Nathalie Kelley

Born: Redfern, New South Wales

Job Titles: Youth Worker, Actress

Nathalie Kelley is a rising young star who originally hails from Redfern, in New South Wales – has spent twelve months away from: her friends, vegemite, live footy matches, and her preceding life as a youth worker, to mix it up with the big boys.

Like a lot of hopefuls, Kelley came to L.A with big dreams. Upon arriving in Lalaland, Kelley ended up getting the lead in a pilot for the WB [Mermaid]. It didn’t happen", but what did was "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", the anticipated third instalment of the popular ‘hot rods’ and ‘hot bods’ series that turned Vin Diesel and Paul Walker into superstars. Kelley was a little shocked that they wanted her. "I wasn’t like Eva Mendez (from "2 Fast 2 Furious") or anything, someone super-sexy like that, I was just going to be this young schoolgirl.

Kelley plays the love interest of the main character - trouble-making revhead Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) - an Australian schoolgirl who’s mixed-up in the underground racing community in Tokyo. The reviews have been rather positive for the film, and Kelley isn’t surprised at all that it’s catching on with cinemagoers.