Natane Boudreau

Natane Boudreau was brought up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan by her mother, a prominent fashion creative director and her father, a professional dancer. She trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK, and William Esper Studios in NYC. At the young age of 3, Natane was discovered by the owner of Click Model Management, who signed her on to do numerous ads for Calvin Klein, posing as Andie MacDowell's daughter, and a Vogue Bambini cover all shot by Bruce Weber, She was also photographed from the ages of 3 -5 in ads and editorials shot by Steven Meisel. She attended the liberal and prestigious Bank Street School of Education and Columbia Preparatory School until she began a full time modeling career at the age of 17. At the age of 7, Natane had her first experience with film, in a small role in Woody Allen's Radio Days, being cast in the role by the director himself. Natane's fair skinned, dark haired beauty gave her a highly successful modeling career that took her all over the world including New York, London, Milan and Paris walking the runways for the great houses of Calvin Klein, Chanel, Gucci, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and Marc Jacobs. In addition, she graced the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and W Magazine as well as appearing in Dolce and Gabbana, The Gap and Clinique ads all shot by Steven Meisel, a Shiseido Ad by Richard Avedon and a Levi's ad by Albert Watson. As a model, Natane was filmed as herself in the highly acclaimed fashion documentary, Unzipped, directed by Douglas Keeve. After retiring from the runway, in 2003 , Natane quickly landed roles in 2 independent films: Chloe/Windy in The Pink House playing opposite Fred Weller and Heather Matarazzo and as Teresa in 5 Up 2 Down, with Isaach De Bankole and Kirk Acevedo. After working on these 2 films, in 2003, she started her formal acting training with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, where she played Puck in Shakespeare's, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Natane subsequently studied voice training with Kristen Linklater and completed the 2 year program at the William Esper Acting Studio. During her acting training, Natane co-founded the Adakia Theater Company appearing as Medea Redux in Neil Labute's, Bash; as Anna in Patrick Marber's, Closer and as Amy in Steven Belber's, Tape. In addition, she played the role of Beatrice in Shakespeare's, Much Ado About Nothing, and Lee Krasner-Pollack, (Jackson Pollack's wife) in a new play, Walking the Dream, both at A.T.A. Natane recently co-founded Still Point Film Company with her mother Nian Fish.. She has been seen in numerous national network commercials, including Diet Coke, Advil, Samsung and Pillsbury. With Natane's passion for theater, she created Beyond the Box, a charity that sponsored drama classes for underprivileged NYC youth, culminating with a master class taught by Gabriel Byrne. Two of these students were accepted to NYC's High School of Performing Arts. Natane continues to live and work in New York City.