Dancer and actress and singer Natalie Neckyfarow is a triple threat performer who excelled as an artist in her native state of North Carolina. She is now making a go at it on the biggest stage there is, New York City. She’s our latest video addition to our Creators Across America series.

A dancer since the age of five, a leg injury a few years ago led her to pursue more acting work, although she’s healthy now and may soon be in an off-Broadway play. You’ve likely seen her on television, perhaps on The Good Wife or One Life to Live. And you may see her soon in a film, a campy sci-fi high school spoof that’s already wrapped.

One recurring theme in Natalie’s career is that she “plays young.” That is, she is often cast as a high school student due to her youthful appearance. That play that’s been workshopped, Bloodletters, has her potentially playing two parts, both an eleven-year-old boy and girl. (I don’t think she looks that young, but as a fan of theater I know there’s a bit more suspension of disbelief permitted there.)

We first came across Natalie last fall when she was one of more than 11,000 artists and creators to sign our letter to the President and Vice President calling on the Administration’s support for individual artists and creators. Natalie was one of a handful of emerging artists we invited to accompany us to the White House to personally deliver the letter, and the officials we met with there were quite impressed with her articulate presentation.

The next day she hung out in our “artist lounge” at our 3^rd annual Copyright Alliance EXPOnential. U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) came and spoke to the crowd of several hundred people, then dropped by the lounge to say hi to the artists, including Natalie. He stayed for about a half hour (to the consternation of his staff, who were trying to keep him on schedule) engrossed in conversation with them, then invited the artists any time they were in Washington, D.C., to drop by his office to say hello. Trust me, it’s rare that a powerful committee chairman extends an open invitation like that.

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