Natalie Palamides

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Natalie Palamides is an American actress, comedian and television writer.[1]

Career

Aspiring to work at Saturday Night Live, Palamides moved to Los Angeles and joined the Upright Citizens Brigade after college. She began voice-over and commercial work. She also took classes on clown performance at the Idiot Workshop and the Lyric Hyperion. Early sketches featured Palamides' characters: fantasizing about eating salad from a man's pants; complaining to the manager of sandwich shop Eggslut as an anthropomorphic egg; insisting on being objectified. Through her classes, variety shows and open mic shows, she began developing longer-form performance from improvisations in unusual outfits.[2]

Palamides took the egg costume from her sketch and used it to make her first hour-long show, Laid.[2]

Palamides developed the exaggeratedly masculine character Nate, from her work with the Pig Iron Theatre Company, into an hour-long performance, Nate – A One Man Show.[3] Members of the audience participate, such as by wrestling Nate, with audience consent and sexual consent as themes. After winning the Total Theatre Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was commissioned by Amy Poehler's production company Paper Kite and released on Netflix on December 1, 2020.[2] Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."[4]

Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.[5][6]

She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.

Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance.[7]

She also co-hosts the Disney-themed podcast Hidden Mickeys alongside Carrie Poppy.

In 2022, Palamides interviewed clown teacher Philippe Gaulier alongside Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton for their Apple TV+ series Gutsy.[8] This has led to the misunderstanding that she trained with him, something she has corrected several times on social media.[9]

Palamides played a horror movie–style clown, Funzo, in Apocalypse Clown (2023). The low-budget comedy film won Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh.[10][11] Though reviews had mixed opinions towards the humour and writing, Funzo was acclaimed.[12][13] Simon Henderson of Blazing Minds lauded that Palamides "ranges from seeming innocence to apparent insanity, sometimes in the same scene".[14]Digital Spy's Ian Sandwell praised her "deranged and hilarious" performance, particularly for minor comedic details such as a scene in which her character removes her clown nose.[15]

In August 2024, Palamides performed WEER at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show, which has been described as a "one-woman romcom", received widespread acclaim.[16][17][18] WEER came to New York City in 2025.[19]

"Broadcast", a series Palamides worked on with fellow clown Courtney Pauroso, is yet to be released.[19]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Supply Side JesusRachel
2012The Real St. NickMallory
2013There Will Be CrumbsTiffany
2014My Name Is VivienneCaitlin
2014Minor AlterationsSara Joel
2014If D.A.R.E. Made a Horror FilmNarrator
2015Six Things Only Dog Lovers Will UnderstandWriter
2015The Real Witches of Salem CountyGertrude
2015Freaks of NatureKathy Murch
2016The Worst Sex SurpriseSarah
2022Jackass ForeverHerselfGuest appearance
2022Jackass 4.5HerselfGuest appearance
2023Apocalypse ClownFunzo
2023Merry Little BatmanFrancine (voice)Direct-to-streaming film[20]
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012ThunderCatsKathleen (voice)Episode: "The Forever Bag"
2013–2015Burning BridgesJaniceRecurring role
2014TherapyAnnieEpisode: "Episode 1"
2014The Tinsel ZoneJudyEpisode: "Pitches in Stitches"
2014Tattoo NightmaresSaraEpisode: "Murder Boner"
2015The Great IndoorsNatalieEpisode: "Pilot"
2015Pitiful CreaturesStudent #2Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds"
2015StardumbBasilRecurring role
2015The Brat CaveSluts the Cat/BikiniRecurring role
2016Last Moments of RelationshipsMonaEpisode: "Nicest Breakup Ever"
2016The Real Housewives of ShakespeareOpheliaRecurring role
2016Very Important HouseFrolie (voice)Pilot
2016–2019The Powerpuff GirlsButtercup, additional voicesMain role[21]
2016–2017The UCB ShowVarious5 episodes
2016Uncle GrandpaButtercup (voice)Episode: "Pizza Eve"
2016Uncle BuckAmyEpisode: "Pilot"
2016I Ship ItInterviewee #1Episode: "Let's Start a Band"
2016Teen Titans Go!Buttercup (voice)Episode: "TTG v PPG"[21]
2016Future-Worm!Aunt Bitsy (voice)Episode: "Deunited/Great Debates with the End of Time/The Forever Five"
2016Tween FestJuicetineRecurring role
2017–2019Star vs. the Forces of EvilFoolduke, Kitten Barrel, additional voicesRecurring role
2018-2022Bob's BurgersKayla, Willow, Gas station woman, Nippin' Nevin mom, Drew Paige (voice)4 episodes[21]
2018Please Understand MeNatalieEpisode: "Rory & Natalie"
2018Ghost Story ClubNatalieEpisode: "Natalie"
2018OK K.O.! Let's Be HeroesWinnie (voice)Episode: "Monster Party"[21]
2018–2020Rapunzel's Tangled AdventureCalliope (voice)2 episodes[21]
2019CorporateKylieEpisode: "The Fall"
2019Momma Named Me SheriffTeresa / Little Girl (voice)Episode: "Bald Boyz"
2020DuncanvilleBradley / Claire / Lil Joey / additional voices8 episodes
2020Central ParkFemale Jogger (voice)Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead"
2020–2022The Owl HouseTeen Eda (voice)4 episodes[21]
2020Wild LifeViv (voice)Main role
2020Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of FunEpisode: "Night-Time!"
2020Nate – A One Man ShowNateTV special
2023Family GuyOld Woman (voice)Episode: "Old World Harm"
2023–2025Tiny Toons LooniversityShirley the Loon, Furball (voice)Main role
2025Amy's Dead-End DreamhouseKeri the Mail Carrier5 episodes[22]
2025Haunted HotelEsther (voice)Main role[23]
2026Regular Show: The Lost TapesBrunch

