guest roles. Roles has subsequently taken over from Oliver Crocker as the presenter of The Bill Podcast, interviewing her co-stars Beth Cordingly, Raji James, Jane Wall, Pal Aron and Brian Bovell, and former executive producer Paul Marquess.

In 2023, Roles was cast as Abigail Wesley in the fiction podcast Letter from Helvetica, written by and co-starring Andrew Mackintosh, the pair having first worked together on two episodes of The Bill. A second series followed in 2024.

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