Natalia Tena Information

Actor / Musician
UK

Biography:
Natalia Tena is an actress and musician best known for her roles as Nymphadora Tonks in the Harry Potter film series, and the wildling Osha in the HBO series Game of Thrones. She is the lead of the British band Molotov Jukebox, as main vocalist and sings while playing the accordion.

Tena made her professional debut as Ellie in About a Boy, and began acting full-time in 2003. She has played lead roles in stage adaptations of Gone to Earth in 2004, and Nights at the Circus in 2006.

In 2007, Tena appeared in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix playing the character Nymphadora Tonks. Tena reprised this role in its sequels Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in 2009, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 in 2010 and Part 2 in 2011. She hosted a behind-the-scenes featurette entitled "Trailing Tonks" for the subsequent DVD and Blu-ray release, and is credited as producer and director of the featurette, in which she also performs an original Christmas-themed blues song on guitar, which she composed while working as a busker on the London Underground.

In 2011 she played a lead role in the Scottish Film You Instead. She also appears as Osha in HBO's Game of Thrones. In 2015, Tena starred as the lead, Jennifer Preston, in the British mini-series titles "Residue".