Natalie Palamides is an American actress, comedian and television writer.
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.
Palamides took the egg costume from her sketch and used it to make her first hour-long show, Laid.
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. 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. Critics widely acclaimed Nate for its provocative performance, regarding it as an innovative break with "Netflix's mainstream comedy brand."
Palamides starred as Buttercup in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.
She won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2017.
Palamides plays the character "Mara" in TV commercials for Progressive Insurance."Natalie Palamides TV Commercial Ads" iSpot.tv
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. This has led to the misunderstanding that she trained with him, something she has corrected several times on social media.
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. Though reviews had mixed opinions towards the humour and writing, Funzo was acclaimed. Simon Henderson of Blazing Minds lauded that Palamides "ranges from seeming innocence to apparent insanity, sometimes in the same scene". Digital Spys 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.
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. WEER came to New York City in 2025.
"Broadcast", a series Palamides worked on with fellow clown Courtney Pauroso, is yet to be released.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Supply Side Jesus Rachel The Real St. Nick Mallory 2013 There Will Be Crumbs Tiffany 2014 My Name Is Vivienne Caitlin Minor Alterations Sara Joel If D.A.R.E. Made a Horror Film Narrator 2015 Six Things Only Dog Lovers Will Understand Writer The Real Witches of Salem County Gertrude Freaks of Nature Kathy Murch 2016 The Worst Sex Surprise Sarah 2022 Jackass Forever Herself Guest appearance Jackass 4.5 Herself Guest appearance 2023 Apocalypse Clown Funzo Merry Little Batman Francine (voice) Direct-to-streaming film2025In Jeff We TrustLungs Mercury
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2012ThunderCats Kathleen (voice) Episode: "The Forever Bag" 2013–2015 Burning Bridges Janice Recurring role 2014 Therapy Annie Episode: "Episode 1" The Tinsel Zone Judy Episode: "Pitches in Stitches" Tattoo Nightmares Sara Episode: "Murder Boner" 2015 The Great Indoors Natalie Episode: "Pilot" Pitiful Creatures Student #2 Episode: "College Professor Blows Minds" Stardumb Basil Recurring role The Brat Cave Sluts the Cat/Bikini Recurring role 2016 Last Moments of Relationships Mona Episode: "Nicest Breakup Ever" The Real Housewives of Shakespeare Ophelia Recurring role Very Important House Frolie (voice) Pilot Uncle Grandpa Buttercup (voice) Episode: "Pizza Eve" Uncle Buck Amy Episode: "Pilot" I Ship It Interviewee #1 Episode: "Let's Start a Band" Teen Titans Go! Buttercup (voice) Episode: "TTG v PPG" Future-Worm! Aunt Bitsy (voice) Episode: "Deunited/Great Debates with the End of Time/The Forever Five" Tween Fest Juicetine Recurring role 2016–2017 The UCB Show Various 5 episodes 2016–2019 The Powerpuff Girls Buttercup, additional voices Main role 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. 2017–2019 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Foolduke, Kitten Barrel, additional voices Recurring role 2018 Please Understand Me Natalie Episode: "Rory & Natalie" Ghost Story Club Natalie Episode: "Natalie" OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Winnie (voice) Episode: "Monster Party" 2018–2020 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure Calliope (voice) 2 episodes 2018–2022 Bob's Burgers Kayla / Willow / Gas station woman / Nippin' Nevin mom / Drew Paige (voice) 4 episodes 2019 Corporate Kylie Episode: "The Fall" Momma Named Me Sheriff Teresa / Little Girl (voice) Episode: "Bald Boyz" 2020 Duncanville Bradley / Claire / Lil Joey / additional voices 8 episodes Central Park Female Jogger (voice) Episode: "A Fish Called Snakehead" Wild Life Viv (voice) Main role Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun Episode: "Night-Time!" Nate – A One Man Show Nate TV special 2020–2022 The Owl House Teen Eda (voice) 4 episodes 2023 Family Guy Old Woman (voice) Episode: "Old World Harm" 2023–2025 Tiny Toons Looniversity Shirley the Loon, Furball (voice) Main role 2025 Amy's Dead-End Dreamhouse Keri the Mail Carrier 5 episodes 2025–present Haunted Hotel Esther (voice) Main role 2026 Regular Show: The Lost Tapes Brunch
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