References

  1. ↑Hilton, Emily (December 21, 2020). "'It's Absolutely Part of My Acting All the Time': A Look Inside L.A.'s Top Clown Schools". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  2. 123Shaw, Helen (September 3, 2020). "Allow Natalie Palamides to Dominate You". Vulture. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  3. ↑Rodrigues, Ashwin (December 4, 2020). "Natalie Palamides Has the Weirdest Comedy Special on Netflix". Vice. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  4. ↑Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC 1349461077.
  5. ↑The Big Cartoon DataBase (May 31, 2016). "Cartoon Characters, Cast and Crew for The Powerpuff Girls (Series)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ↑Owen, Robb (April 1, 2016). "Tuned In: Peters Township High grad gives voice to new 'Powerpuff Girls'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  7. ↑"Natalie Palamides TV Commercial Ads"Archived September 21, 2020, at the Wayback MachineiSpot.tv
  8. ↑Hugo, Rifkind. "Gutsy Review". www.thetimes.com. The Times. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  9. ↑@nataliepalamides; (December 28, 2025). "Hi, I should never have to sign an NDA again after not selling pics 4-7 to Rush Limboob (RIP) for $1,000,000.99 dollars"– via Instagram.
  10. ↑Tabbara, Mona (July 17, 2023). "Apocalypse Clown, Verdigris scoop prizes at Galway Film Fleadh, as marketplace packs a punch". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  11. ↑Ritman, Alex (July 14, 2023). "Director of Dark Comedy Apocalypse Clown on Making a '$2M Roland Emmerich Film. With Clowns. In Ireland'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  12. ↑Felperin, Leslie (August 29, 2023). "Apocalypse Clown review – gag-filled comedy in post-apocalyptic Ireland". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  13. ↑Halligan, Fionnuala (July 14, 2023). "Apocalypse Clown: Galway Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  14. ↑Henderson, Simon (August 21, 2023). "Film Review: Apocalypse Clown (2023) is incredible brilliant". Blazing Minds. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  15. ↑Sandwell, Ian (October 23, 2023). "Apocalypse Clown is unlike anything you've seen before". Digital Spy. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  16. ↑Logan, Brian (August 8, 2024). "Natalie Palamides: Weer review – an outrageously entertaining one-woman romcom". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  17. ↑"Review: Natalie Palamides: Weer". TimeOut.
  18. ↑"Natalie Palamides: WEER review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh". The Stage. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  19. 12Vincentelli, Elisabeth (September 29, 2025). "This Subversive Comedian's Stage Shows Are Her Clowning Glory". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  20. ↑Milligan, Mercedes (November 19, 2023). "Trailer: Merry Little Batman Brings a Lighter Dark Knight Tale to Prime Video". Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  21. 123456"Natalie Palamides (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 20, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  22. ↑Maas, Jennifer (March 11, 2025). "Maggie Mae Fish Sets Nebula Comedy Series 'Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse' With Paul F. Tompkins, Natalie Palamides and Bill Corbett (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  23. ↑Milligan, Mercedes (August 11, 2025). "Trailer: 'Haunted Hotel' Orders Room Scare-vice to Netflix Next Month". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2025.