Natalie Holt

Composer

Holt scored the final series of Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh in 2016 and worked alongside Hans Zimmer on Woman in Gold. Working as part of Mearl Music with Martin Phipps she co-scored the BBC production of Great Expectations, which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and The Honourable Woman which won the 2015 Ivor Novello Award for best television soundtrack. Holt has written music for the hit ITV drama Victoria starring Jenna Coleman, as well as the modernist score for the avant-garde Spanish feature film Animals (directed by Marcal Fores) and also composed additional music and orchestration for Heyday Film's Paddington. She recently completed the score for Adrian Shergold’s Sunday night drama for BBC1 My Mother And Other Strangers, and is currently scoring two further BBC1 dramas Three Girls with Swallows and Amazons director Philippa Lowthorpe, and Irish drama Redwater.

Violinist

Holt has played with orchestras touring the world, as a soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall and at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. As a performer Holt has worked with artists Kasabian, Madness, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Libertines, Ed Sheeran, Alt-J, Nicola Benedetti, Ellie Goulding, Lady Sovereign, Gwen Stefani, Elbow, Andrea Bocelli, George Micheal, Echo and the Bunnymen, Take That, and with songwriter Guy Chambers.

In 2007, she formed RaVen Quartet, a London-based string quartet that performed arrangements of rock tracks. The quartet performed with Madness during the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.

Other works

She worked with Secret Cinema coordinating music for live film events. She is currently working with Nick Jenkins, founder of the Moonpig.com greeting card company, on an app to help children learn about music. Previously Holt worked as an orchestrator and copyist whilst studying at NFTS on films such as Matthew Vaughn's Stardust and Hannibal Rising. She also worked alongside Goldie, Guy Chambers, Cerys Mathews, Lady Dynamite and Soweto Kinch to help talented youngsters write songs to be performed in front of Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace which was shown on BBC2.

Personal life

Holt burst onto stage during an episode of Britain's Got Talent to egg judge Simon Cowell.

While appearing as a mystery guest on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year#2013, Holt revealed that she had recently become engaged to her boyfriend. While she did not specify that this was Chris Waitt, Waitt's Facebook still implies that they remain in a relationship.