Natalie Joy Robb (born 3 December 1974) is a Scottish actress and
singer. She played the roles of Trish McDonald in the Scottish
Television soap opera Take the High Road (1990â€"1999) and Jude
Carlyle in the BBC soap opera Doctors (2001â€"2004). Since 2009, she
has portrayed the role of Moira Barton in the ITV soap opera
Emmerdale. Her other television roles include Dream Team (2000â€"2001)
and The Bill (2004â€"2005).Robb was born on 3 December 1974, as the
youngest of three children. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama
groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan
Macmillan, later going to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drama. Robb was also in a band called The Kinky People.Robb made her
screen debut as a nine-year-old, starring in an STV docudrama
alongside Tom Conti. At 13, she was awarded the BBC Young Entertainer
of the Year award on kids' TV show, Going Live!. At the age of 14, she
was cast in the role of Trish McDonald in the Scottish soap opera Take
the High Road. She then appeared in the Sky One series Dream Team.
Afterwards, she spent three years as Jude Carlyle in the BBC daytime
soap opera Doctors, before leaving for a role as an undercover
journalist posing as a police officer PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill.
Robb appeared in EastEnders in July 2006 as Gemma Clewes, the mistress
of Max Branning (Jake Wood). In July 2008, she appeared in The
Shepherd: Border Patrol with Jean-Claude Van Damme, where she played
Ramona Garcia. In 2009, she played the part of a counsellor in the BBC
school drama Waterloo Road. Later in 2009, it was announced that Robb
had joined the cast of Emmerdale as part of a new farming family, the
Bartons. Robb made her Emmerdale debut as Moira Barton on 17 July
2009.
singer. She played the roles of Trish McDonald in the Scottish
Television soap opera Take the High Road (1990â€"1999) and Jude
Carlyle in the BBC soap opera Doctors (2001â€"2004). Since 2009, she
has portrayed the role of Moira Barton in the ITV soap opera
Emmerdale. Her other television roles include Dream Team (2000â€"2001)
and The Bill (2004â€"2005).Robb was born on 3 December 1974, as the
youngest of three children. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama
groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan
Macmillan, later going to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drama. Robb was also in a band called The Kinky People.Robb made her
screen debut as a nine-year-old, starring in an STV docudrama
alongside Tom Conti. At 13, she was awarded the BBC Young Entertainer
of the Year award on kids' TV show, Going Live!. At the age of 14, she
was cast in the role of Trish McDonald in the Scottish soap opera Take
the High Road. She then appeared in the Sky One series Dream Team.
Afterwards, she spent three years as Jude Carlyle in the BBC daytime
soap opera Doctors, before leaving for a role as an undercover
journalist posing as a police officer PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill.
Robb appeared in EastEnders in July 2006 as Gemma Clewes, the mistress
of Max Branning (Jake Wood). In July 2008, she appeared in The
Shepherd: Border Patrol with Jean-Claude Van Damme, where she played
Ramona Garcia. In 2009, she played the part of a counsellor in the BBC
school drama Waterloo Road. Later in 2009, it was announced that Robb
had joined the cast of Emmerdale as part of a new farming family, the
Bartons. Robb made her Emmerdale debut as Moira Barton on 17 July
2009.
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