After landing her first gig in period drama "Casanova," Natalie Dormer felt the red carpet ripped out from underneath her. She waitressed and temped doing data entry in an office just to make ends meet.
Now, the British-born actress has a number of massive titles under her belt, including “Game of Thrones” and "The Hunger Games." She plays a rebel filmmaker, Cressida, in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2," in theaters Friday.
We’re taking a look back at Dormer’s journey to becoming Hollywood's favorite femme fatale.
Just six months of out drama school, Natalie Dormer read for the role of a clumsy ingénue in Lasse Hallstöm's "Casanova."
Source: Daily Mail
Dormer, a Berkshire, England native, blew away the casting directors and walked away with a three-picture contract with Disney.
Source: Daily Mail
It later fell through for unknown reasons. A year later, Dormer was working a temp job doing data entry just to pay rent.
Sources: Evening Standard and Daily Beast
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